رحب الأمين العام لمجلس كنائس الشرق الأوسط الدكتور ميشيل عبس بالأمين العام لمجلس الكنائس العالمي بالإنابة القس البروفيسور الدكتور إيوان سوكا في 14 كانون الأول/ديسمبر بمقر الأمانة العامة لمجلس كنائس الشرق الأوسط في بيروت.كما كان في استقبال سوكا رئيس الاتحاد الإنجيلي الوطني في لبنان ورئيس مجلس الأسرة الإنجيلية، سعادةالقس الدكتور حبيب بدر، وكذلك فريق الأمانة العامة في بيروت.
A “Religious Consultation on Social Cohesion in Iraq,” held 13-15 in Beirut, released a final communiqué, the fruit of wide interreligious participation that included religious and ethnic leaders of all Iraqi components working together for peace in Iraq and the Middle East.
Middle East Council of Churches secretary general Dr Michel Abs welcomed World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca on 14 December at the headquarters of the Middle East Council of Churches General Secretariat in Beirut. The president of the National Evangelical Union in Lebanon and president of the Council for the Evangelical Family, H.E. Rev. Dr Habib Badr, as well the General Secretariat team in Beirut, also received Sauca.
تاحت المشاورات بين الأديان المنعقدة خلال الفترة من 12 إلى 16 كانون الأول/ديسمبر في بيروت، لبنان، الفرصة للمشاركين من مختلف الأديان مشاركة رؤيتهم للتماسك الاجتماعي والديني في العراق، وتقييم السياق الحالي وتصور الطريق إلى الأمام.
An interfaith consultation held 12-16 December in Beirut, Lebanon, offered the chance for participants from different traditions to share their vision for social and religious cohesion in Iraq, assessing the current context and envisioning the way forward.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, in a public statement, expressed grave concern over recent developments in Palestine and Israel, which indicate “a deteriorating situation in the region, emblematic of the many ways in which the ongoing military occupation of the Palestinian territories obstructs achieving a just peace among the people of the Holy Land, and compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and responses to it which have resulted in further restrictions on the space for civil society action in the region.”
What is it like to face the fear of eviction or demolition of your home, day after day, year after year? Personal testimonies during a 28 October webinar portrayed the reality of living in East Jerusalem today.
On 12 October, representatives from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (WCC-EAPPI) joined with Rabbis for Human Rights to be a presence of helping hands and hopeful hearts in villages during olive harvest.
The World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel may be officially over for the year but for Fuad Giacaman, it continues week after week, one day at a time, every minute at the grassroots—as it has for decades.
As the 2021 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel approaches, the World Council of Churches invites people and churches all over the world to pray, advocate, and stand in solidarity with people in the Holy Land.
With families in East Jerusalem facing growing threats of forced evictions and displacement, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will convene a webinar on 20 September to shed light on key issues at stake, currently and historically.
When Dr Michel Abs, secretary general of the Middle East Council of Churches, speaks about living conditions in Lebanon, his compassion for his people—and his passion for peace—brim over. In a video interview with the World Council of Churches, he honestly shared his deepest concerns about the current socio-economic crisis in his nation, and how churches are helping.
Jack Munayer, coordinator for the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel (WCC-EAPPI), recently visited the South Hebron Hills area with diplomatic delegates from eight different countries, as well as Israeli activists. The visit was organized by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The group visited families and listened to their stories with the goal of discerning the nature of hardship and trauma that the occupation continues to cause.
يبدأ برنامج المرافقة المسكونية في فلسطين وإسرائيل التابع لمجلس الكنائس العالمي مبادرة القدس الشرقية التي يرافق فيها البرنامج – حتى دون حضور ملموس- الأسر التي تواجه الإخلاء والتشريد وكذلك الأشخاص الذين يواجهون انتهاكات أخرى لحقوقهم. ويشرح فيما يلي مديرُ لجنة الكنائس المعنية بالشؤون الدولية التابعة لمجلس الكنائس العالمي Peter Prove أهداف مبادرة القدس الشرقية والخلفية التاريخية لها.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is beginning an East Jerusalem Initiative, through which the WCC-EAPPI is accompanying—even without a physical presence—families facing eviction and displacement, as well as people facing other violations of their rights. Below, WCC director of the Commission for the Churches on International Affairs Peter Prove explains the goals and history behind the East Jerusalem Initiative.
Gathered on 24 June as part of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting, representatives from churches and ecumenical organizations in the Middle East took stock of old and new challenges in the region where Christianity itself originated, reflecting on the contributions Middle Eastern Christians can make at the upcoming WCC 11th Assembly.
أعربت اللجنة التنفيذية لمجلس الكنائس العالمي (ًWCC) في بيان نُشر في 20 أيار/مايو عن تضامنها ووقوفها في الصلاة إلى جانب الكنائس والناس في الأراضي المقدسة.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee expressed solidarity and accompaniment in prayer to churches and people in the Holy Land, in a statement published 20 May.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee is inviting the ecumenical fellowship and all people of good will to join in a live-streamed prayer for the Holy Land on 20 May at 16:30 CET.
A Christian delegation visited the Sheikh Jarrah community on 14 May, standing in solidarity with 28 families who not only face the threat of eviction but are living their day-to-day lives under worsening oppression.
