The Calendar includes stories and reflections of farmers, sponsors, campaign’ partners, picking and planting programs’ participants; Updates on the Israeli occupation measures against Palestinian land, farmers and olive trees; Palestinian and international memorials and feasts, as well as the JAI’ upcoming events and programs.
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The Religious Implications of the Deal of the Century on Christians
Jared Kushner’s long awaited “Deal of the Century” aspires to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians through $28 billion of investment in the Palestinian economy. Previous international initiatives have proposed exchanging land for peace. This US initiative, appropriately called “Peace to Prosperity”, unashamedly proposes trading land for money. In this regard, Kushner’s “deal” actually has strong biblical precedent. In Genesis 25 we read of how Jacob tricked Esau out of his birthright for a bowl of stew.
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Welcome Churches is a network of churches supporting asylum seekers and refugees in the UK. Our vision is for every refugee in the UK to be welcomed by their local church.
At the end of 2018 there were approximately 157,000 refugees and asylum seekers living in the UK (UNHCR, 2018). “If every church welcomed three people seeking refuge to their community then we could easily see our vision become a reality! No matter where your church is, there is something that you can do to welcome refugees and asylum seekers into your community.”
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Read the Autumn Peacemaker e-News here
Joyce is one amazing lady. She has been collecting and storing Christian books for Book Aid in her church in Portsmouth for several decades. Seen here receiving another 25 boxes of books from Southampton, Romsey and Basingstoke.
Garth Hewitt‘s latest album, My Name Is Palestine was inspired by a painting of Suleiman Mansour, the Palestinian artist, which Garth saw while visiting Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem.
Julian Assange, the Australian publisher and founder of Wikileaks is facing extradition to the USA. His father, John Shipton, shares his perspective on the British judicial system.
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On a recent journey to Arua in North West Uganda to help train student and youth leaders to use Christianity Explored, the CE team visited the construction site for the new Vocational Training Institute (VTI) in Gulu.
Continue readingChristianity Explored is having a profound impact on the Church in Uganda and other countries in East Africa, not least because it encourages small group Bible study discussion as an essential learning tool.
