by Sean Reilly | Jul 18, 2008
The Jerusalem International YMCA is this year marking the 130th anniversary of when it first opened its doors in the back of a Christian bookstore inside the Old City’s Jaffa Gate during the days of Ottoman rule in 1878 – writes Judith Sudilovsky. It is...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 7, 2008
Bishop Munib Younan has said that Christians need to have a stronger voice in Jerusalem in order to prevent tensions spreading there, and that Muslims and Christians should work together on ecology issues – writes Peter Kenny. Younan, the bishop of the...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 2, 2008
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says that he was “violently ejected” from a major London evangelical church after seeking to mount a protest against a hardline Anglican group. The incident happened at All Souls Church, Langham Place, opposite the...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 23, 2008
The Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, Suheil Dawani, has called on participants in the conservative Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) to approach their summit in a spirit of “peace, reconciliation and goodwill.” He says that that “it is crucial...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 12, 2008
The vicious circle of violence which tormented Israelis and Palestinians for years has returned, says Jerusalem Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan, following a shooting attack on a Jewish religious seminary – writes Judith Sudilovsky. “This will not save the...
