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Sabeel Wave of Prayer: Week of Nov. 13, 2023
Since the 7th of October, the situation continues to worsen in Gaza. Israel’s intense...
Read MoreDisciples and UCC General Ministers and Presidents join ecumenical leaders in a letter to President Biden on the Middle East
On Thursday, Nov. 9, the Rev. Teresa Hord Owens, General Minister and President of the Christian...
Read MoreCommon Global Ministries Board adopts statement on the situation in the Middle East
[The following statement was adopted by the Common Global Ministries Board of Directors at its...
Read MoreB’Tselem: Israel holding 750 families in Hebron’s Area H2 under curfew for last month
Since the war broke out on 7 October 2023, the military has been imposing a curfew on 11...
Read MoreB’Tselem: Gaza needs a humanitarian pause now
As soon as the war broke out, Israel sealed the Gaza Strip on all sides, trapped its 2.2 million...
Read MoreB’Tselem: Israel must not bomb a-Shifaa Hospital
A-Shifaa is the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip. In addition to thousands of sick...
Read MoreMECC statement on the war against the Palestinian people in Gaza
[The following statement was issued by the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) on Oct....
Read MoreSabeel Wave of Prayer: Week of Nov. 6, 2023
It has now been over a month since the beginning of this period of suffering and misery. The...
Read MoreKairos Southern Africa and Kairos Palestine Issue a Joint Open Letter to Church leaders and Christians in the USA, Europe and the Ecumenical Family
The following letter was issued by leaders of Kairos Palestine and Kairos Southern Africa on Nov....
Read MoreCeasefire Now! Biden Administration’s Response Inadequate to Catastrophe in Gaza
[The following statement is issued by Churches for Middle East Peace, of which the Christian...
Read MorePeace for the Middle East: a Pastoral Letter by the Joint Commission
En español "Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Get up and go towards the south to the...
Read MoreWCC News: Patriarchate of Jerusalem gravely concerned over Israeli shelling targeting of civilian infrastructure in Gaza
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is standing in solidarity with the Patriarchate of Jerusalem,...
Read MoreFirst Months in Morocco
Written by: Antionette Bailu, who serves in Morocco My arrival in Morocco has been a great...
Read More“God is Under the Rubble in Gaza”
[This sermon, by the Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem,...
Read MoreDSPR Update: October 2023
[The following is an update from the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees (DSPR) of the...
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