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Israel: Global day of Prayer in Nazareth brings Jews and Arabs
The evangelical convention in Israel in cooperation with HOPE Prayer ministry conducted the Global Day Of Prayer (GDOP) event on Sunday the 23rd of May for the 4th time this event takes place in the region, and this time at the Golden Crown hotel main hall in Nazareth.
This year was a unique year as the Arab Evangelicals felt burdened to invite the Jewish Messianic congregations for this event. As Rania Sayegh, Director of HOPE ministries put it: "We believe uniting in prayer of repentance for this land, will bring an open heaven over our region and release the river of healing!
Special For Come and See, August 25, 2010
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Israel: John Hagee stops support for Israeli group
The blind support given by some Evangelical Christians to extreme groups in Israel continues to provide some interesting stories, as Haaretz reports today.
Im Tirtzu, the organization that threatened Ben-Gurion University with a donor boycott because of their "anti-Zionist" bias, has lost at lease one funding source over the highly publicized row.
The spokesman for Christians United for Israel (CUFI), a U.S. based pro-Israel organization run by Pastor John Hagee, hinted to Haaretz on Monday that they will no longer give money to Im Tirtzu. The potential funding cutoff will be a big change from the 100,000 dollars that CUFI donated to Im Tirtzu in 2009.
By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz, August 24, 2010
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Posted on 24 August, 2010 (34 reads)
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Opinion: Can we give the Bible to anybody?
An Evangelical Christian and staff of the Palestinian Bible Society writes an interesting article about the treatment Bibles receive from Evangelistic campaigns conducted in Jerusalem these days.
“These days I think a lot about how much Christians respect their Bibles. In Jerusalem, where the Bible has found a home for centuries, I believe there is not much value for it anymore”.
Simon Azazian, Special for “Come and See”, August 24, 2010
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Posted on 24 August, 2010 (264 reads)
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Israel: Article about Messianic Jews in Israeli leading news site
Ynet - Yediot Ahranot Web site writes a feature about Messianic Jews
"Some 15,000 Messianic Jews currently live in Israel, but if you saw one on the street you would almost certainly fail to recognize any difference. They honor Jewish circumcision, bar-mitzvah, and wedding ceremonies, but believe Jesus is the messiah.
The small community of Yad Hashmona, near Jerusalem, is home to a number of Messianic-Jewish families. They believe in Jesus – or Yeshua, as they call him – and in the teachings of the New Testament as well as the old. They are Jews in every sense, but for the most part keep this side of their faith to themselves. When these families gather for the Shabbat meal, however, Jesus is the guest star at their table".
By Yoaz Hendel, Ynet, Aug 19, 2010
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Posted on 23 August, 2010 (41 reads)
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Palestine: Palestinian Bishop Elected President of the Lutheran World Federation
Bishop Munib A. Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has been elected President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) by the Eleventh Assembly here, a gathering of 418 delegates and others from the LWF member churches.
The Lutheran World Federation Web site, July 24, 2010
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Posted on 25 July, 2010 (125 reads)
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Persian Gulf: Iraqi Christians: Better off than other Iraqi refugees?
On Wednesday night, Americans tuning into Cornerstone TeleVision, a Christian network, will hear what has become a familiar narrative to Christian communities over the last seven years: the hardship story of their fellow Iraqi believers.
“Undercover with Persecuted Christians,” which promises to take “viewers to places where believers suffer most for their faith,” opens with an episode about Iraqi Christians.
By Tom A. Peter, Christian Science Monitor, June 2, 2010
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Posted on 09 July, 2010 (102 reads)
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Opinion: Fellowship: Breaking the Taboo
Recently, Messianic Believers and Palestinian Christians were hesitant to be in fellowship with each other. It seems that some were putting a taboo on fellowship between the aforementioned two groups. Two people from Musalaha ministries: Salim Munayer, a Palestinian Evangelical, and Evan Thomas, a Messianic Jew, respond to this challenge in the following letter.
Special For Come and See, April 21, 2010
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Israel: Beersheva's Messianic Jews Await Trial Outcome
A pivotal court case takes place this week in a trial involving the rights of Messianic Jews in Israel.
A 2009 U.S. State Department report on religious rights in Israel found "increased press reporting and complaints from religious freedom activists indicated a corresponding increase in Yad L'achim and associated activism and a growing wider backlash against the presence of evangelical or Messianic Jewish congregations."
Chris Mitchell, CBN, April 12, 2010
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Posted on 12 April, 2010 (240 reads)
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Features: Christ at the Checkpoint, hosted by Bethlehem Bible College
Martin Clay writes his personal experience attending "Christ at the Checkpoint" conference of bringing together Palestinian and international Evangelical Christians concerning the theology of the land.
"The conference, open to local residents as well as nationals and internationals, as well as focusing on the shadow cast over the West Bank and all Palestinians by the damaging ethnic implications of the beliefs of Christian Zionism, was a forum for worship in English and Arabic, for investigating issues such as the principles of non-violence (non-violence we learned is not the same as peace but a technique for activism), and the position of Palestinian Christians within Israel, and for visits to the Checkpoint to give delegates an insight into what local people faced at 6 am in the morning".
Martin Clay, Special For Come and See, March 17, 2010
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Features: Why Christians are declining in Mideast?
Across the Middle East, where Christianity was born and its followers once made up a sizable portion of the population, Christians are now tiny minorities. Driven by different factors – the search for better opportunities abroad, their status as targets of Iraq's sectarian conflict, a low birth rate, and discrimination – the trend largely holds true across a region where Christians have maintained a presence for two millenniums.
The Christian Science Monitor, Feb 5, 2010
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Posted on 05 February, 2010 (332 reads)
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