Jesus was radical…and we should be radical like him
Updated: Jun 28, 2019 By Josie Child, PAX Producer For many, to be ‘radical’ has become a shorthand for religious and political extremism. We have become accustomed to associating it with acts of terror and violence. As a result, we think of radicalism as some sort of evil brainwashing that leads to hate, mistrust, and intolerance. […]
Greatest threat to Palmyra is Western apathy
The world seems to be stunned by the rise of Islamic State, paralysed and unable to act in a coherent and effective fashion. ISIS is like a plague, spreading, infecting and destroying, yet the international community, including their leaders and organisations, is confused and helpless. The latest shock the world has received is the capture […]
How to End the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East
Travelling around the world to give lectures about my foundation’s peace-building work, I see such a divorce between the politics of powerful nations and the people within them. The people I meet all want to help the refugees, but few of them know why the Middle Eastern refugees exist, beyond an idea that “they are […]
Ambassadors for Peace: October 2017
In October 2017, The Revd Nadim Nassar (Director) and Huda Nassar (Director for the Middle East) travelled to Lattakia, Syria for a brand-new development in our Ambassadors for Peace programme. For the first time, two separate groups of Ambassadors would be working: a new group of 50 young people just beginning on their journey as Ambassadors […]
Ambassadors for Peace 2016
The Revd Nadim Nassar and Huda Nassar have just completed the third phase of our Ambassadors for Peace programme in Lattakia, Syria. This phase, as wit h all of our work in the Middle East, is led by Huda Nassar, our Director for the Middle East, in cooperation with all local churches and many faith groups […]
Facing the Challenges of Fanaticism – Salisbury 2
On Thursday 8th and Saturday 10th October, The Revd Nadim Nassar and St.John Wright travelled to the Diocese of Salisbury for the final two Archdeaconry training days on “Religious Fundamentalism: Challenges and Solutions”. Our hosts were the Archdeacories of Wiltshire and Sherbourne; we had visited the Archdeaconries of Dorset and Sarum in the Spring. Topics under […]
Remembering Syd Anderson
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Syd Anderson, one of our most dedicated supporters in the United States. Syd died peacefully on Wednesday 4th October 2017. Syd heard Nadim speak at his own church, Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church in the Bay Area Northeast of San Francisco, on 3rd May 2015. What followed […]
Little Heroes 2017 – Safita
After Awareness Foundation Little Heroes in Lattakia, our team of volunteers travelled 75 miles south to Safita at the invitation of our dear friend and International Consultant, Bishop Demetrios Charbak, the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Banias. This was our second year in Safita. Over 350 children of every denomination were waiting eagerly for us. As […]
Little Heroes 2017 – Lattakia
In early August 2017, our team of volunteers welcomed around 200 displaced and local Syrian children to our Little Heroes camp. Once again, we were hosted by the National Evangelical Church in Lattakia. The theme of the three days was “the Story of the Field”. A field is a place of work and it sustains life, […]
Announcing Our Royal Patron
In July 2017, The Revd Nadim Nassar and Huda Nassar travelled to Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan for the first of this year’s Ambassador for Peace programmes. We are very grateful to Tearfund for making all of the resources available to us for this project; their continued partnership and support mean so much to us. 60 […]