Nazareth
1948:
60% Christian
Now:
35% Christian |
Bethlehem
1948:
85% Christian
Now:
12% Christian |
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The Christian Communities
in the Holy Land are in decline.
Economically.
Politically.
In numbers and vitality.
You can help to reverse the decline of the Christian
Communities in the Holy Land.
The Christian Communities in the Holy Land
need your financial support, to be sure. But more than
that they need to feel they are not alone in these times of
need. Just as we all need emotional support in times of stress
and crisis.
This is the purpose of
United Christian Communities . . . to provide
you with opportunities to connect with, support and strengthen
the Christian Communities in the Holy Land.
We call on all Christians,
religious and secular alike, of all denominations to join us in
responding to these threats to our Christian heritage.
Here are four simple things you can do.
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Voices from the News
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Voices on the Ground
We are seriously threatened by the
possibility of disappearing.
Archbishop
Elias Chacour, the leader of the Greek Catholic Melkite community
We are
a dying congregation. Christians soon will be all but extinct in
Galilee
because of emigration.
Dr. Raed Mualem, head of
Mar
Elias
University
in the Galilee
town of
Ibillin.
Christians all around the world must support their
fellow believers in the Holy Land.
Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the head of the
Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land,
We don't want the
Holy Land
to become just a Christian theme park or a Christian
world
Disneyland.
Reverend MITRI RAHEB
Christmas
Lutheran
Church,
Bethlehem
Most of the Christians here are either in the
process of leaving, planning to leave or thinking of leaving.
Sami Awad, executive director of the Holy Land Trust
Christians need to impose their presence [in the
Holy Land.
We need to say: ‘We are here to stay.’
Archbishop Elias Chacour, the
leader of the Greek Catholic Melkite community
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