Middle East

Map of Middle East highlighting Lebanon and Israel. Global Ministries encourages people of faith throughout God's world to be in constant prayer for the Holy Land and for the implementation of serious and effective plans for peaceful resolution of the region's crises.

How to Help: Please contribute to the Middle East Emergency Fund #601740. One hundred percent of your donation goes to this response. Checks may be written to 'Advance GCFA' with Middle East Emergency fund #601740 in the memo area and placed in collection plates at United Methodist churches, or mailed directly to: Advance GCFA, P.O. Box 9068, GPO, New York, NY 10087-9068. For credit card donations, call 888-252-6174 or give securely online.

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Resources

Online resources, materials availalable for purchase, and travel opportunities for those concerned with peace and justice in the Middle East.

Mission Leader Is Concerned about Situation in Gaza Following Closing of Border to Food and Fuel Supplies

Bishop Felton E. May, interim general secretary of the General Board of Global Ministries, said the picture is extremely complex but that his main concern is for the welfare of the people in both Gaza and Israel. Israel's border action has been attributed to rockets fired into Israel by the Hamas faction now in control in Gaza, a sliver of land along the Mediterranean Sea. Read more ...

2008 Mission Travel Study to Palestine & Israel

Mission, Education & Advocacy for Israel & Palestine will take place February 3-15, 2008. This study will explore the history and complexities of relationships between Israel and Palestine and the concepts of security and freedom that dominate the lives of these peoples. Participants will be challenged to move through tolerance respect to achieve a just peace.
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Israel-Palestine: A 2007-2008 Mission Study

Any understanding of what is happening in Israel-Palestine today demands that we listen for the voices that tell the story of how the past has shaped the present and will continue to shape the future.
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New World Outlook: March/April 2007

This issue devoted to the Israel/Palestine Mission Study complements other materials available on this topic.
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Missionary Voices

"The Missionary Voice" brings you glimpses of the life and work of a United Methodist missionary somewhere in God's world. Hear more....

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2007 News

Mission Agency Takes No Position on Financial Divestment in Israel

Global Ministries has taken no position on financial divestment in Israel. The international mission agency is not submitting a resolution to The United Methodist Church's highest legislative body supporting divestment in companies doing business in Israel as a protest to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
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United Methodist Women Calls for a Just Peace in the Middle East

National leaders of the close to 1 million-member United Methodist Women organization took to the streets to call for peace in Iraq, no U.S. war in Iran, and an end to Israeli occupation of the Palestine Friday, April 20. Directors and staff of the Women's Division of the United Methodist Church held a noontime prayer vigil outside the Marriott Hotel in Stamford, Conn., where they met for their semi-annual board meeting April 20-23.
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Women’s Division Calls for Steps to Middle East Peace

Directors of the Women's Division of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries called for comprehensive actions toward Middle East peace at their April 20-23 meeting in Stamford, CT.
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2006 News

Arabic-language 'Upper Room' Editor Criticizes Mideast Policy

UMNS August 17, 2006
U.S. policies in the Middle East would change if the Christian church, a "sleeping giant," would speak out in a loud voice against injustice and violence. That opinion was expressed with strong emotion Aug. 16 by the Rev. Albert Isteero, a longtime Christian leader from the Middle East, who spoke at the weekly worship service at the Upper Room Chapel. He also described the challenges that Christians face in Muslim countries. Read more ...

Mission Leader Thanks God and Diplomats for Ceasefire

August 16, 2006
New York, NY, August 16, 2006-The head of The United Methodist Church's mission agency has thanked God and praised the diplomats who brokered the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon. Read more ...

Bishop Praises President Bush for Role in Mideast Cease-fire

UMNS August 16, 2006
The president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops has written a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush, praising him for his leadership in bringing about a cease-fire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group. "Thank you for your leadership in the United Nations adopting the resolution which has served as the basis for the cease fire in Lebanon and Israel," wrote Bishop Janice Riggle Huie. "We are grateful that you have worked to lay the foundation for further negotiations to bring long- term stability to the region." Read more ...