The World Council of Churches (WCC) is convening an international conference called 'Churches together for Peace with Justice in the Middle East' in Jordan, 17-21 June. The event will address prospects for peace in Israel and Palestine and launch a new church advocacy forum.
At the meeting in Amman, Jordan, Middle Eastern church leaders will lay out their expectations for a just peace and their experiences of conflict, especially the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speakers will include the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine Theophilos III, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah and other Middle Eastern church leaders.
The WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia will attend and open the conference. Some 130 participants from WCC member churches and related organisations in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas will take part.
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