Our History
Founded in the 1920s as a Jewish evangelistic association, the organization was taken over by evangelist Arnold Ross in the 1970s. Originally operating as a mission in the Bowery of New York City, World Messianic Fellowships provided temporary shelter and food, and shared the Gospel for those in need.
World Messianic Fellowships later moved to Long Island, New York, where Arnold began a radio program where he preached for many years.
World Messianic Fellowships continued its three-part mission for many years:
- World Messianic Fellowships: a fellowship to start and grow messianic churches.
- Herman House: a small publishing house for tracts and other written evangelistic documents written by Arnold Ross.
- New York Messianic Witness: an evangelistic outreach to reach the Jewish community in New York (this included Arnold’s regular radio program).
While World Messianic Fellowships was originally an evangelistic outreach, it has evolved over the years to support both messianic and other evangelistic work.
After the passing of Arnold Ross in 2008, Joseph Vitti was selected by the Board to continue running the fellowship, supporting Christ-centered outreach to both Jewish and Gentile communities.
Though the shape of the ministry has changed, it also fulfills the core vision of the original Bowery mission: to feed and minister to the poor.
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