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...
July Third Thursday Action Alert
TELL CONGRESS TO STOP PALESTINIAN DEMOLITIONS AND DISPLACEMENT 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. Each action alert will focus on different issues...
ELCA works to provide relief to people internally displaced in Syria
ELCA NEWS SERVICE June 26, 2013 ELCA works to provide relief to people internally displaced in Syria CHICAGO (ELCA) — In response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is providing more than $540,000 to...
Bishop Younan Speaks at Conference on Christians in the Middle East
Beirut, Lebanon: On May 22 2013, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President, Bishop Munib Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), spoke during the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Middle East Council of Churches...