The usual doldrums of summer have been roiled by two recent events that help us realize anew the place our Church has in the world and our part in it. The events are the Lambeth Conference and the latest of Israel’s recurring assaults on people of the Gaza Strip. These two events are wholly unconnected, […]
To complete our reports on actions of the 80th General Convention which met in Baltimore early last month, let's examine the fate of Resolution C012, Confronting Christian Zionism, submitted by the Diocese of Chicago. C012 was one of two resolutions on Christian Zionism (“CZ”) considered by Legislative Committee 7, Social Justice and International Policy. The other, […]
Last week’s July 14 issue of PINontheGo recapped some of the resolutions that passed the unique, turbulent 80th General Convention (GC) just completed. Resolutions C013, C039, and D024 are important, forceful resolutions and even more remarkable for coming out successfully from a legislative process that was prolonged, at times confusing, and technologically challenging. Not to […]
The year-long delayed, and recently streamlined 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church has completed three days of concentrated action and worship in Baltimore, yielding four reasons to be excited. During that time the Bishops and Deputies adopted an amended version of Resolution C013 on Freedom of Speech and the Right to Boycott. It also adopted an amended version […]
Late last week Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and outgoing House of Deputies President Gay Clark Jennings issued a joint communique that "they would be accepting their design group’s recommendation of a June 6 deadline for submitting resolutions to the 80th General Convention," in order to give the legislative committees time to complete their work online […]
Occasionally and somewhat unpredictably, readers of PINontheGo emails and followers of the EPF PIN Facebook page will find a message that we have "signed on" to a statement or letter, or endorsed a webinar or other action initiated by another group. Endorsements are upon request from the initiating group and after consideration by our Communications […]
On May 23, a Bishop’s Disciplinary Tribunal for the Diocese of Winchester in the Church of England will convene to consider a 2018 complaint of antisemitism made against the Reverend Stephen Sizer by the Board of Deputies of British Jews. The Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network is aware of, and deeply appreciates the long […]
Thanks to EPF PIN member Lynn W. Huber for this report. We Are Not Numbers (WANN) is an international organization which matches up professional, published English writers with Gazan youth interested in writing in English themselves. Having been to Palestine twice, and having done writing and teaching about the ever-increasing horrors of life there, the […]
Thanks to EPF PIN member Cliff Cutler for offering another perspective on Christian Zionism as we prepare for our work in supporting resolutions on Christian Zionism. Susan Brogden, a lifelong member of Disciples of Christ congregations and currently Regional Coordinator for Churches for Middle East Peace, wrote an essay, part of a series in christianzionism.org […]
Last Friday, the Legislative Committee on Social Justice and International Policy met via Zoom to receive testimony for a second time. Six resolutions concerning Palestine/Israel were on the agenda. Two diocesan resolutions ask General Convention members to reject Christian Zionism, while three others ask the Church to name Israel’s rule over Palestinians as a form […]
A Pastoral Letter on Jerusalem At their March retreat, the House of Bishops issued a pastoral letter on the status of Jerusalem. That letter was issued to comply with General Convention 2018's Resolution B003 stipulation that the House of Bishops "...disseminate as soon as is practicable a Pastoral Letter supporting Jerusalem’s prophetic identity as the Holy City of […]
Episcopalians in the Diocese of Washington voted big against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians on 29 January, adopting resolutions to “oppose Israel’s apartheid” (by 73%), to “confront Christian Zionism” (by 76%), and to “defend the right to boycott” (by 80%), which is under assault from anti-BDS laws enacted in dozens of states and championed in Congress. […]
