Our Goal

We have come together because we desire a changed future

The change we desire is lost souls being found in Christ; churches including Jewish people in their overall mission focus; and Christians overcoming their reticence to witness and boldly presenting the message of salvation to those they know.

We are a faith mission

We rely on God to provide the resources through churches and individuals to carry out our mission efforts. Our support does not come from governments or non-believers, but from those who agree with us that the Bible is true and Jesus is the only way for salvation (John 14:6). We rely on the prayerful, sacrificial donations of time, talents and treasures of those who agree with us to enable us to carry out our mission.

Our role supports the building up of the church as a whole

Ephesians 4:11-15 It was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.

God called some to serve the church as evangelists, people who are broadcasting the Gospel to those not yet followers of Christ. As evangelists serve, they not only are declarers of the Good News, but are also part of God’s plan to prepare the church to mature into powerful witnesses who will speak the truth of Jesus, in love, to a lost and dying world.

Jewish missions presents some unique challenges

We face a challenge in brining the Gospel to a Jewish audience:

• There are over 16 million Jewish people scattered over 134 countries of the world.

• Missiologists acknowledge that over 98% of the Jewish population today is unsaved.

• Not only do we face indifference by many regarding spiritual matters, but that is colored by the long history of anti-Semitism which, by some in the Jewish community, is linked to the church.

• It has long been declared by Jewish leaders that one cannot be Jewish and believe in Jesus. Yet the first followers of Jesus were Jewish, Jesus was Jewish, and the Apostles were Jewish. We believe that the most Jewish thing one can do is follow the Jewish Messiah, Jesus!

• We cannot piggy-back the Gospel onto an agricultural mission, a medical mission or an educational mission. We do not need to translate the scriptures into a native tongue. The Jewish people have taken a desert and made it bloom. They are on the cutting edge of medical technologies and are highly literate. The Old Testament was given in their original tongue, Hebrew. This means that the only thing we can do is to tell people of Jesus in as loving and direct manner as possible.

 

Apple of His Eye Mission Society is a not-for-profit 501c(3) organization. We file a Form 990 annually for the public disclosure of all our finances.