Presbyterian Mission Agency israel/palestine mission network Archives

Dr. Nahida Halaby Gordon, who served for years on ACSWP and the Israel/Palestine Mission Network, dies at 84

Posted July 18th, 2024

Dr. Nahida Halaby Gordon, 84, of Wooster, Ohio, died on June 21, according to her obituary.

Nationalism and Christian Zionism focus of latest webinar

Posted May 28th, 2024

As in the first webinar that examined the effects of the settler-colonial experience on Palestinians, the PC(USA)’s Christian Zionism working group hosted a large audience of interested participants in its most recent in a series of webinars, titled “Nationalism and Christian Zionism.” More than 700 people registered for the Zoom-based event and more than 300 watched live. The Christian Zionism working group includes PC(USA) national staff, congregation members and grassroots Presbyterians connected to the Israel Palestine Mission Network (IPMN).

Israel/Palestine Mission Network pens letter to university leaders calling for divestment in the Holy Land

Posted May 3rd, 2024

Dear university presidents and chancellors, We write to you as members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a 300-year-old institution that divested from companies profiting from the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory in 2014. We encourage you to take similar measures at your university.

Even as Sunday people, Christians live in a Friday-Saturday world

Posted March 30th, 2024

Easter Sunday’s coming. But on Saturday afternoon, those who attended the online “Hope in the Dark: A Holy Saturday Vigil for Palestine” were reminded that while we may be Sunday people, we live in a Friday-Saturday world, where “loss, grief and the humanness of tombs being filled are all around us,” as one speaker lamented.

Members of the ‘Solidarity with the Suffering’ delegation share what they saw and heard during their eight days in Palestine-Israel

Posted February 29th, 2024

Together with a few ecumenical partners, “Solidarity with the Suffering,” a 35-member delegation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Israel/Palestine Mission Network returned home last week after eight days of solidarity with people who are suffering and mourning the deaths of those who have died in the war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel.

Presbyterian webinar will look at US role in Israel Palestine

Posted May 5th, 2022

There are 35 states that have laws penalizing companies and individuals that choose to boycott Israel due to its human rights record with Palestinians.

March 15 webinar will examine the human rights situation in Israel-Palestine

Posted March 9th, 2022

The Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Office of Public Witness and Presbyterian World Mission will host a webinar at noon Eastern Time on March 15 titled “Israel/Palestine: A discussion with human rights experts — is this apartheid?”

Israel/Palestine Mission Network issues statement on the Stated Clerk’s MLK Day call

Posted January 25th, 2022

The Israel Palestine Mission Network [IPMN] of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) supports our Stated Clerk, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, in his Jan. 17 call for unity of spirit, which he issued on the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

An Epiphany epiphany

Posted January 6th, 2022

The Rev. Lee Catoe and Simon Doong, co-hosts of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast,” had an epiphany for the episode they dropped on Epiphany: Why not invite a justice activist who could discuss the struggle for justice among a variety of God’s children? Listen to their most recent podcast here.

‘Focus: Palestine’ is a new resource available from the World Communion of Reformed Churches

Posted December 15th, 2021

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) has released a new comprehensive resource called “Focus: Palestine.” View the resource here.