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Global Christian Forum in Middle East 2016
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More than 35 participants from the different Evangelical churches and members of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) were called to convene in Der Saiet el-Beer (Our Lady of the Well) from 25-28 of May 2016. This consultation was organized and supported by Global Christian Forum (GCF).
The GCF is a common space where all major streams of world Christianity could come together to pray and be enriched in their unity in Christ and discuss common challenges. GCF brings together the most diversified collection of Christianity from all church families including World Council of Churches (WCC), the Pentecostal and other kinds of Evangelicals movements.
This consultation in Lebanon for the Middle East is the second one after Amman meeting in April 2013. And our church (NECB) participated in it. The participants stressed the necessity to stand all churches together as witnesses of the one Gospel, and they discussed how to strengthen the Christian witness in the face persecution, forced immigration and martyrdom. They called for solidarity of all Christians, following up what have been accomplished with insight and discernment.
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Reformation- Education- Transformation.. Halle, Germany 2016
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In the East side of Germany, in the city of Halle (Saale), more than 100 participants from all around the world and from different Protestant churches gathered together to reflect on Reformation and Education, and how Protestant churches can be effective to transform societies. This is the second global conference of "Twin Consultation" that started in São Leopoldo in Brazil last November 2015 in preparation for the Reformation Jubilee in 2017. This project aims at reflecting upon Reformation and demonstrating its impact on our societies nowadays, particularly on the realm of education.
Organizers: Bread for the World (BftW, Berlin)
The Association of Protestant Churches and Missions in Germany (EMW, Hamburg)
The Theological College Faculdades EST in São Leopoldo, Brazil (EST)
The Francke Foundations and University of Halle (Germany)
And many other international partners: Lutheran World Federation (LWF), World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), World Council of Churches (WCC), and The Evangelical Mission in Solidarity (EMS).
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Halle, May 18-22, 2016 (Photo: Jürgen Reichel)
Celebrating Mother's & Father's Day 2016
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On the occasion of celebrating both Mothers’ and Fathers’ Day 'Helping Hand Society' organized a Charity Lunch at the Rock Restaurant in Chemlan, Souq el Gharb, on the 14th of May, at 1:30 PM.
May the Lord bless your parents with love and happiness.
Arab Christian Hymns in Protestant Churches
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On the 15th of April 2016 Dr. Adib William Saab presented to the 'Helping Hand Society' a significant study on "The Impact of Arab Christian Hymns on the Arab Renaissance." The Arab distinguished renaissance figures, said Dr. Saab, such as Nassif al-Yazigi, created new, simple and intelligible mixture of Arab poetic rhythms for the worship services. I wish, Dr. Saab continued, that some would be interested to go back to the history and study this great legacy of the Protestant Arabic Hymns. However, Dr. Saab wrote a profound article on the Evangelical hymnology few years ago and submitted to the German Academic Research Institute in Beirut.
