The Portland branch participates in street evangelism in the summer months and follow-up discipleship during the winter. The Abrahamson’s are bold and successful evangelists, and Jack Meadows serves through teaching and as support staff for Allen.
Portland
About Our Work in Portland
40,000
Jewish Population
1
Staff
Staff Serving Portland
Volunteers Serving Portland
- Allen and Penny Abrahamson (Portland, OR)
Regional Leadership
Daniel Nessim
Northwest Regional Director
History of Jewish Work in Portland
In 1953, Ruth Backus, a local to Portland, expressed the desire to begin a branch in Portland, Oregon. She received one year of training in New York. Joseph Hoffman Cohn, then president of the ministry, authorized the work but the branch never launched. In 2010, the Abrahamsons joined Chosen People Ministries and started a branch in the Portland area with the Meadows joining them a year later.