Over 1000 senior leaders from seventeen provinces in the Anglican Communion, representing 35 million church-going Anglicans, have registered for the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) in Jerusalem at the close of the online registration process. They include 280 bishops, almost all accompanied by their wives. Final attendance figures will depend on smooth processing of requested visas, and other factors.
News Release, May 12, 2008
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TOP STORIES \ May 15, 2008
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Pope Benedict appealed to Israel on Monday to help stem a sharp decline in the country's minority Christian population, saying Catholics had grown particularly vulnerable to Middle East conflicts.
He also called for Israel to allow greater mobility for Palestinians, including travel to places of worship, "so that they too can enjoy greater peace and security".
By Phil Stewart, Rueters, May 15, 2008
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ISRAEL \ May 03, 2008 2441
Leaders of Ireland's main Christian churches were barred from praying at Jerusalem's Western Wall Thursday because they refused to remove the crosses they were wearing.
Roman Catholic Cardinal Sean Brady, Church of Ireland Archbishop Alan Harper and Presbyterian and Methodist Moderators John Finlay and Roy Cooper arrived at the wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, without giving prior notice to Israeli authorities, Brady told the Irish broadcast network RTE.
By Steve Weizman. Associated Press Writer
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FEATURES \ Apr 30, 2008 7714
Rhadia Qupty was invited to participate in a one day conference of the Friends of Sabeel of The Netherlands held at Zeist.
Rhadia gave a presentation on Complex Identity: as Christian Arab/ Palestinian Israeli.
She traced her life story starting with her birth in Haifa, Palestine in l944, growing up in the Baptist Orphanage for Palestinian children who were left with no families after the 1948 war, studying in the
Special For "Come and See", April 30, 2008
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OTHER \ Apr 24, 2008 4549
The nation-state of Israel will have its 60th birthday celebration on Thursday, May 8. This will be a milestone event in Middle East history. It comes at a time when Israel faces near-daily rocket attacks from northern Gaza.
While lovers of Israel from around the world will celebrate, there are others who will observe the anniversary and also maintain a deep commitment to justice for Palestinians.
Two individual Christians Ben White and Philip Rizk recently composed a "Joint Declaration by Christians on Israel's 60th Anniversary".JustPeace60 blog, April 2008
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OPINION \ Apr 17, 2008 7873
The president of Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary presents some guidelines, clarifications and words of encouragement.
Many have been asking about the status of evangelicals in Jordan. This has come as a result of some alarming reports and press releases in the eastern and western media. Yet it is time now to take a new look towards a brighter future for the wonderful country of Jordan. A fresh analysis of the situation is essential to move forward. Christians in general and evangelicals in particular can glean and also offer some words of wisdom to help build a model country that the world would be proud of.
By Imad Shehady, Special For "Come and See"
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ISRAEL \ Apr 17, 2008 2648
In a landmark decision today, the Supreme Court of Israel ratified a settlement between twelve Messianic Jewish believers and the State of Israel, which states that being a Messianic Jew does not prevent one from receiving citizenship in Israel under the Law of Return or the Law of Citizenship, if one is a descendent of Jews on one's father's side (and thus not Jewish according to halacha).
Jerusalem Institute of Justice mail-blast, April 17, 2008
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OTHER \ Apr 15, 2008 5294
Walid Shoebat came to public attention by becoming an ardent critic of Islam and supporter of Israel, after he became a Christian and became a popular speaker within pro-Israel Evangelical Christians. He describes himself as a former member of the Palestine Liberation Organization who took part in terrorist attacks against Israeli targets.
In this report, the Jerusalem Post says that Shoebat's claim to have bombed Bank Leumi in Bethlehem is rejected by members of his family, and Bank Leumi says it has no record of such an attack ever taking place.
The Post reports that the Walid Shoebat Foundation's working process is less than transparent, with Shoebat's claim that it is registered as a charity in the state of Pennsylvania being denied by the Pennsylvania State Attorney's Office.
Jorg luyken , THE JERUSALEM POST, March 30, 2008
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ESSAYS \ Apr 09, 2008 7216
Today we are again at a pivotal moment in Christian-Muslim and Western-Muslim relations. However this time the outcome is not going to be determined by military might, but on the strength of moral and ideological convictions. Unfortunately, that is exactly why the West is in danger, for while Islam is weak militarily it is strong on conviction, the West is strong militarily but weak on conviction. The West will either buckle, surrender and submit, handing Islam the ascendancy, or it will brace itself and stand firm for what it believes (if in fact it can remember what that is).
By his very public Easter baptism of the high profile Egypt-born Italian journalist and Muslim convert to Catholicism, Magdi Allam, Pope Benedict has made a decisive and very courageous statement in defence of religious liberty, specifically a Muslim's right to convert.
By Elizabeth Kendal, World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission
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