Sam Wilson is a veteran missionary, having served since 1995 in Russia, Israel, and Ukraine. He currently serves as the International Board of Jewish Missions' Director of Global Outreach, leading a team of IBJM missionaries who mobilize churches across America to minister to the Jewish people in their communities. 

Sam Rotman was born into a very religious Eastern European Jewish family. He attended Hebrew School 5 days a week for 8 years. All his friends and relatives were Jewish. While studying music in New York City, he met 3 fellow musicians who shared the Gospel and the New Testament with him. On May 21, 1971 he became a new creation in Christ.

In his lecture he will give an overview of the history of Judaism in order to understand modern-day Jews and to be better equipped in sharing the Gospel of the Messiah Jesus with them.