Category - jerusalem

Women rabbis spurned for prayer at Western Wall

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:44:40 +0000

A group of Jewish women say they were asked to leave Jerusalem's Western Wall area - a holy site for Judaism - after their prayers were deemed offensive to the 'local custom'.

Christian Aid launches its 'virtual pilgrimage' to Jerusalem

staff writers — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:12:32 +0000

British church leaders of various denominations laced up their hiking boots, hoisted rucksacks and gathered laptops this week in order to publicise a unique virtual 'Journey to Jerusalem' for Lent 2009.

YMCA celebrates 130 years of open doors in Jerusalem

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:38:41 +0100

The Jerusalem International YMCA is this year marking the 130th anniversary of when it first opened its doors in the back of a Christian bookstore inside the Old City's Jaffa Gate during the days of Ottoman rule in 1878.

Call for Jerusalem peace and Christian - Muslim cooperation on ecology

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:37:18 +0100

Bishop Munib Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church has said Christians need a stronger voice in Jerusalem in order to prevent tensions spreading there, and that Muslims and Christians should work together on ecology issues.

Fracas at London church meeting about hardline Anglican group

staff writers — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:10:35 +0100

Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says that he was "violently ejected" from a major London evangelical church after seeking to mount a protest against a hardline Anglican group.

Jerusalem bishop calls for Anglican peace as 'alternative' conference meets

agency reporter — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:26:42 +0100

The Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, Suheil Dawani, has called on participants in the conservative Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) to approach their summit in a spirit of "peace, reconciliation and goodwill."

Jerusalem bishop laments return to cycles of violence in Israel Palestine

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:15:18 +0000

The vicious circle of violence which tormented Israel and Palestine for years has returned, says Jerusalem Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan, following the shooting attack on a Jewish seminary. Blood will not save the Holy Land, he says.

WCC issues unequivocal condemnation of recent seminary bomb outrage

staff writers — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:37:49 +0000

The head of a world churches body which has been highly critical of the policies of the state of Israel toward the Palestinians has unequivocally condemned the recent bomb outrage against a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem.

Fears for Israel-Palestine future follow horror at Jerusalem shootings

staff writers — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:56:49 +0000

Palestinians and Jews working for peace and justice have expressed deep foreboding about the future after Israel responded to the appalling recent shootings in Jerusalem with hints of reprisals and a pledge to occupy more territory.

Make peace not division, say Jerusalem church heads

staff writers — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:16:56 +0000

The compassionate actions of human beings, not their claims against each other, reflect the will of God and the transforming power of Jesus the Prince of Peace, say the heads of the churches in Jerusalem this Christmastide.