One of the main issues I’ve been tracking at General Convention is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I testified at the hearing on Israel-Palestine issues and have attended both informal talks and the formal debates on the floor. However, I didn’t expect to find myself as emotional as I was during the debate on the floor at […]
Call from the Board of Directors of the Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace July 8th, 2018 We call on the Episcopal Church to speak truth to power. We are an organization of Palestinian-American Christians with members across the U.S. Three of our leaders are Palestinian Christian pastors. Some of our members experienced the 1948 ethnic […]
Jerusalem, July 7, 2018 Dear sisters and brothers, Kairos Palestne has been following the recent work of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship and its Palestne Justice Network with great interest and abiding appreciaton. While the Episcopal Church has partnered with the Palestnian Christan community since 1922, we recognize that this is a kairos moment for the […]
These will be considered along with the others listed in two earlier postings in the Community section of the website. The committees to whom all the resolutions have been assigned will hold a joint hearing on Friday 6 July from 7:30AM-10:00AM. B018 A Resolution For Reconciliation and Engagement in the Holy Land, filed by the […]
Statement for the Deputies & Bishops of the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church July, 2018 We are a group of more than 50 rabbis, cantors, and rabbinical students, and we speak on behalf of a large and growing movement of Jews that numbers in the hundreds of thousands that seeks an […]
الائتلاف الوطني للمؤسسات المسيحية في فلسطين NCCOP National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine June 21, 2018 Dear Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and the esteemed bishops and deputies of the Episcopal Church, We, the member organizations of the National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine (NCCOP), are glad to see that you have decided to […]
Thanks to Episcopal Cafe for circulating this powerful statement. July 3, 2018 We join together and reach out in love to all who are gathered in Austin for the 79th General Convention. It is the first Convention since our beloved Edmond Browning, 24th Presiding Bishop, departed this life to join in all the company of heaven. We […]
Adding B018 A Resolution for Reconciliation and Engagement in the Holy Land D038 Civil Rights and Equality for All in Israel D039 Regarding Occupation and Apartheid B016 Adopt ELCA Action on Israel/Palestine D041 Protectng Jerusalem D044 Tools for Effective Shareholder Engagement for Human Rights – while this resolutions does not specifically name Israel/Palestine, the tools […]
As resolutions are filed between this posting and the next regularly-scheduled PINontheGo (5 July) we will post the number, title and links on this page. These links are included on the 28 June PINontheGo. Resolutions filed with General Convention since our last update: D018 Negotiating the Israeli Palestinian Conflict D019 Ending Church Complicity in the […]
Colleague Philip Farah is a Palestinian Christian born and raised in East Jerusalem. He is a founding member of the Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace and a co-founder of the Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace (PCAP). We present this under the rubric of Voices for Justice because of the personal history Farah recounts […]
The wall of sound describes the music produced by Phil Spector in the 1960s and the Grateful Dead in the 1970s. It has been given new meaning in the 21st century by the Philadelphia Orchestra’s performing in the State of Israel. Sandy Tolan in his book, Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in […]
EPF PJN member Linda Gaither sets the context for EPF PJN’s work at General Convention 2018. Our presiding bishop, +++Michael Curry, heard the cries of the people during his Holy Week visit to the Diocese of Jerusalem: “We have heard the cries of Palestinian Christians throughout the land, who strive only for equal treatment and […]