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The British Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Jews founded London 1842, was the Presbyterian and dissenting churches' counterpart to the Anglican
London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews The Church's Ministry Among Jewish People (CMJ) (formerly the London Jews' Society and the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews) is an Anglican missionary society founded in 1809. History The society began in the early 19th ...
(founded 1809, today CMJ). The two societies were in large part identical, but representing
high-church The term ''high church'' refers to beliefs and practices of Christian ecclesiology, liturgy, and theology that emphasize formality and resistance to modernisation. Although used in connection with various Christian traditions, the term originat ...
and low-church traditions in British Christianity. Among the founders of the low-church body in 1846 was
Ridley Haim Herschell Ridley Haim Herschell (7 April 1807 – 14 April 1864) was a Polish-born British minister who converted from Judaism to evangelical Christianity. He was a founder of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews (1842) and ...
, who also founded Trinity Chapel on the Edgware Road and the
Evangelical Alliance The Evangelical Alliance (EA) is a national evangelical alliance, member of the World Evangelical Alliance. Founded in 1846, the activities of the Evangelical Alliance aim to promote evangelical Christian beliefs in government, media and socie ...
. The Society published a periodical called the ''Jewish Herald''. It was renamed the International Society for the Evangelisation of the Jews, and later merged with the Barbican Mission to the Jews to form Christian Witness to Israel.


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*{{cite book , last1=Dunlop , first1=John , title=Memories of gospel triumphs among the Jews during the Victorian era , date=1894 , publisher=S.W. Partridge & Co. , location=London , url=https://archive.org/details/memoriesofgospel00dunl Religious organizations established in 1842 Religious organisations based in London 1842 establishments in the United Kingdom Conversion of Jews to Christianity