by Kathy Melvin | Presbyterian News Service
Non-violent protesters march in Tahan, Kalaymyo in Myanmar. (Contributed photo)
LOUISVILLE Ââ Since the Feb. 1 military coup in Myanmar, peaceful protesters practicing non-violent civil disobedience have been met with bullets, tear gas and the fear of being dragged from their homes in the middle of the night.
Yet the protests continue across large cities and small towns around the country.
The largest and most coordinated protest occurred Monday, when thousands took to the streets and brought communities across the country to a grinding halt.
According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, as of Tuesday, 23,696 people have been arrested, charged or sentenced, and 646 people are still being detained.
Reformed ministers in Switzerland take steps to meet the Jerusalema Dance Challenge
February 23, 2021
Dance craze to top-rated South African song with phrases like âSave me! Come with me! Donât leave me here!â is sweeping most of the world â except the US
by Paul Seebeck | Presbyterian News Service
Holding plates to convey a sense of happiness despite the difficulties they face, this dance group from Angola started the Jerusalema Dance Challenge (Photo courtesy of Fenomenos de Semba dance group)
LOUISVILLE â âHow would you like an uplifting story?â
The question came in an email from the Rev. Catherine McMillan, a minister of the Reformed Church of Zürich in Switzerland.
Virtual chocolate tasting replaces in-person mission trip
February 23, 2021
New Castle Presbyteryâs Guatemala Partnership creates a sweet event to connect supporters âlike a bucket brigadeâ to meet emergency needs during the pandemic
by Chris Hickey of New Castle Presbyteryâs Guatemala Partnership | Special to Presbyterian News Service
Prior to the virtual chocolate tasting event, participants received delivery of traditional Guatemalan/Nicaraguan chocolates from vendors in Guatemala and Philadelphia. (Photo by the Rev. Sudie Niesen Thompson)
WILMINGTON, Delaware â In late January 2020, New Castle Presbytery sent a delegation to Guatemala for its annual visit with mission partners: the Association of Mam Christian Women for Development and the Protestant Center for Pastoral Studies in Central America (CEDEPCA). Delegates look forward to the yearly trip as a great way to reconnect and see Godâs work in action. The presbytery has been sending a team t
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An activist from the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine-Israel gives a tour to a would-be peacemaker attending a Christ at a Christ at the Checkpoint Conference. (Dexter Van Zile photo.)
Founded in 1948, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is one of the more vocal and prominent nongovernmental organizations operating in the international arena. Serving as the umbrella organization for 350 Protestant and Orthodox churches in more than 110 countries, the WCC works to promote Christian unity aiming to create “one eucharistic fellowship” among all Christians. It’s a laudable goal.
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St Thomas The Martyr Church in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (left) recently hosted an event in which a Kairos leader advocated a boycott of Israel.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) had a chance to draw a line in the sand. It had a chance to show the world that it took the plague of antisemitism seriously, and understood that ugly dishonest polemics about Israel undermine the ability of Christians to promote peace in the Holy Land.
The organization also had a chance to come clean and admit that, yes, the WCC has been an ardent and persistent supporter of the BDS campaign that falsely portrays Israel as a singular human rights abuser on the world stage â and in so doing, has fomented a plague of hostility towards Israel and Jews.