End the Nakba
An Open Letter from U.S. and Canadian Christians
artwork is "Where is God in war?" by Ramone Romero; used with permission
“We are broken. The people of Gaza are suffering. . . . Now, again in our history, they find themselves facing the same choice: death or displacement. Our Nakba continues!”
We urgently call for Israel’s invasion, siege, and occupation of Gaza to stop. The borders must be opened; a dramatic increase of supplies must flow; journalists must be let in; the detained must be set free; and life-saving critical responses of water, food, search-and-rescue teams, and medical treatment must be delivered—not under constant threat of snipers and drones but safely and under Palestinian leadership.
We are Christians living on Turtle Island in the United States and Canada. We are citizens of nations funding the Nakba. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have killed at least 22,000 Palestinians [updated 1/3]. We hear the call of Palestinians who have lost newborns, children, friends, entire families, homes, mosques, churches—everything—to Israeli airstrikes in Gaza over the last forty days. Muslims, the vast majority of Gazans, have suffered beyond comprehension, and the Lutheran Palestinian pastor and scholar Mitri Raheb says Gaza’s small population of Christians faces extinction. The Israeli government and its military have made Gaza hell on earth before our eyes, and our governments have continued to pledge their unlimited support.
Palestinian Christians are horrified by western Christian silence towards Israel’s occupation. They call us to see the events of the past month in a longer history of ethnic cleansing in Palestine, Oceania, Turtle Island, and other occupied lands. The current massacre is not an isolated incident but the latest episode in a saga of displacement and containment of Palestinians of all faiths by the state of Israel. We repent of our complicity and our silence. We are grieved beyond words by the suffering inflicted on Palestinians: we offer our heartfelt prayers, words, and actions for the thousands of babies, children, elders, and all who have been killed, who are buried under buildings, who are disabled or injured, who are caring for others, who are displaced or imprisoned.
God “raises the poor from the dust / and lifts the needy from the ash heap / to make them sit with princes” (Psalm 113:7–8). We follow Jesus, a Palestinian Jew tortured and killed in Roman-occupied Palestine. We recognize the sacredness of all people and mourn all who have been killed in recent war crimes—Muslims and Jews and Christians—including Israelis killed by Hamas on October 7, while unflinchingly naming the ongoing slaughter, maiming, starvation, and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli state, Benjamin Netanyahu, the IDF, and their western backers. God is indeed “under the rubble in Gaza”—the rubble of schools, hospitals, mosques, churches, and homes flattened by American missiles launched by the IDF. Despite every effort of annihilation, the world is stunned by the resilience of Palestinians: Gaza will rise from the ash heap.
As Christians, we demand a ceasefire now. Palestinian Christians and a UN expert have called Israel’s actions ethnic cleansing. The churches in Jerusalem have denounced the destruction of hospitals as an “egregious crime.” Pope Francis has said, “This is not war. This is terrorism.” As early as October 15, colleagues in international law, conflict studies, and genocide studies warned that the situation could broach genocide, a warning affirmed by UN experts and the National Indigenous Council and General Council Executive of the United Church of Canada. Since then, horrific assaults on hospitals and schools in Gaza have only increased, and Palestinians in the West Bank have continued to face attack, murder, incarceration, and displacement. The Nakba must end now and permanently.
We call on our governments to stop sending money and weapons to Israel, and we call for deescalation in the region. We call upon institutions, states, and individuals to boycott, divest, and sanction the state of Israel. We call upon Christians to resist and impede the manufacturing, funding, and shipment of weapons to Israel. We applaud those blocking and delaying shipments of weapons to Israel. We applaud those taking to the streets and to their phones to hold their governments accountable.
We demand that the millions of displaced Palestinians retain the right to return to their homes. We call for the Palestinian rebuilding of Gaza, an end to the containment of Gaza, reparations, and the right of Palestinians to live and move freely in their land to be honored.
We demand an end to Israeli settler confiscation of Palestinian land—a call consistent with policies and resolutions already adopted in recent decades by the Episcopal Church in the United States, the United Methodist Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the United Church of Christ, and others.
We denounce industries and theologies engaged in the production of lies. We denounce the ways our media and pulpits have participated in the dehumanization of Palestinians, through their punitive silencing of Palestinians and euphemistic denial of crimes against humanity. We demand that journalists and members of the media be allowed entry into Gaza. We denounce the IDF’s targeting of journalists in Lebanon and Gaza. We denounce the systemic censoring and intimidation of Palestinians and their allies at all levels of our ecclesiastical and secular institutions.
We denounce Islamophobia, antisemitism, and racism wherever they are found, especially in Christian churches, in the form of supersessionism and Zionism. We denounce violence and hate crimes against Palestinians, Muslims, Arabs, and Jews in our communities and offer our condolences and prayers to all who are grieving. We call on churches to address the increase of hate crimes and provide educational resources on Islamophobia and antisemitism. We denounce the Christian Zionisms used to buttress the state of Israel as an antisemitic instrumentalization of our Jewish siblings for western colonial greed and Christian endtime fantasies.
We insist that there can be no just future on the land called Palestine and Israel without Palestinians—alive, healthy, free, and self-determining. Not walled in like prisoners. Not huddled in hospitals. Not starving. Not in perpetual fear. Not waiting for aid from nations who are killing them. But living in freedom. Apartheid is not the future. Palestinian little ones must sleep without the threat of bombs. Palestinian lives must be respected as sacred. Palestinians must be empowered to choose their own future—be it one state or two. Palestinian leadership and sovereignty must be honored.
Following the churches of Jerusalem, we commit to mourn with Palestine this Advent and Christmas season.
As Christians, we call for a free Palestine and free Palestinians. We believe this is the only path toward true freedom and safety for Palestinians and Israelis alike. We appeal to our fellow Christians to join us.
The First Sunday of Advent 2023
In issuing this open letter, we join with other Christians calling for an immediate ceasefire. In addition to the groups already named above, these include 900 Black Christian leaders, Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP), a group of denominational leaders in the United States organized by CMEP, and a group of 68 bishops and executive leaders from churches and denominations around the world organized by CMEP.
This letter's initial signers are 148 Christian clergy, theologians, and faith leaders. Its drafters are doctoral students and clergy, whose names are interspersed below amongst the other signers. We invite all Christians in the United States and Canada to add their names by filling out the form below.
Signing is one act of solidarity. Let it be one of many. For resources on Palestine and Israel, including theological resources, see here.
On Instagram, we are @endthenakba.
Samuel Ernest
Yale University
The Reverend Leigh Kern
The Anglican Diocese of Toronto
Amanda Griffin
Yale University
Hillary Bylund
Fordham University
Brittany V. Hudson
Rev. Jean-Pierre Seguin
The Episcopal Church of Grace and Resurrection, East Elmhurst, New York
Rev. Sheila Cook
Vancouver School of Theology
Rev. Sarah Robinson
Audubon Park Church Orlando, FL
Dr. Chloë Starr
Yale University
Michael Yorke
Yale University
Rev. Beth Ernest
The Evangelical Covenant Church
Pastor Natalie Benson
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Rev. Dr. Janet Bregar
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Barnabas Lin
Fuller Theological Seminary, Bethel Community Presbyterian Church
Pearl Vercruysse
Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Kelsey Creech
Virginia Beach Christian Church
Erina Kim-Eubanks
E. David de Leon
Fordham University
Steven Rizzo
Harvard University
Rev. Dr. Drew G. I. Hart
Messiah University
Pastor Nate Lee
Yale Divinity School
Dean Dettloff
Joshua Rumbaoa Garcia
The Graduate Theological Union
Moriah Reichert
Indiana University
Wendy Mallette
Stephen W. Angell
Earlham School of Religion
Dirk von der Horst
Mount St. Mary's University, Los Angeles
Yeon Joo Roh
Doug Johnson Hatlem
Rev. Stephen Kern
The Anglican Church of Canada
The Rev. Gerlyn Henry
The Anglican Church of Canada
Dr. Kathleen Holscher
University of New Mexico
Edward Ablang
Jane Nichols
Yale University
Rev. Rachel Field
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Northfield VT
Benjamin Van Dyne
Fordham University
Rev. Kacei Conyers
Joey Aszterbaum
The Episcopal Church of the United States of America
Dr. A. James Gallyer
Michael Agapos
Keegan Dahl
Christopher King
The Episcopal Church
Rev. Daniel Romero
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Minneapolis, MN
Rev. Chaplain Aaron McGinnis
Cynthia Strong
Dr. Jean-François Roussel
Université de Montréal
Sabrina Di Matteo
doctoral student, Université Laval, Québec
Elsa Kunz
Jessica Bullock
Miss Rain Taylor
Taylor University
Rev. Dr. Antonio J. Aja
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Rev. W. Mark Koenig
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Pastor Sharon Janot
Rev. Cleante Apollon
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
Larissa Nez
St. Augustine Catholic Church, UC Berkeley
Dr. Jason Steidl Jack
Samayo
Champion Center
Debra McLaren
Mayflower UCC
Flora x. Tang
University of Notre Dame
Devon Yamane
Rev. Alma Faith Crawford
United Church of Christ
Rev. Dr. Wylie V. Hughes
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Patrick Sanders
Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Detroit
Brian Hehn
The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
Rev. Dr. Rachel Kessler
Episcopal Church, Diocese of Ohio
Rev. Dr. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi
The Rev. Breonna E. T. Roberts
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Dr. Harry Gunkel
Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network
Rev. Dwain Lee
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Rev. Dawn Skerritt
United Methodist Church
Jim Riddel, RN, MS, CPNP
Loyola University Chicago
Perdian Tumanan
Villanova University
Laura Land
Rev. Krista Paradiso
Kerrick Fanning
Rev. Bruce H. Handy
United Methodist Church
Brady Hornstra
Pastor Emily Carle
John Elwood, M.A. Theology
Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Sara Pugh Montgomery
May Kamalick
Episcopal Church
Rev. Justin Howard
Rev. Kimberly Belken
Mt. Olivet Lutheran
Rev. Clare Twomey
City of York Human Relations Commission
The Rev. Elizabeth G. Maxwell
Church of the Ascension, NYC
Rev. Efraín Zavala
The United Methodist Church
The Rev. Julie Hoplamazian
Haley Sommerfeld
Rev. Dorothy Pearman, Esq., Hon. Ret.
PC(USA)
Jessica Radicic
Claremont School of Theology
Dr. Peter R. Gathje
Rev. Katey Hage
Quest Church
Johanna Swanson
Rev. Teri Nilson Baird
Christian Church, Disciples of Christ
Rev. Jennifer Herrmann
ELCA pastor
Rev. Valerie Carlson
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Richard W. Morrison
Editorial Director, Fordham University Press
Christine Fox
Community of Faith Christian Church
The Rev'd Robyn King
Anglican Church of Canada
Rev. Dr. Hyung Jin Kim Sun
Rev. Tom O’Brien
United Church of Christ
Rev.
Unitarian Universalist Minister
Rev. Michael Hotz
Rev. Ben A. David Hensley, OSL
United Methodist Church
Rev. Shaye Champ-Correll
Christian Church Disciples of Christ
Rev. Eric Thomas M. Randolph
Rev. Tommy Sheppard
Matthew Hotz
Jonathan Stegall
Rev. Micah Bucey
Judson Memorial Church
Rev. Jonathan Freeman
Rev. Joanna Miller
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
The Rev. Stephanie London
Anglican Diocese of Edmonton
Darryl Roste
ELCIC
John Kneiling
St. Michaels Episcopal, New York
Rev. Kara Wagner Sherer
St. John's Episcopal Church, Chicago
The Rev. Justin Cheng
The Anglican Church of Canada
Rev. Caryne A. Eskridge
Rev. Dr.
Rev. Susan J. Butler
Episcopal Church, Retired Priest
Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay
Pastor Daryl H. Denelle
Yale Divinity School, Andover Newton Seminary
Jordan Haynie Ware
Ashlee Campbell
Wellspring Worship Centre, Toronto
stephen simon
Ryana Holt
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Minneapolis
Allegra Lovejoy
All Saints’ Church
Rev. Eliza Tweedy
First Church Congregational, UCC
Patrick Hayes
Yale University
Emily McLeod
Pasadena Mennonite Church
Anna Perkins, MDiv/MSW, LCSW
Germantown Mennonite Church
Rev. Dr. Duane Anders
Cathedral of the Rockies, BFUMC
The Rev. Deacon Lee Ragsdale
The Episcopal Church
Daniela Amestegui
Ms.
United Women in Faith
Rev. Dana Neuhauser
New City Church UMC
Lisa Burnham
Immanuel Anglican, Chicago
Rev. Denise Griebler
United Church of Christ
Rev. Dr. Beth A. Johnson
Rev. Natalie Shiras
Diamond Bar United Church of Christ
Stanley E. Moore
United Methodist
Rev. Dr. Charles Rassieur
Pastor Donna Burkland
Safe Harbor OC Church
Amy Ruth
Adria Isbell
Robert Argue
Stevensville United Methodist Church
Rebecca Hovde
Anabaptist
Gordon Schneider
Lay member, United Church of Christ
Allison Murray
Suyeon Kang
Peder Wiegner
Germantown Mennonite Church
The Reverend Jennifer Latham
Holy Nativity Episcopal Church and School
David Melby-Gibbons
Moravian Church Northern Province
Jo Franklin
ELCA Lutheran
Lisa and Tim Hansen
ELCA
Sarah Murley-Hauser
Keren Kandel
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding - Eastern Mennonite University
Amanda Budke
Santiago Gea
Esther-Ruth Teel
Grace Park
Living Hope Fellowship
The Rev. C. Brent Hoy-Bianchi
Hannah Webster-Brown
Rev. Anjie Peek Woodworth
Neighborhood Church
Frances DeArmond
Episcopal Church of America
Rev. Dr. Brian A. Tillman
United Methodist Church
Rev. Angie Wuysang
PhD Student, Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies
Rev. Mary Ann Pickard
United Methodist Church
Scott Wilcox
Rev. Inger Hanson
ELCA
Julie Zdenek
Katherine Overton
Rev.
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Shonda Tilitzky
Anglican Church of Canada
Rev. Rebecca Craver
Moravian Church in America
Julie Mihevc
Anam Cara Ministries
Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Earlham School of Religion
Christina Ferraro
USC
Amber Bruce
William Oxford
The Episcopal Church
Joanne E Roy
C.E. Aaron
Antavius Franklin
Bo Fauth
Christ Church Cambridge, EPF/PIN, FOSNA
Tressa Nolan
Benjamin Kunzo Crook
Em Grace
Emmanuel Baptist Fellowship SC
Katie Tobik
Pamela Thomson
Church of the Redeemer, Anglican, Toronto
Murray MacAdam
Mennonite Brethren
Reverend Debbie Blane
Seattle Presbytery PC(USA).
Rev. Elizabeth Green
Anglican Church of the Epiphany Sudbury Ontario Canada
Rev. Liz Green
Anglican Diocese of Algoma
Brian McDonough
Concordia University, Theological Studies
Diane Hahn
Dr. Frank C. Baldwin
Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal, Trumansburg NY
Gabriel Choo
Jocelyn Langholz
United Presbyterian Congregational Church
Ms. Tania Natale
Anglican
Rachel Casel
John Deacon
All Saints Community Church
Ashley Nelson
Michelle Takemoto
United Methodist
JC
Ms. NevaDeonne Brady-Morgan
Mace Mikaele
Pavithra Jaisankar
Rachel Pellett
Sugarbush Christian Church
Pastor Bobby Harrison
The Church We Hope For
Cori McLean
Karen Tamminga-Paton
Artist, Alberta, Canada
Rev. Alison V. Philip
United Methodist Church
The Rev. Wilfredo Benitez
Faith Tang
Karima Cassidy
Jessica Erb
Tristan Erb
Ohiohealth
Lake Stein
Fordham University
Daniel Bannoura
University of Notre Dame
Rev. Dr. Mary Fulkerson
Duke Divinity School
Ed Watson
Yale University
Derek Wu
Rev. Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre
Iliff School of Theology
Christine Chang
Yale University
Matthew Vega
University of Chicago
The Rev. Cody Maynus
Minister Conor Foley
First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn
The Rev. Deacon Larisa Yeranig Shaterian
The Episcopal Diocese of California
The Rev. Lauren Grubaugh Thomas
Elis Lui
Yale Divinity School
Maxine King
Marisa Hulstine
Rev. Michael Streib
United Church of Christ
Rev. Tyler Heston
Christ Church NYC
Molly Crawford
Fordham University
The Rev. Dr. April Stace
The General Theological Seminary
Catherine L Rice
Union Theological Seminary
Molli Mitchell
Rev. Emilie Casey
Emory University
The Rev. Leyla King
The Episcopal Church
Min. Michael Libunao-Macalintal
Yale University, Fordham University
Rev. Laura Martin
Rock Spring United Church of Christ
Rev. Megan Castellan
Rev. Jamie Michaels
First and Summerfield United Methodist Church, New Haven, CT
Rev. Judy B. Peterson
Rev. Dr. Andrew E. Larsen
Peace Catalyst Internation & The Evangelical Covenant Church
Rev. Amy Yoder McGloughlin
Frazer Mennonite Church
Rev. Ian Wrisley
Gunnison Congregational Church
Rev. William Tanner
First Church of Christ, UCC, Middletown
Michael Kim-Eubanks
Bethel Community Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Kathryn Nystrand Dwyer
Rock Spring Congregational UCC
The Rev. Jeff Nowers
Co-coordinator of Interfaith Ministry, Anglican Diocese of Toronto
Rev. Dr. Tina Pippin
Thomas J. MacMaster
Jennifer Duskey
Ambler Mennonite Church
The Rev. E. Clifford Cutler
EPF Palestine Israel Network
Rev. Edwin Chinery
Church of the Ascension, Manhattan
Michele Kennedy
Grace Cathedral
Rev. Pat. Dolin
United Church of Christ
Alex Powers
Rev. Sarah Rentzel Jones
Samuel Baudinette
PhD Candidate, University of Chicago Divinity School
Bethany Ball
Christian Reformed Church
Suzanne Estele-Holmer
Yale University
Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Rios
The Passion Center & Passion2Plant Network
Rev. Dr. Juan A. Carmona
Rev. Darryl Commings
Rev. Dr. David L. Barnhart, Jr.
Saint Junia United Methodist Church
Rev. Eliana Maxim
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Avery DeMarco
University of Aberdeen
Rev. Dr. Angela D. Sims
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
The Rev. Charlene Hinckley
United Church of Christ Fremont
Rev. Dr. Derek Penwell
Douglas’s Blvd Christian Church and University of Louisville
Jasper Hoogendam
Christian Reformed Church
Nathan Andrews
The Rev. Joanna Hollis
Richard Pryor
Princeton Theological Seminary
Matthew Stafford
University Presbyterian Church-San Antonio, Texas
Rev. Anna Strickland
Rev. Debi VanDenBoom
Margarete Thomsen
Chaplain
InterReligious Task Force on Central America
The Rev. Elise Ashley Hanley
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, NY
Rev. Robin Razzino
Alexandria, VA
Rev. Carla Blakley
Lutheran Church ELCIC
Avery Podolinski
The Episcopal Church
Elliott May
Naiomi Gonzalez
Carla Fuller
Johannes Chan
Student Christian Movement of Canada
The Rev'd Grace Pritchard Burson
Anglican Diocese of Montreal
Rev. Katya Ouchakof
United Church of Christ
Richard Healy
The Rev. Mary Foulke
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Harlem
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel
Rev. Dr. Lydia Munoz
National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry of the United Methodist Church
Rev. Mandy North
Church of the Brethren
Mike Dion
Dr. Christopher J. Duncanson-Hales
Systematic and Historical Theology, Saint Paul University 2011
Pastor Matt Miller
Marah Sarji
Princeton Theological Seminary
Anne Stribling
Rachel Hale
Beth Van Sickle
Rev. Dr. Brett Mitchel
Rev. Gerald Neufeld
Mennonite
Rev. Betsy Perkins
Memorial Baptist Church, Fond du Lac, WI
Rev. Matthew Kirk Johnson
Universal Life Church, Universal Gnostic Church,
Rev. Dr. Jill L. Sanders
First Congregational UCC
Andrea Humphries
Jonathan Cobb
St. Ignatius Catholic Church
Dr. Leslie Miner
Rev. Dr. Martha Blacklock
Rev. Dr. David R. Jennys
United Church of Christ
Melissa Berkey-Gerard
Germantown Mennonite Church
Rev. Leigh Curl-Dove
Seattle First Baptist Church
Rev. Gwen McAllister
Anglican Church of Canada
The Rev. Nicole Janelle, MPH
Anglican Church of Canada/Episcopal Church USA
Rev. Kimberlee W. Vasko
St. John’s UCC -Lyons
The Rev. Dr. Teresa Danieley
The Episcopal Church
Rev. Pam Strobel
Episcopal Diocese of New York
Shanna Miller
Janie Furlow
Rev. Wanda Walter
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Rev. Megan Stowe
United Methodist Church
Matt Anticoli
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Rev. Sandie Richards
United Methodist Clergy
Rev. Gayle Tucker
United Church of Christ
Carolyn Mackie
Toronto School of Theology
Byron Linsey
Rev. Amy Courts Koopman
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Rev. Janice Sevre-Duszynska
Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests
Rev. Jennifer Butner
Sean Padilla
Happy Nomad Booking
rev. cheryl I green
AME Church
Rev. Patrick Burke
The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew
Kelly Waterman
Larry Litman
Episcopal
Rev. Hank Faorman
St. John United Church of Christ-Freeport, IL
The Rev. Matthew Wright
St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, Woodstock, NY
Isabel Draper
Vanderbilt Divinity School
Rev. Elsie Hainz McGrath
Roman Catholic Womanpriest (RCWP)
Rev. Erin Martin
Fremont United Methodist Church
Dr. Shehla Baig
Rev. Lisa Jean Hoefner
United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Michael Diaz
Cathedral of Hope UCC
The Rev. Ginny Wilder
Mr. Robert E. Smith
Rev. Jennifer O’Malley
Roman Catholic Women Priests
Rev. Sara Wiegner
Retired, American Baptist Churches
Pastor Kathy Redig
All Are One Catholic Curch
Sara Penning
Rev. Irene Senn
Roman Catholic Womenpriests
Mary Getchell
United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Jean Marchant
The Spirit of Life: A Catholic Community of Justice & Joy
Bishop Nancy Meyer, RCWP
Roman Catholic Women Priests
Reverend Mark Koyama
United Church of Jaffrey
Rev.
Lauren Mendez
Messiah Lutheran Church
Haretha A.W. Yousuf
Rev. Nina Bartelt Lanctot
Mennonite
Nadia VanderKuip
Nancy J Myers
Kern Road Mennonite Church
Wiggy Wiggans
Erin Hancock
World Student Christian Federation - US
Lanadee Lampman
Shelley Cataldo
Chaplain Katie Mayo Smith
Religious Society of Friends
Elizabeth Cameron
Ashley Steinke
Hilary Clark
Heidi McElrath
Jolonnie Reed
The Rev. Allen M. Junek
The Episcopal Church
Seamus Herrima
Victor Griffith
Rev. Carolina Glauster
ELCIC (pastor), Drew University (Theology PhD student)
Emily Ann Garcia
Caitlin Reilley Beck
Open Way Community Church
Rev. Kristina Walker
United Methodist Church of Lamar
The Rev. Heidi Brear
Rev. Gray Fitzgerald
United Church of Christ
Liz Shopes
Rev. Dr. Courtney Stange-Tregear
United Church of Christ
Anne Layacan
Christ Almighty Baptist Church
Rev. Hannah Johnston
Anglican Church of Canada
Jan Nelson
United Methodist
Bunny Wilder
Juan Bernal
Sarah Reeves
Grace Episcopal Church, Lopez Island
Linda Scherzinger
St Andrew's United Church of Canada
Anca Wilkening
Harvard University
Dr. James Howard Hill, Jr.
A.W. Strouse, Ph.D.
Samara Sorce
Yale Divinity School
Rev. Audrey Lounder
United Church of Canada
Blythe C. Baldwin
Church of the Epiphany Trumansburg NY
Byron Rempel-Burkholder
Chair, Mennonite Church Canada Palestine-Israel Network
Rosemary MacAdam
Anglican Church
Dr. Sara A. Misgen
Leonard Van Harten
Dorchester United Church
Grace Van Harten
Dorchester United Church
Reverend Debbie Blane
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Jonah Van Harten
Patricia Hynek
United Church, Canada
Rachel Van Harten
Andi W.
Sarah Groot
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
David Lewis
Sam Stella
Columbia University
Daniel Groot
Fountain of Life Covenant Church
Ryan Remington
Carmel United Methodist Church; Christian Theological Seminary
Pastor Suzanne Gross
Bridge Building, Mennonite Church Alberta
Manal Malki
Jessica Stilwell
St. Matthias' Anglican Church
Alan Herbert
Member, United Church of Canada
Peter Greidanus
Christian Reformed Church
Rev. Prof. David J. Lull
United Methodist Church
Jessica Briggs
Living Water Church
Alan Collins
Christ Church Dartmouth Nova Scotia
Jennifer Blue
E Lee
Rev. Cynthia Fong
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Danai Zaire
Brendan Mieles
Hudson Church
Gustave Ineza
Regis-St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto
Rev. Renee Roederer
Rev. Miriam Spies
The United Church of Canada
Scott Schaeffer-Duffy
founding member of Saints Francis & Thérèse Catholic Worker, Worcester, MA
Wendy Cranston
Emmanuel College in The University of Toronto
Rev. Pamela Rayment
The Rev. Erin Jean Warde
Emily Theus
Yale University
Rev. Guesnerth Josué Perea
Metro Hope Church
Judson Bengt Bergman
Yale Divinity School
Rev. Kathleen Bellefeuille-Rice
Roman Catholic WomenPriests-USA
Rev. Dr. Diane S. Whalen
Rev. Camille Henderson-Edwards
Rev. Mary Grace Crowley-Koch
Roman Catholic
P. Catherine McKinney
Princeton Theological Seminary
Aurora Lynelle Celestin
Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Dennis McDonald
Mike Dagle
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit
Rev. Jacqueline Daley
Rev. Joshua Huber
Michael Soaries
Dr. Marilyn McEntyre
Western Theological Seminary; New College Berkeley
Katherine F. Guerrero
Yale University
Rev. Rachel Swenson
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Rev. Joel Eaton, BCC
Dr. Biko Mandela Gray
Syracuse University
Dr. Denise Nadeau
Ben Menghini
TST/SNC
The Rev. Paul Anthony Daniels
Fordham University
The Rev. James Boline
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Santa Monica, CA
Minister Jay Drummond, Jr.
Rev. Adriene Thorne
The Riverside Church in the City of New York
Pastor Elle Dowd
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Mary Grahame Hunter
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit
Nathan Samayo
Princeton Theological Seminary
Rev. Cynthia Lapp
Hyattsville Mennonite Church
Eugene Park
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Daniel Arroyo
Rev. Christina Paradela
The United Church of Canada
Rev. Esther D. Morales
United Methodist Church
Beth Carlson-Malena
Open Way Community Church, Vancouver BC
Lindsey Fox
Artisan Church, Vancouver, BC
Jean Bagga
Isabel Ngo
Leslie Stephens
Kelsey Lucido
Quest Church, Princeton Theological Seminary
Krystel Mumba
World Relief
Mondain Sesay
Rev. Kathleen MW Hatlevig
Presbyterian Church USA
Yarilynne Esther Regalado
Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Areeta Bridgemohan
Church
Malar Chandran
Maggie Dalzell
Quest Church, Seattle
Mivhael Huff
Dr. Charles Lindsey
Loryn Wheeler
Rev. Rebecca Littlejohn
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Matthew G. Zemanick
Mrs Jean Schmidt
Mount Baker Presbyterian
Clint Schnekloth
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Fayetteville, AR
Bailey Bjolin
Open Way Church
Alan Chettle
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of Canada
Rev.
United Church of Christ
Zenith Bose
Sam Zimmerman
Randall Heyn-Lamb
Episcopal Peace Fellowship's Palestine Israel Network
Dr. Ednie Kaeh Garrison
Raúl B Alegría
MARCHA
Rev. Keren Rodriguez
Aloha United Methodist Church
Kelly Outen
Rev. Vanessa Cardinale
United Church of Christ
Rev. Janet Gollery McKeithen
The Church in Ocean Park
Dexter Bradshaw
Rev. Dr. Robin Poole Sessoms
LBC
Finn Keesmaat-Walsh
Anglican Church of Canada
Logan Crews
Episcopal Church, Yale Divinity School
Rev. Kimberly Cooper
ELCA
Rev. Rachel Reeder
Rev. Dr. Janet Wolf
Rev. Suzanne Parker Miller
Moravian
Dr. Amaryah Shaye Armstrong
Virginia Tech
Rev. Kristin W. Peters
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Dr. Philip Hobson
Salem United Church of Christ
Rev. Dr. Cindy Rasmussen
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
Rev. Molly Bidwell
The Episcopal Church
The Rev. Stephanie Kendell
Rev. Emily Goldthwaite
United Church of Christ
Rev. Clare Twomey
City of YorkHuman Relations Commission
Mary Frazier
Our Lady of Nazareth Roman Catholic Church
Anne E. Cauble
Brunswick United Methodist Church, Brunswick, ME
Rev. Sarah Gengler
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Dr. Linda L. Gaither
Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network
Rev. Enno K. Limvere
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Meghan Mast
Mennonite Central Committee
Ms. Kelly Park
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
Alex Pickell
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
John Frazier
Rev. Shalom Agtarap
First United Methodist Church of Tacoma
Brittany Reimer
Kristen Pursley
Conway United Methodist
Jennifer Gorman
Salford Mennonite Church
Dr. Brian J. Walsh
Bible Remixed
Wing Yin Li
Princeton Theological Seminary
Rev. Bethany Benz-Whittington
PC(USA)
Julie Amos
Donna Ainsworth
Kelly Casey
Commissioned Chaplain, Nativity Episcopal Church, Episcopal Diocese of MN
Jin Young Choi
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
The Rev. Carolyn Herold
St. Laurence Anglican Church (Canada)
Rachel Ternes
Middle Tennessee Christians for Justice in Palestine
Darren DeMelo
Estuary Church
Rev. Randy Hamm
Rev. Ric Shewell
United Methodist Church
Margaret Fullerton
Brenda Hamilton
Irene Buttrey
Anglican, Canada
Rev. Canon Lloyd Casson
The Episcopal Church
Robert Dunn
Unite Church of Jaffrey
Courtney Thompson
Mikaela Bosch
Dr. Mikayla Thatcher
Concordia University St. Paul
Nathan Thatcher
Saint Clement's Episcopal Church
Rev. Jeannette Love, RCWP
Roman Catholic Woman Priest
Rev. Rosa G. Manriquez, IHM
Roman Catholic
Rev. Dr. Heather McCance
Elizabeth Littlefield
United Church of Jaffrey
Krista Dutt
Rev. Marty Meyer-Gad
Roman Catholic Women Priests
Rev. Lindsey Krinks
Madeleine Lewis
Middle Tennessee Christians for Justice in Palestine
Paula Stark
Commons Church
Jennifer Smith
Frances Fitzgerald
Vanderbilt Divinity School
Lynn Lewis
Lindsey Pacios
Emma Hjelle
Rev. Blair Trygstad Stowe
Boston University
Rev.
Glencliff UMC
C. P.
Rev. Gabriel Lopez
Iglesia Cristiana del Este de Whittier
Lisa G.
Follower of Jesus
Khurram Ishaq
Rev. Mike Hammond
Vancouver Foursquare Church
The Rev. Beth Scriven
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Indianapolis
Rev. Leah Rumsey
Wendy Hammarstrom
La Jolla Friends Meeting
Rev. Jennifer Stephens
Nick De Los Reyes
The Rev. Eric Bond
Episcopal Church (USA)
Nancy Cook
Jacob A. Williams
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Dr. Jennifer Maidrand
UCC; Drew Theological School
Mindy Summers
Erin Isgett
Southeast Raleigh Table
Jana Johnson
Fadya Larson
Woodsedge Community Church
Joelle Johnson
Maddie Layman
Tracie Moulton
Jennifer Creighton
Samantha Oneal
Nicole Dunham
Jordan Ashley Afsharnejad
Abigail Owolabi
Cynthia McCloskey
Episcopal
Ashleigh Thurmond
Michael Thurmond
Josh Daly
Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence
Deb Walters
Molli Lutz
Willis Partington
St. Michael's Church
Alicia McCormick
The Church We Hope For
Sandy Lee Schaupp
The Church We Hope For
Rev. Stephen Berube
United Church of Canada/Canadian Friends of Sabeel Board Member
Elyse Gainor
Michelle Lara
Amanda Samuel
Princeton Theological Seminary
Vivian Lewin, Lay Reader
Christ Church Cathedral Montreal
Barbara Thuringer
William G Webster
St. Andrew's United Church, Halifax, NS
Lily Kennedy
Rev. Kenn Stright
Presbyterian Church in Canada
Dr. Marian Macken
Kairos
Judah R. Lopez
Union Theological Seminary
Patricia Fong
Susan Walcott
The Riverside Church
Grace Van Harten
Dorchester United Church
Aimy Farag
Kylene Young
Covenant Presbyterian Church in Chicago
Rev. Dr. Amanda Llewellyn
ELCA
Pastor John Schwiebert
Metanoia Peace Community United Methodist Church
Lisa Ellsmere
Pierre Lawrence
Rev. K. Amanda Meisenheimer
The Riverside Church
The Rev. Michelle Jones
St. James Caledon East
Rev. Melissa O’Keefe Reed
Oregon Synod, ELCA
David King
Riverside Church
Zeenat Remtulla
Church of the Redeemer
Rev. Steve Berube
United Church of Canada/Board Member Canadian Friends of Sabeel
Bassem Farag
Rev. Chris Dela Cruz
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Amira El-Gawly
Joanna Hiebert Bergen
Chair - Mennonite Church Manitoba Palestine-Israel Network
Melita Rempel-Burkholder
Home Street Mennonite Church
Jessica Ewert
Cosette Pathak
St. James Anglican Caledon East Ontario
Mark Flatman
Brethren
Rev. Dr. Kieren Williams
Beth M. Rademacher
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Community
Donna Smith
Pilisa Mackey
Kathryn Blanco
baptized Catholic, practicing Episcopalian
Rachel Hale
Rev. Rob Crosby-Shearer, ec
The United Church of Canada and the AbbeyChurch / Emmaus Community
Sara Kwon
Rev. Katerina Gea
Pasadena Mennonite Church
Rev. Alissa Bender
Professor Mark Lewis Taylor
Princeton Theological Seminary
Eréndira Jiménez Esquinca
Spirit School
Rev. Dr. Robert O. Smith
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Dr. Kathryn Poethig
Emerita, California State University Monterey Bay
The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney
Dayo Adeoye
Union Theological Seminary
Victoria Basug Slabinski
Rev. Jay Bergen
Germantown Mennonite Church
Dr. Hanna Reichel
Princeton Theological Seminary
Rev. Laurie A. D. Cornell
The Evangelical Covenant Church
Erna Kim Hackett
Liberated Together
Elliot Weidenaar
Union Theological Seminary
Dr. Robert H. Craig
Rev. Dr. Victoria Rue
Roman Catholic woman priest
Rev. Mary Alice Nolan
Roman Catholic WomenPriests-USA
Minister Alex Green
Talique R. Taylor
The Episcopal Church
Rev. Nancy Corran
Roman Catholic Women Priests and PC(USA)
Rev. Teresa A. M. Keogh
Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests
Rev. Richard F. Collman
The United Methodist Church
The Rev. Marcella Gillis
Christ the King Episcopal Church, Stone Ridge NY
Leslie Martinez
Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Regina Clarke
Rev. Gail Song Bantum
Quest Church
Rev. Angela Shannon
The Reverend Michele H. Morgan
St. Marks Episcopal Capitol Hill DC
Karla Mendoza Arana
Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Hannah Elyse Cornthwaite
Episcopal Church
Rev. Tony Hunt
The Episcopal Church
Rev. Tory K. Moir
Episcopal Church
The Reverend Dr. Meg Stapleton Smith
Yarilynne Esther Regalado
Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Dr. Jeremy L. Williams
Rev. Hannah Sachs
Rock Spring UCC
The Rev. Dr. Alison Hari Singh
St. Andrew by-the-Lake, Toronto
Rev. Michelle Magee
ELCA
Rev. Amy M. Roon
University Congregational UCC, Seattle
Phil Lewis
Patricia Leong
Disciples of Christ
Christy Miller
Sarah Abbott
Avigail Avilés
Rev. Thelma Flowers
United Church of Christ
Frank Scoffield Sánchez
Theologian (M.Div., Fuller Seminary, B.A., Wheaton College)
The Rev. Dr. Lucas V. Lindon
Medina UCC, Congregational
Paul Pynkoski
Anglican
Dr. Jordan Baker
Ordination Candidate in the ELCA Lutheran Church/ Yale University M.Div. '26
Rev. Tiffany Ashworth
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Karen Jensen
University Presbyterian Church San Antonio
Rev. Lucy Waechter Webb
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Camilla Raymond, OP
Rev. Laurel Dykstra
Mother Tracy Wells Miller
Episcopal Church
Kiegan Irish
Robert Shine
Reverend
The Church We Hope For
Rev. Charmaine Evans
St. Stephens Anglican Church
Tora Klassen
Dorothy Carey
Church of Heavenly Rest
The Rev. Hillary Kimsey
Episcopal Diocese of Olympia
Dr. Caroline Schleier Cutler
Gail Irish
Julia Eckberg
Edmonds United Methodist Church
Jem
Rev. Laura Ann Phillips
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Carol Johnson
Estuary Church
Laurel Kracen
Julia Schumacher
Angie Paek Te
New City Church LA, Fuller Theological Seminary
Carissa Groot-Nibbelink
Hillside Church
Kathleen Pollack
E. Lyons
Saige Hassler
Rev. Linda Butler
Reverend Elizabeth Robinson
Orinda Community Church
The Rt. Rev. George D Young III
The Episcopal Church
Rev. Kirsten Sauey Hofmann
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lisa King Muthiah
Claire Weihe
Yale Divinity School
Dr. Eric Schnitger
Pasadena Mennonite Church
Rev. Jonathan Timothy Stoner, MDiv, BCC
All Saints Episcopal Church (Pasadena, CA)
Wesley Moncrief
Iliff School of Theology
Rev. Erica Saunders
BPFNA~Bautistas por la Paz
Rev. Ellen Green
The United Church of Christ
Minister McMahon
University of Minnesota
Indhira Udofia, MDiv, MSW, STM
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Rev. Hannah Adair Bonner
Campus Christian Center at UofArizona
Rev. Craig Wiley
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Hannah Curtis
Janet Lee
Greta Wikkerink
Grandview Church, Vancouver BC Canada
Lars Åkerso
Karla Kent
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Kristin Anna MacQueen
Royal City Mission / Emmanuel College (TST)
Nicole Fauteux
Patricia Ovington
Chaplain Sarah Levy
United Church of Christ
Meredith Wilkinson
Farm Church, PCUSA
Lorraine Lam
Laur Kelly
3 Jewels Recovery
The Rev. Kimberly Reinholz
Chaplain Sorrel Virginia Hester
Macalester College
Marie Raynard
Ms. Kimberly Redigan
Pax Christi Michigan State Council
Rev. Dora Arce/Valentín
Garrett Ashlock
University of Chicago Divinity School and St. Mary’s Byzantine Church
Brianne Ede
Dr. Andrew Krinks
Vanderbilt University Divinity School
Dr. Sylvia Keesmaat
Bible Remixed/Church of the Redeemer Anglican Church, Toronto
karen lull
United Methodist Church
Deacon Adina Meyer
Living Water Inclusive Catholic Community
Rev. Dr. Joanna Truelson
Roman Catholic Women Priest
Dr. Tracy Russell
Rev. Larry C. Clark, Ph.D.
United Methodist
Kathleen Kukowski
Our Lady of Lake Seattle, WA
Dr. Renny Golden
Professor Emerita
Courtney Rutzer
Fr. Charles Wilson
Episcopal Church
Rev. Erin J. Beall
United Methodist Church and Brite Divinity School
Jill Heine - MA in Restorative Justice
Community Restorative Facilitator
Rev. Suzanne Dunn
Catholic Church of the Beatitudes
Maria Eitz RCWP.
Howard Kim
Rev. Dr. Deborah Dean-Ware
Church of the Good Shepherd, UCC
Rhonda McCarty
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
The Rev. Kristen Dobyns
Anglican Church of Canada
Bill Way
RCWP Canada
Rev. Joanna Lawrence Shenk
First Mennonite Church of San Francisco
Dr. Jessica Johnson
Sherri H Sawyer
Eastern Star Church - Indianapolis, IN
Beryl Moore
First United Methodist Church of Upland , CA
Wilson
Ms. Teresa Wilson
Grail
Rachel Watrous
Ben Bouwman
Walnut Hill Mennonite Church
Jane Patton
Ray Ann Hommeyer
St. Francis Cabrini, St. Paul MN
Rev. Brenda J.R. Goodman
Trudy McIntosh
Karen Thiesse
Rev. Laura Cannata
Corbin Duncan
Rachel Dodd
Deidre Potter
Brite Divinity School
Stephanie Radcliffe
Laura Ramirez
Rev. Cody Natland
Ellensburg United Methodist Church
Lisa Dawson
Emily Ricketson
Elizabeth Gross
Roman Catholic
Christine Smalley
Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis
Marianne Khattar
Fr. Paul Geraghty
Catholic Preist
Carol Woodsong
Quaker
Chloey H.
AJ Wright
Gabriel Snider
Ave Petra
Blessed Diego de San Vitores Church
Heidi Pollard-Hermann
First Congregation United Church of Christ Hillsboro, OR
Joanne Thiessen
Russell Copley
United Church of Canada
Alex Bailey
Joyce Wong
Chaplain Pamela Yvette Cook
Sojourner Truth Community
Rev. Anne Hoganson
The United Church of Canada
Nicola Patton
The Church We Hope For
Cynthia Neubecker
St. John's Lutheran Church
Jason Kelly
Rev. Dr. Jenny Whitcher
Juniper Formation UCC
Beth McGee
St. Anderew's United Church
Teresa Nowatzki
John Frazier
Roman Catholic
Christian Silva
Princeton Theological Seminary
Amy Marmol
Dr. Linda L. Gaither
Episcopal Peace Fellowship - Palestine Israel Network
Eden Cope
Rev. Adam Hange
First Congregational United Church of Christ of Hillsboro, Oregon
Joel Burkholder
Joel Burkholder
E. A. Enns
Flo Cook
Anglican, parishioner Church of St. Aidan, Toronto, ON
Esther Epp-Tiessen
Rev. Awit Marcelino
St. Thomas Christian Church, St. Thomas, ON
Susannah Crook
Rev. Mira Sawlani-Joyner
The Riverside Church, NYC
Dan Crook
Rev. Jonathan Davis
ELCA Pastor
Rebecca Fadil
Episcopal Peace Fellowship
Dr. Doug Thorpe
Saint Mark's Cathedral Seattle
Randolph W. Urmston
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
Mrs. Mathilde Colley
St. Johns Anglican Church, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
SueAnn Shiah
Princeton Theological Seminary
Ruth McRee Schultz
The Episcopal Church
Jan Evans
Rev. Karen Martens Zimmerly
First Mennonite Church of Iowa City
Alexander S. Lee
PhD Student, Fuller Theological Seminary
Ralph Colley
Anglican Church of Canada
Reverend Christine Fahrenbach, RCWO
Roman Catholic WomenPriests
Helen Rempel
Mennonite Church Canada
Susan Harrison
Christina Krewson
Heart and Soul Community Church, Rochester
L. Dodington
The Riverside Church in New York City
Ernie Wiens
Ernie Wiens
Rev. Dr. Josh Wallace
Mennonite Church Saskatchewan & Backyard Church
Rob Muthiah
Pasadena Mennonite Church
Leslea Smith
First Congregational UCC Hillsboro
Connie Zolotar
Rivierside United Church, London, ON, United Church of Canada