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Responding to the War with Prayer & Action
Sunday, November 19, 2023
2:00 PM EST - 5:00 PM EST
Hopewell Reformed Church
143 Beekman Rd
Hopewell Junction, NY 12533
Join the Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East (NEME) and Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) for a special event at Hopewell Junction highlighting the historic and contemporary Christian presence in the Holy Land. The event will feature remarks from Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon, an Evangelical Covenant Pastor and Executive Director of Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) and Jonathan Kuttab, a Palestinian Christian and well respected lawyer and nonviolent activist for international human rights. Together, Cannon and Kuttab will give participants an overview of the Israel/Palestine conflict and the historic presence of the three Abrahamic faiths in the Holy Land, discuss some challenges to and opportunities for coexistence, and share their expertise on Christian engagement in the contemporary contexts of the conflict. Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions and engage these renowned experts in further conversation and come together to pray for peace for all people in the Holy Land.
Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon is the executive director of Churches for Middle East Peace and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC). Cannon holds an MDiv from North Park Theological Seminary, an MBA from North Park University’s School of Business and Nonprofit Management, and an MA in bioethics from Trinity International University. She received her first doctorate in American History with a minor in Middle Eastern studies at the University of California (Davis) focusing on the history of the American Protestant church in Israel and Palestine and her second doctorate in Ministry in Spiritual Formation from Northern Theological Seminary. She is the author of several books including the award-winning Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps for a Better World and editor of A Land Full of God: Christian Perspectives on the Holy Land. Her work has been highlighted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Christianity Today, and many other media outlets.
Jonathan Kuttab is a co-founder of the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq and co-founder of Nonviolence International. A well-known international human rights attorney, Jonathan practices in the US, Palestine and Israel. He serves on the Board of Bethlehem Bible College and is President of the Board of Holy Land Trust. Jonathan was the head of the Legal Committee negotiating the Cairo Agreement of 1994 between Israel and the PLO. After graduating with his Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) from Virginia Law School, and practicing a couple years on Wall Street, Jonathan returned home to Palestine. Jonathan was visiting scholar at Osgoode Law School at York University in Toronto in the Fall of 2017, and is a founding director of Just Peace Advocates Mouvement pour une Paix Juste, a Canadian based international law human rights not-for-profit organization. Jonathan is currently the executive director of Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA).
Jonathan is a resident of East Jerusalem and Pennsylvania, and is a partner of Kuttab, Khoury and Hanna Law Firm in East Jerusalem.
The Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East (NEME) is a collective of pastors, ministry leaders, and scholars working together as followers of Jesus toward justice and peace, seeking holistic approaches to conflict in the Middle East, and encouraging the church toward deeper engagement with Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the region.
Hopewell Reformed Church is located in Hopewell Junction, New York. Learn more at their website: https://hrcrca.org/about/
Established in 1984, Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) is a coalition of more than 30 national Church communions and organizations in Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and Evangelical traditions. We believe that the policy perspectives and experience in the Middle East of our member communions and organizations should be better known and directly influence U.S. foreign policy. Our work is based on the understanding that sound and holistic U.S. policy is crucial to achieving and maintaining just and stable relationships in the Middle East.
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Responding to the War with Prayer & Action
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Sunday, November 19, 2023
2:00 PM EST - 5:00 PM EST
Hopewell Reformed Church
143 Beekman Rd
Hopewell Junction, NY
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