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Making a distinction between the ancient land of Israel and the country’s present political state will be among the topics to be considered by the Assembly Committee on Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations during the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, (U.S.A.), June 14-21 in Detroit.
Leaders of the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) and the denomination’s Stony Point Center in New York have reached agreement on a plan to move the conference center to financial sustainability by the end of 2017 ― including the development of milestones to measure progress toward the goal.
Christine J. Hong has been named Presbyterian Mission Agency’s new interfaith associate in the office of Theology and Worship. In her new role, Hong will work with Presbyterian congregations toward building deeper relationships with their multifaith neighbors.
Religious leaders in Jerusalem are more willing than ever before to take part in dialogue with members of other faiths despite growing political turmoil in the region, said Daniel Milo, the director of the Jerusalem Center for Ethics, prior to the start of the third annual Interfaith and Ethics Symposium on Sept. 14.
Religious leaders now realized “that the alternative to dialogue is not acceptable,” Milo said, noting that attendance at the annual symposium, which delves into interfaith challenges, has grown over the past three years. Still, he admitted, some Palestinian religious leaders from East Jerusalem declined an invitation this …