Education:

Ph.D. in process (Theology/Apologetics) – Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary/Graduate School, Lynchburg, Virginia, anticipated graduation date of May 2016

Master of Arts in Theology – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, December 2006

Master of Arts in Communication – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, December 1996

Bachelor of Science in Education (Magna Cum Laude) – East Texas Baptist University, Marshall, Texas, December 1991

Continuing Education:

The International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem (2010-2011)

Evangelical Development Ministry Institute

Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary (1998)

Additional Academic/Ministry Experience:

January 2004 to Present – President/Director, Tzedakah Ministries (www.tzedakahministries.org), Waxahachie, Texas

August 2011 to Present -- Co-coordinator of the Theological Study Group of the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism (North America) 

Spring 2009 – Guest Lecturer on the topic “The Church and the Holocaust” for Dr. Todd Bradley's Ministry in Jewish Contexts, Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas

Spring 2001 and Spring 2002 – Adjunct Instructor at New York School of the Bible, New York, New York

January 2000 to November 2002 – Development/Stewardship Officer and Missionary, Chosen People Ministries, New York, New York

Published Materials and Academic Presentations:

• Paul’s Conundrum (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011) (available at http://www.amazon.com/Pauls-Conundrum-Reconciling-Thessalonians-Heritage/dp/1608994570/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314399745&sr=8-1)
• “An Apologetic Response on How to Share the Gospel of Messiah Jesus in Light of the Holocaust” – International Society of Christian Apologetics (Fort Worth, April 2010)
• “What is the Missing Component in Reaching the World for Jesus?: The ‘First’ Mission Field” – Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism North America (Atlanta, March 2010)
• “What is the Missing Component in Reaching the World for Jesus?: The ‘First’ Mission Field” – Evangelical Missiological Society South Central Regional (New Orleans, February 2010)
• “X + Gospel = World Evangelization: What is the Missing Component in Reaching the World for Jesus – Occasional Bulletin (Journal of the Evangelical Missiological Society (Spring 2009)
• Typist for James Leo Garrett's Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study (Mercer University Press, 2009)
• Paul’s Relationship with the Jewish People: An Analysis of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 and Romans 9:1-5, 1st and 2nd editions, Emanuel University Centre: 2007 and 2009)
• “Cultural Obstacles to Jewish Evangelism in Modern American Society” – Evangelical Theological Society (Colorado Springs, Nov. 2001)
• “How to Introduce Your Jewish Friends to the Messiah – A Sunday School Lesson: Romans 1:16-17” – Chosen People Ministries (2001)
• Co-author of “Evangelism among Russian Jews in the United States,” Lausanne Conference on Jewish Evangelism – North America (March 13-15, 2000)
• Author Indexer for James Leo Garrett's Systematic Theology: Biblical, Historical and Evangelical, vol. 2 (William B. Eerdmans, 1995)
• Bi-Monthly Columnist of “Storm Shelters” – Baptist Progress (May 1997 to December 1998)
• “Gift of Holy Laughter – Fact or Fallacy? (part one and two)” – Baptist Progress (July 19 and July 26, 1995)
• “Why Does God Make Some Kids „Special‟?” – Focus Magazine (May 1992)

Blogs/Twitter for Your Perusal:

• www.mysterysolvedwithmessiahjesus.wordpress.com
• www.ilivearomans116life.wordpress.com
• www.paulsconundrum.wordpress.com
• Twitter Account -- @ElijahsWitness

Personal Biography:

Growing up in a Christian home, Amy Downey came to realize at an early age that she needed to receive Jesus as her personal Savior (Messiah). Therefore at the age of eight in a small Baptist church in Lubbock, Texas, Amy became a believer in Yeshua (the Hebrew name for Jesus).

By age sixteen, Amy surrendered her life to full-time service but still struggled with her call to missions. Afraid of the price she might have to pay, Amy decided to serve God but in her own way. However, and finally, at the age of twenty-eight, Amy followed the mission call to reach the Jewish people with the truth that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah.

This call has taken her across the country to speak in churches and meetings across twenty states (including Florida, New York, Connecticut, Texas, and Pennsylvania) along with England and Canada about the need for the Christian church to take on the responsibility of Jewish evangelism mandated in Romans 1:16 and 11:11-24. Amy has shared the truth of Jesus to Jewish people on street corners, airplanes, parks, restaurants, and even in churches. In addition, she spent three of the most spiritually challenging and rewarding years of her life in the heart of American Jewish life – New York City.  Amy is the director and founder of Tzedakah Ministries.  She also enjoys her students and professorial opportunities at Arlington Baptist College.

But as Amy says, “Acts 20:24 reminds me that my life must be focused on God’s calling and purpose. All of the opportunities that God has given me to learn more about Him are strictly for the purpose to be more equipped to tell the Chosen People about Him ... and to equip others to do the same.”

Amy is a member of Heritage Baptist Church in Waxahachie, Texas, and a participant in the Adat Shalom Messianic Congregation in Dallas, Texas.

"My heart has always been to see the salvation of the Jewish people. As the daughter of a Baptist minister, I have always understood that my salvation and my privilege of eternity with God has been because of a Jewish man named Jesus. How could I not want to see the Jewish people come to know Him as Messiah?"