Annual Report 2001 for LCJE Europe
By Hartmut Renz, LCJE Area Coordinator for Europe

Here are the reports I've got and a short impression from myself about the work in Germany. 

DENMARK
The Danish Israel Mission’s Youth Work

We have had a great fellowship with Jews for Jesus. We sent 3 young volunteers to Paris, London and New York, and they brought great experience and commitment back to our homework.
	We also have had Tamar and Ranaa in Denmark. The Danish Israel Mission has invited the reconciliation movement "Musalaha" to send an Israeli and a Palestinian who had participated in Musalaha activities.
	Tamar, a Messianic Jew from Jerusalem, and Ranaa, a Palestinian Christian from ShfarAm, spent 35 days (5 weeks) speaking 58 times in schools, youth groups, churches and conferences. They shared about their faith, about being believers in an Israeli/Arab context, and about reconciliation. Some Danish people expressed to them that it was good to hear positive and hopeful news from the Middle East, in the midst of media reports of violence and conflict. Reconciliation is also relevant and needed in Denmark, and Tamar and Ranaa were an encouraging example. 

GERMANY
We thank God that the work in Germany is going on and that public attacks have decreased even though all of the Jewish representatives and most of the evangelical state churches have made clear statements against Jewish evangelism. At the moment we have a messianic congregation or a messianic house group in about 15 big cities. The work is done by Arbeitsgemeinschaft für das messianische Zeugnis in Israel (AMZI), Beit Sar Shalom Evangeliumsdienst (BSSE, the German branch of Chosen People Ministries), Evangeliumsdienst für Israel (EDI), Operation Mobilisation (OM) and some individuals who are not linked to an organisation. 

HUNGARY
Nachamu Ami, Comfort My People Ministry's work:

Our ministry has many changes and work in these days.
	1. Feri and Bogi Kozma are busy raising support from Hungarian Christians. Why is that? They received a wonderful opportunity from the CWI, England. They are going to participate in a half-year training program of the CWI ministry from the summer of 2002.
	2. Beside of this preparation work our ministry is planning to publish a newsletter in the end of this year. It is in process. This would be our first official newsletter since our foundation was established.
	3. Our ministry is not well-known yet in Hungary, therefore we would like to publish a brochure. In this brochure we would present our ministry and our members. We would write about the importance and significance of evangelism and ministry among the Jewish people. We also would like to share some good examples from the past. Those workers and ministers who had marvellous influence on Jews and also non_Jews.
	4. And finally we would like to share our theses on our web site. These papers were written by our leadership members in the theological universities and seminaries.

UNITED KINGDOM
Christian Witness to Israel

Christian Witness to Israel’s primary calling is to bring the gospel to the Jewish people, to call them to faith in Yeshua, our Lord and Saviour, and to encourage and support new believers. If success is measured in terms of faithful and clear witness, there is every reason to conclude that the last year was a successful year. If, however, evangelism success is measured by the number of people coming to faith, then the story is rather different; success in these terms is somewhat less evident; yet even here we have good reason to praise God.
	Our subsidiary calling is to motivate and mobilise the Church to witness in sensitive and appropriate ways.

United Kingdom
Throughout all our UK branches (London, Leeds, Glasgow) the work of evangelism has continued unabated through the last year. Jewish Awareness Weekends have been held in several strategic towns along the south coast of England. These were primarily aimed at mobilising lay witness in Brighton/Hove, Bournemouth & Worthing. New, accepted, Chinese members of staff have been unable to move to the UK owing to the reluctance of the British government to grant them visas.

France
The work of Francine Roulet has continued in Lyon, primarily through her ministry in the La Bonne Nouvelle congregation.

Germany
Richard Tomlinson, an associate worker with CWI, has faithfully continued work in Frankfurt.

Hungary
CWI has associated with the Hungarian group Nachamu Ami, and is currently setting up arrangements to establish witness to the Jewish people in Hungary. 

Romania
Visits to Romania have established close relations with Romanian organisations, churches and individuals. Through these relationships, CWI is active in supporting local initiatives in witness to the Jewish people, as well as seeking to locate, recruit and train new staff workers.

Bulgaria
CWI’s staff worker in Bulgaria, Stanislav Alexiev, continues to establish evangelistic prayer groups in strategic locations in the country. His recent visits to Macedonia, Serbia & Turkey have enabled the exploration of new possibilities for witness in these countries.

Messianic Servant Ministries, 15 Potters Wynd, Lanark, Scotland
Our Primary focus is the Gospel for the Jewish people but we have found ourselves continually drawn to the elderly and emotionally damaged people that are loved by the Lord yet often overlooked. We are a small group of just three full time workers.
	Ian Campbell, who heads this ministry, is based in Scotland and travels extensively into Budapest, Hungary, and the Ukraine where he has established a mission base and a Messianic Jewish Community _ community because we are caring (spiritually, emotionally and physically) for an elderly and mentally scared Jewish people as well as reaching other Jewish groups with the Gospel. We have a small group also meeting for Shabbat in Vac a small town north of Budapest. Ian is also involved in Prayer ministry on a European basis and is co_ordinating the new 40/70 prayer window initiative for both Scotland and Hungary.
	Kata Tar is a Hungarian Jewish Believer who heads small team of volunteer workers in caring for Holocaust survivors (and their successive generations), visits a Jewish geriatric ward and pastors our Messianic Community in Budapest.
	Rita Balazh is Ukrainian and heads our feeding programme to Holocaust survivors and other needy Jewish people in the Ukraine. She has seen a number of these elderly people come to faith over the last few months. She heads a small group of volunteers.
Hartmut Renz