The Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome and the Methodist Liaison Office Jerusalem hosted a webinar – “Voices from Bethlehem: Christian Unity in the Birthplace of Jesus” – on 21 January 2022 in observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In this webinar Christian leaders from Bethlehem and environs discussed the importance of Christian unity in contemporary times in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. Speakers for the events were: Daoud Nassar is the director of Tent of Nations, a receipent of the World Methodist Peace Award; Zoughbi Zoughbi is the founder and director of Wi’am: The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center; Fr. Issa Michael Thaljieh is the parish priest of the Greek Orthodox Nativity Church in Bethlehem; Dn. Ashot Ghazaryan is the secretary of the Armenian Theological Seminary of Jerusalem; and Revd Angleena Keizer is a mission partner assigned to the Methodist Liaison Office Jerusalem and a resident of Bethlehem. The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty, director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome, moderated the webinar.
