Life in a Palestinian refugee camp is a combination of desperate conditions and also a hopeful disposition by many of the refugees who live there.
Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Very rarely, though, do we stop and think of who these men and women are, let alone the challenges that they face, as they work to bring peace to the most turbulent places around the world. Presbyterians Today takes a look at today’s peacemakers.
More than 3,000 Iraqi Christians have fled Mosul and the Nineveh Plain and sought refuge in Jordan in recent days as extremists continue to persecute religious minorities in strife-torn Iraq.
The Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) meeting near Geneva at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey voted to approve the full membership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) in the WCC.
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) said on Aug. 29 that it is joining efforts to respond to the growing influx of Syrian refugees in Jordan who are fleeing fighting between government and opposition forces in their home country.
In the wake of escalating tensions and civil unrest in the Middle East, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders today have issued a call to prayer for the peoples and nations of the Middle East, as well as PC(USA) partners.
In October, I was part of an ecumenical press tour to Jordan. Sponsored by the Jordan Tourism Board, the trip took more than a dozen journalists from several denominations and Christian news organizations to the eastern reaches of the Holy Land. For about a week, we traveled across Jordan, soaking up the sights, tastes, culture and — of course — the deep biblical history of the country.