ELCJHL Prepares for Dedication of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan
Julie Brenton Rowe Learn about the ELCJHL’s new pilgrimage center at Bethany beyond the Jordan, believed to be the site where Jesus was baptized. Ecumenical and faith leaders from around the world are gathering with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and...
October Third Thursday Advocacy Alert
TELL CONGRESS THAT ISRAEL SHOULD REMOVE MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ONLY ON PALESTINIANS (NOT ISRAELIS) WITHIN THE WEST BANK Peace Not Walls, along with other organizations in the Faith Forum on Middle East Policy, sends out action alerts monthly on every third Thursday....
Join the World Week for Peace in Palestine/Israel Sept. 22-28
The Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) of the World Council of Churches invites member churches, faith-based communities, and civil society organizations to join together in 2013 for a week of advocacy and action in support of an end to the...
The ELCA joins faith organizations from Middle East and around the world in urging restraint in Syria
An ELCA action alert today urged constituents to contact President Obama and Members of Congress to condemn the use of chemical weapons and to urge restraint and encourage non-violent means to resolve the 2-year-old civil war in Syria that has...
A Call From Jerusalem: Political Solution, Not Military Intervention
Rev. Munib A. Younan, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, issued a statement against military intervention in Syria. See the full text below. JERUSALEM – With many people around the world, I am deeply troubled...
Two top Lutheran leaders ask U.S. president to stop atrocities in Egypt
CHICAGO (ELCA) — The United States and its president have a role to play to stop the atrocities in Egypt and allow for the self-determination of that nation to be practiced, according to top Middle East and U.S. Lutheran church...
LWF President, Bishop Munib Younan of ELCJHL, addresses ELCA Churchwide Assembly 2013
The Rt. Rev. Munib A. Younan, President of the Lutheran World Federation and Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, addressed the ELCA Churchwide Assembly today, August 15, 2013. “Please allow me to address the...
Jewish, Christian and Muslim Leaders United In Support of Secretary of State Kerry’s Peace Initiative
In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry this week, thirty key Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders “voiced strong support for his determined initiative for Israeli-Palestinian peace.” In similar letters, the leaders called on key members of Congress “to...
Tell Congress – Peace talks must enforce international law
THIRD THURSDAY ACTION ALERT FOR AUGUST: TELL CONGRESS THAT PEACE TALKS MUST UPHOLD INTERNATIONAL LAW Peace Not Walls, along with other organizations in the Faith Forum on Middle East Policy, will send out action alerts monthly on every third Thursday....
New European Union guidelines ban EU funding for Israeli projects in the Occupied PalestinianTerritories
The European Union has announced that it will no longer fund Israeli projects in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which are slated to become a Palestinian state. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, any Israeli entity seeking funding from or cooperation with the...