Question about Jonathan Cahn's claims?

According to this article:
http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/messianic-shul-opens/

Quote: "Cahn, who claims to have Orthodox smicha [ordination] from a rabbi who had joined the messianic movement..."

First of all, is it true that he has actually claimed this?
And if true, has he actually identified this 'rabbi' who ordained him?

And also, he says he is a licensed minister. What Christian denomination ordained him?

For the record, "Messianic Judaism" is really a weird form of Protestant Christianity with Jewish trappings. Thus, whether or not he was actually ordained by someone or not is immaterial.
I'm just curious since I find the claim to be very odd.

2016-06-03T09:51:10Z

While it is common for clergy in "Messianic Judaism" to call themselves "rabbis" this is the first time I have seen a claim that they were ordained by an Orthodox rabbi and the first time I have seen a claim that an Orthodox rabbi joined the "messianic movement".
The only similar claim I have seen is when another one claimed that he was educated in a Yeshiva. Unfortunately for him, he mentioned the name of the Yeshiva, to which he was then "fact checked" and it was found that his claim was...

2016-06-03T09:53:24Z

... false. (He had attended a few lectures at the Yeshiva intended for the general Jewish public as part of an outreach program.)

2017-01-18T18:45:23Z

Followup Update:

Jonathan Cahn says he was ordained by Sam Stern.

See http://njjewishnews.com/article/21915/messianic-leader-announces-rally-in-israel

Quote:
"He said the late Sam Stern, once an Orthodox rabbi in Poland who became a messianic Jew in Brooklyn, performed his ordination."

However, Sam Stern was NEVER an Orthodox rabbi and likely never Orthodox.

See http://nojesus4jews.weebly.com/sophiees-blog/one-more-rabbi-who-missionaries-say-converted-to-christianity

Neshama2016-06-02T10:48:40Z

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This was all I could find about him:

Born in New York State, Cahn was raised in a reform Jewish home and attended the synagogue frequently. He became an atheist when he was eight years old but a few years later he began to question atheism. By the time he was 20 years old he had become a Messianic Jew, accepting Jesus as the Messiah after almost being killed in two separate accidents, the first being when he was driving on the road when he narrowly avoided a collision and the second at a railway crossing when he escaped from his car before it was crushed by an oncoming train. He went to Purchase University and studied history. He ministered to the New York City homeless for many years and became a licensed minister. In 1989, Cahn started "Hope of the World Ministries" (HOW), an outreach of the Gospel and compassion projects for the needy and currently is the president of the organization and further publishes Sapphires Magazine and ministers on radio, television, and internet.

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allonyoav2016-06-02T13:18:25Z

There is zero proof for any of his claims. He was completely uneducated as a Jew, has never spent even a day in a Yeshivah and clearly is clueless about Judaism and lying about being a Rabbi. Given those lies I would hardly be surprised if he were as dishonest in claiming to be a licensed minister as well

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