Daniel C. Juster

Daniel Juster (1947 – ) is an author and advocate of Messianic Judaism. He has served in the Messianic Jewish movement since 1972.

Roles in the movement

He has had various leadership roles including:

Current position

Juster presently serves as the Founder and Director of Tikkun International, a network of congregations and ministries in the United States and abroad dedicated to the restoration of Israel and the Church, which involves:

  1. Training, sending out and supporting congregational planters in the USA, Israel and other countries
  2. Fostering Jewish ministry in local churches
  3. Helping to support a full-time Bible and Graduate School of training leaders for the Messianic Jewish community
  4. Sending people to preach and teach in conferences, evangelistic campaigns and Messianic congregations and churches.

Notability

Juster helped to frame the differences between Hebrew Christianity and Messianic Judaism.[2] Juster's book, Jewish Roots, presents a positive, critical approach to Rabbinic Judaism and is widely recognized as a foundational treatise on Messianic Judaism and its practice.[3]

Juster is an acclaimed international speaker on the relationship of Israel and the Church and an author of several books relating the modern Church’s responsibility to embrace Israel as a key to the Kingdom of God. His articles have been published in various periodicals such as People of Destiny, Christianity Today, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Mishkan, and others.

Juster was honored with a Lifetime Sacrifice and Service Award (2009) from the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations for his contributions to Messianic Judaism and advancement of theology.[4]

Education and Teaching

Juster has taught apologetics and theology since 1971 in many schools around the world. His academic background includes a B.A. in Philosophy, Wheaton College; M.Div., McCormick Seminary; Philosophy of Religion Graduate Program, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Th.D., New Covenant International Seminary, an unaccredited Florida seminary . Juster holds a doctorate in theology from an unaccredited Florida seminary. and was adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary. He now teaches at The King’s University in Van Nuys, California.

Books

External links

References

Cohn-Sherbach, Dan. Messianic Judaism (Wellington House, 2000) pp. 67, 76, 169-170, 179.

  1. Cohn-Sherbach, Dan. Messianic Judaism (Wellington House, 2000) p. 76.
  2. Cohn-Sherbach, Dan (2000). Messianic Judaism. Wellington House. p. 169.
  3. Van De Poll, Evert W. (2008). Sacred Times For Chosen People. Centraal Boekhuis. pp. 168, 173. ISBN 9789023923299.
  4. Silverman, Howard. "Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations". Website Article. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
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