Palestine, Settler Colonialism, and Western Churches Conference

Wednesday—Friday 28—30 May 2025

In order to attend to the Open Letter issued by Palestinian Christians to Western Christians titled “A Call for Repentance,” this conference aims to centre Palestinian Christian voices. By facilitating a forum in which international church and community representatives, activists, and scholars can engage in dialogue regarding how the Western churches can heed the Call for Repentance, we intend to examine the means and methods for effective solidarity, peace-making and justice in Palestine. In accordance with the Call to Repentance, the role of ingrained colonial ideologies within the churches must be addressed as to truthfully confront the enduring legacy of settler colonialism in Palestine, Canada, and other colonial contexts.

“Fundamentally I’m a human being, and I think what Palestine does - when we say ‘Palestine is a litmus test,’ we’re saying it is not that we privilege the Palestinian cause over every other cause. Rather, Palestine holds a mirror up onto the world and says, What kind of world do we want to live in?”

- Momodou Taal

Momodou Taal

Student Activism Discussion Panel

Join us for a virtually led panel discussion with prominent social/political activist Momodou Taal as he shares his experiences speaking out against injustices in Palestine.

LaCroix International

Christian leaders call for justice amid Gaza and West Bank Crisis

“We refuse to simply pass you by, we not only do not forget you but commit ourselves to solidarity with you. We carry you in our prayers. We cry with you. We seek to make your cries heard in a world that needs to be shaken out of its complacency.””
— A Jerusalem Voice for Justice

Christian leaders in Jerusalem called for global solidarity as Israel's displacement of Palestinians escalates. They condemned annexation, urged moral action, and reaffirmed the biblical command to love one’s neighbour amid deepening crisis.

Munther Isaac

Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and Genocide in Gaza

“Writing from Bethlehem with close-up knowledge of conditions on the ground, and rooted in a commitment to nonviolence and just peace, Isaac urges readers to recognize that support for Zionism’s genocidal project entails a failure to bring a properly Christian theological criticism to bear upon colonialism, racism, and empire. He calls on Christians to repent of their complicity in the destruction of the Palestinian people. He calls on Christians to repent of their complicity in the destruction of the Palestinian people. And he challenges them to realign their beliefs and actions with Christ—who can be found not among perpetrators of violence, but with victims buried under the rubble of war.”
— Eerdmans Publishing Co.
“When the church chooses silence in the face of political injustice, it agrees with injustice. Silence in the face of political oppression is profane, nullifying our belief in the God of justice and compassion. Silence suggests that we condone evil and that God does not care about injustice and bloodshed.”
— Munther Isaac, Christ in the Rubble.