LWF works with Jordanian NGO to prepare Syrian refugees for winter
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), a founding member of the ACT Alliance, has recently started offering emergency assistance in the Za’atri Refugee Camp in Northern Jordan, which is growing rapidly and now houses over 90,000 people, the largest number of Syrian...
Listen to former Ecumenical Accompanier on a BBC podcast
Jane Harries, a Quaker from the United Kingdom, has recently returned from a three–month stint in the West Bank, working with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). She was based in Yanoun, a small Palestinian village near Nablus, living with...
Syrian and Lebanese Christian partners of PCUSA speak about recent violence and unrest
Presbyterians have had partnerships with Christians in Syria and Lebanon since the early 1800s. Two of their partners recently spoke in New York about how the church is responding to the current crisis in Syria, a crisis that impacts Lebanon. Watch...
ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson denounces hate video and violence
In letters to Coptic Orthodox, Islamic and Muslim leaders across the United States, the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), denounced the hate video “Innocence of Muslims” and shared his commitment to...
LWF President urges Syrian-led dialogue and aid for refugees
The president of the Lutheran World Federation, Bishop Munib Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, has called for a Syrian-led dialogue to resolve the current conflict there and has urged the international community to provide emergency aid...
ELCA responds to needs of Syrian refugees in Jordan
The ELCA is responding to the growing refugee crisis in Jordan resulting from Syrians fleeing recently-escalated violence in their home country. A year of brutal violence is believed to have taken over 10,000 lives thus far in Syria with no end in sight. ...
King Abdullah hosts Iftar banquet for Muslim scholars and Christian leaders
Sunday, August 12, His Majesty King Abdullah II hosted an iftar banquet for Muslim scholars and Christian leaders. The banquet was held at Basman Palace in Jordan. One of those attending was the Rt. Rev. Munib Younan, far left, Bishop of...
EU and other diplomats call on Israel to prevent slated village demolitions in the South Hebron Hills
European Union and other diplomats from around the world recently toured some of the 8 villages slated for destruction by the Israelis to make room for a firing zone and called on Israel to halt the scheduled demolitions. Ecumenical Accompaniers...
African Americans for Justice in the Middle East and North Africa releases statement: “Silence in the face of injustice and oppression is unacceptable”
African Americans for Justice in the Middle East & North Africa is an initiative that has been created in order to build solidarity, in a true Pan-African and Black Internationalist tradition, with the peoples and progressive social movements in North...
Israel controls 94% of the Jordan Valley, a potential breadbasket for a Palestinian state, new report says
Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has toured Israel and raised controversy in several arenas. First, he said he would move the US Embassy to Jerusalem, a controversial move that others in the international community have not done. Then he compared...