{"id":1916,"date":"2023-12-21T16:06:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T16:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2025.leuenberg.eu\/2023\/12\/21\/cpce-sends-advent-greetings-to-the-protestant-churches-in-the-middle-east-geke-sendet-adventsgrus-an-die-evangelischen-kirchen-im-nahen-osten\/"},"modified":"2023-12-21T16:06:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T16:06:46","slug":"cpce-sends-advent-greetings-to-the-protestant-churches-in-the-middle-east-geke-sendet-adventsgrus-an-die-evangelischen-kirchen-im-nahen-osten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/2023\/12\/21\/cpce-sends-advent-greetings-to-the-protestant-churches-in-the-middle-east-geke-sendet-adventsgrus-an-die-evangelischen-kirchen-im-nahen-osten\/","title":{"rendered":"CPCE sends Advent greetings to the Protestant churches in the Middle East\/ GEKE sendet Adventsgru\u00df an die evangelischen Kirchen im Nahen Osten"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CPCE Presidium and General Secretary have sent a letter of solidarity to the member churches of the Fellowship of the Middle East Evangelical Churches for Advent and Christmas. The two church communions have been closely linked for many years.<\/p>\n

The letter states: \u201cIn these days of Advent 2023, our thoughts turn again to the places of God`s history with God\u2019s people \u2013 the land of Abraham and the Land of Jesus from Nazareth. We are filled with sadness reading the words of Isaiah as those describing the current situation in this very special part of the world \u2013 the Land of the patriarchs, prophets and apostles. We see how darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples<\/em>. (Isaiah 60:2) We hear the screaming of the scared, the crying of the mourning, and the silence of those losing their hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this situation, the letter would like to express closeness and compassion to the Protestant churches in the Middle East, trusting in the shared hope and faith in Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace.<\/p>\n

The CPCE leadership assures the churches and Christians in the Middle East that it will continue to pray for them and work to ensure that their experiences and thoughts are also heard in Europe.<\/p>\n

To the text of the letter: 2023-12-21 Advent Greeting CPCE to FMEEC<\/a><\/p>\n

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Das Pr\u00e4sidium und der Generalsekret\u00e4r der GEKE haben zu Advent und Weihnachten einen Solidarit\u00e4tsbrief an die Mitgliedskirchen der Fellowship of the Middle East Evangelical Churches gesandt. Beide Kirchengemeinschaften sind einander seit Jahren eng verbunden.<\/p>\n

Im Brief hei\u00dft es: \u201eIn diesen Tagen des Advents 2023 richten sich unsere Gedanken wieder auf die Orte der Geschichte Gottes mit seinem Volk – das Land Abrahams und das Land Jesu von Nazareth. Es erf\u00fcllt uns mit Traurigkeit, wenn wir die Worte Jesajas lesen, die die aktuelle Situation in diesem ganz besonderen Teil der Welt beschreiben \u2013 dem Land der Patriarchen, Propheten und Apostel. Wir sehen, wie Dunkelheit die Erde bedeckt und dichte Finsternis \u00fcber den V\u00f6lkern liegt.<\/em> (Jes 60,2) Wir h\u00f6ren die Schreie der Ver\u00e4ngstigten, das Weinen der Trauernden und das Schweigen derer, die ihre Hoffnung verloren haben.\u201c<\/p>\n

In dieser Situation m\u00f6chte der Brief den evangelischen Kirchen im Nahen Osten Verbundenheit und Mitgef\u00fchl bekunden, im Vertrauen auf die gemeinsame Hoffnung und den gemeinsamen Glauben an Jesus Christus, den Friedensf\u00fcrsten.<\/p>\n

Die Leitung der GEKE versichert den Kirchen und Christinnen und Christen im Nahen Osten, weiterhin f\u00fcr sie zu beten und sich daf\u00fcr einzusetzen, dass Ihre Erfahrungen und Ansichten auch in Europa geh\u00f6rt werden.<\/p>\n

Zum Wortlaut des Briefes: 2023-12-21 Advent Greeting CPCE to FMEEC<\/a><\/p>\n

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The CPCE Presidium and General Secretary have sent a letter of solidarity to the member churches of the Fellowship of the Middle East Evangelical Churches for Advent and Christmas. The two church communions have been closely linked for many years. The letter states: \u201cIn these days of Advent 2023, our thoughts turn again to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20,22,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deutsch","category-english","category-featured","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leuenberg.eu\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}