Who Are the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem?
by Malcolm Lowe
GATESTONE INSTITUTE
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4142/jerusalem-churches
January 29, 2014
There is no individual or group that is empowered to act as "the voice of Palestinian Christians." It is not "the Palestinian Christians" but just one or two individuals who pen those public statements, even if these appear under a title that can vary from the respectable ("Heads of Churches") to the preposterous ("Kairos Palestine"). The only worthwhile question is whether the message is composed in a truly Christian spirit or is merely political agitation clothed in theological verbiage.
Something was written by somebody and sent to various people, then put out in the name of "the churches in Jerusalem," whether or not the people contacted had even reacted to it.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
by Malcolm Lowe
GATESTONE INSTITUTE
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4142/jerusalem-churches
January 29, 2014
There is no individual or group that is empowered to act as "the voice of Palestinian Christians." It is not "the Palestinian Christians" but just one or two individuals who pen those public statements, even if these appear under a title that can vary from the respectable ("Heads of Churches") to the preposterous ("Kairos Palestine"). The only worthwhile question is whether the message is composed in a truly Christian spirit or is merely political agitation clothed in theological verbiage.Something was written by somebody and sent to various people, then put out in the name of "the churches in Jerusalem," whether or not the people contacted had even reacted to it.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
