| Late
1960s |
The Jesus Movement in full swing
and many Jewish young people are coming to believe in Jesus. |
| 1969 |
Moishe
Rosen, veteran missionary, develops broadside-style gospel tracts in New York
City. |
| Summer 1970 |
Fellowship of Christian
Testimonies to the Jews has Jewish executive, Sid Lawrence, speak. He tells the mission leaders they are
ineffective. Moishe Rosen moves to San Francisco to be part of the Jesus
movement to minister to young Jewish believers in Jesus. |
| 1971 |
Jews for Jesus Presentation
Group is formed (later named the Liberated Wailing Wall). |
| 1972 |
New Jerusalem Players drama team
is formed. |
| Jun-72 |
The slogan, "Jews for
Jesus" is picked up by the national media. Jews for Jesus film with Les
Crane airs on network TV. |
| Aug-72 |
Moishe speaks at Jesus Joy Rally
at Madison Square Garden. |
| Fall 1973 |
First Liberated Wailing Wall
album, Hineni, is produced. |
| Jan-73 |
Volunteers at Jews for Jesus
covenant to stay together for 18 months. |
| Summer 1973 |
Liberated Wailing Wall goes on
first tour. |
| Sep-73 |
Jews for Jesus is incorporated
as Hineni Ministries. The staff consists of a mobile singing group, the
executive director and his secretary. |
| 1974 |
Jews for Jesus book by Moishe
Rosen & Bill Proctor is published. |
| Jun-74 |
Jews
for Jesus attends LCWE meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. |
| Summer 1974 |
First annual summer witnessing
campaign in New York City. |
| Fall 1974 |
Los Angeles branch
established. |
| Fall 1974 |
Approved student program
instituted. |
| Jan-75 |
New Jerusalem Players go on
first tour. |
| Jan-75 |
Move
headquarters from Corte Madera to San Rafael, California. |
| Jan-75 |
First weekly staff report. |
| Spring 1975 |
First Israel Witnessing
Expedition. |
| Jun-75 |
Jews for Jesus Council formed. |
| Aug-75 |
New York branch established. |
| Fall 1975 |
Israelight singing group formed. |
| Fall 1975 |
First Jews for Jesus
Ingathering. |
| 1976 |
ISSUES publication begun. |
| Early 1976 |
Chicago branch established.
Boston branch established. |
| Apr-76 |
First Northern Ireland
Witnessing Campaign. |
| Jun-76 |
First full-page evangelistic ad
in secular paper (New York Times). |
| Summer 1977 |
Miami branch established. |
| Feb-78 |
Jews for Jesus Headquarters
moves to San Francisco. |
| Sep-78 |
Washington, D.C. outpost
established. |
| Sept.'79-June '80 |
Avodah Retraining Year for the
missionary staff. Temporarily shut
down all branches. |
| Summer 1980 |
First Liberated Wailing Wall
traveling bus purchased. |
| Aug-80 |
Re-opened branches in New York
City , Chicago and Los Angeles. |
| Aug-81 |
Toronto branch established.
First world tour of the Liberated Wailing Wall. |
| Dec-81 |
San Francisco branch
re-established. |
| Spring 1982 |
Co-Laborer in Messiah
program instituted. |
| Summer 1982 |
Probe Witnessing Campaign in
England. |
| Dec-82 |
Y'shua
Secular Media Ad Campaign initiated on a broad scale. |
| Summer 1983 |
Joint London witnessing campaign
with other Jewish missions. |
| Sep-83 |
Boston branch re-opened. |
| Early 1984 |
Purchased
New York building. Joint World Tour—New Jerusalem Players and Liberated
Wailing Wall. |
| Summer 1984 |
Jews for Jesus Summer Olympics
Campaign in Los Angeles. |
| 1985 |
Still Not Ashamed documentary
film released. |
| Spring 1985 |
Mishpochah Message started (now Havurah). |
| May-85 |
First academic study program
abroad (Israel '85). |
| Summer 1985 |
Project Nehemiah initiated. |
| 1986 |
Shalom Hospitality House opened. |
| Summer 1986 |
Jesus for Jews book published (now called, Testimonies). |
| Sep-87 |
Jews for Jesus wins U.S. Supreme
Court decision re: broadsiding at Los Angeles International Airport. |
| Summer 1988 |
Institution of Masters in Jewish
Missions program at Fuller Seminary. |
| Winter 1988 |
Washington D.C. branch
established. |
| Apr-89 |
Willowbank
Declaration on the Christian Gospel & the Jewish People adopted. |
| Aug-89 |
Merge with Hope of Israel of
South Africa. |
| Nov-89 |
Johannesburg, South Africa
branch established. |
| Dec-89 |
First Project Joshua, Jewish
believing college student trip to Israel. |
| Mar-90 |
Argentina work established. |
| Oct-90 |
Israel Witnessing Campaign. |
| Nov-90 |
Re-opened South Florida branch. |
| Winter 1990 |
Dallas chapter established. |
| Summer 1991 |
First Camp Gilgal on East &
West Coast of U.S. |
| Aug-91 |
Retraining Week of Missionary
Staff Worldwide at Asilomar. |
| Sep-91 |
Odessa, Ukraine branch
established. |
| Jan-92 |
London branch established. |
| Jan-92 |
Establishment of Purple
Pomegranate Productions. |
| Apr-92 |
Paris branch established. |
| Aug-92 |
Thousand Tongues Witnessing
Campaign—London and Amsterdam. |
| Sep-92 |
School of the Prophets—Odessa,
Ukraine. |
| Jan-93 |
Moscow branch opened. |
| Mar-93 |
Theological
Consultation on Theology & Law. |
| Dec-93 |
Second Asilomar Missionary
Retraining. |
| Dec-93 |
Liberated Wailing Wall at Urbana. |
| May-94 |
Israel Worker established. |
| Summer 1994 |
Paris, Toronto, New York &
Moscow witnessing campaigns. |
| Sep-94 |
Moved into our own facility in
Westwood, California. |
| Dec-94 |
First Project Caleb—Israel
Teen Program. |
| Mar-95 |
Jews for Jesus Website launched. |
| April-June 1995 |
Liberated Wailing Wall World
Tour. |
| Summer 1995 |
Paris, Moscow, New York
campaigns. |
| May-96 |
David Brickner elected
Executive Director. |
| Summer 1996 |
New York, Toronto, London
Campaigns. |
| Spring 1997 |
Jewish Doctors Meet the Great
Physician book published. |
| Summer 1997 |
Paris, New York, Moscow
Campaigns. |
| Jan-98 |
Argentina branch closed. |
| Feb-98 |
Witnessing to Jews book
published. |
| Spring of 1998 |
Kharkov branch established. |
| Spring of 1998 |
Kiev branch established. |
| Apr-98 |
Multi-Media/Video department of
Jews for Jesus established. |
| Apr-98 |
Juden für Jesus/Deutschland
established. |
| Fall 1998 |
Sydney branch established. |
| Fall of 1998 |
Dnepropetrovsk branch
established. |
| Fall 1998 |
Messiah's Shofar music team
(Ukraine) evangelizes in Germany. |
| Dec-98 |
Purchase of residence buildings
in New York. Walk With Y'shua, first children's book, published. |
| Spring 1999 |
Jewish Evangelism Seminar
video produced. |
| Spring 1999 |
Skokie, Illinois property
purchased. |
| May-99 |
First Israeli-born staff trained
and deployed to Israel. |
| Jul-99 |
Future Hope book published. |
| Jan-00 |
David Brickner on Larry King
Live. |
| Mar-00 |
Following Y'shua discipleship manual published. |
| May-00 |
French testimonies booklet. |
| Jun-00 |
First Ethiopian staff trained. |
| Jul-00 |
Not Ashamed book by Ruth Tucker
published. |
| Jul-00 |
Amutah granted to Jews for Jesus
in Israel. |
| Sep-00 |
Essen, Germany branch established. |
| Nov-00 |
Street Evangelism Techniques CD-ROM produced. |
| Sep-00 |
Sam Rotman evangelistic video
produced. |
| Dec-00 |
Millennial Convocation held to kick
off Behold Your God five-year effort. |
| Apr-01 |
Survivor Stories video produced. |
| Apr-01 |
First Behold Your God Campaign
in San Francisco. |
| Jul-01 |
Last Jew of Rotterdam book published. |
| Jul-02 |
Between Two Fathers book published. |
| Apr-02 |
Evangelistic CD-ROM "CD-ROM-A-RAMA" produced. |
| Apr-02 |
Rio de Janeiro branch
established. |
| Sep-02 |
Boston branch re-opened. |
| Sep-02 |
First Spanish campaign, Mexico
City. |
| Mar-03 |
"For Jews for Jesus" web site
launched. |
