BMS statement on Gaza
Today, we add our voice to those speaking out, seeking to name the injustices plainly evident in Gaza, Israel and the Palestinian Territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Read and sign the statement, download our Gaza prayer guide and watch videos hear from our partners in the region.
Statement Concerning Gaza, Israel, The West Bank and East Jerusalem – July 2025: from Baptists Together, BMS World Mission and Baptist Union of Wales
Click on this link to open the statement in a new tab and add your voice to the call for an immediate bilateral ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages and the unconditional access for humanitarian aid to enter the whole of Gaza. There are times when the Church is called to speak – we believe that this is such a time.
Video Downloads
BMS Director of Mission on the Gaza statement
There are times when the Church is called to speak – to name suffering, to call out injustice, and to affirm the value and dignity of all people. In this video, Arthur provides the context and background that has led to BMS adding our voice to those speaking out, seeking to name the injustices plainly evident in Gaza, Israel and the Palestinian Territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Listening and learning: Shireen Hilal
In this clip, Shireen Hilal, a Director from Bethlehem Bible College, candidly shares the intense pain she feels as a Palestinian Christian living through the war, as someone who has lost loved ones in the conflict, and as someone who has witnessed the complete rupture to reconciliation programmes that used to encourage conversation between Israel and Palestine. Listen to Shireen's moving words alongside two other clips from the webinar, bringing perspectives from Israel and Lebanon.
Listening and learning: Rani Saba
In this clip, Rani Saba, General Director of the Association of Baptist Churches in Israel talks about his multi-faceted identity as an Arab, Israeli, Palestinian, Nazarene — and above all, Christian, and what from his perspective this means for his role standing for peace in the region. Listen to this alongside two other clips from the webinar, bringing perspectives from Palestine and Lebanon.
Listening and learning: Wissam Nasrallah
In this clip, Wissam Nasrallah, BMS World Mission-supported worker and Chief Operations Officer at Thimar in Lebanon shares an "outside" perspective on the conflict — one nevertheless that has impacted him greatly growing up as a Lebanese Christian. Wissam shares how Christians must reject resentments or preconceptions they may have grown up with in favour of cross-shaped, Christ-centred compassion. Listen to Wissam's call to follow 'the narrow way', alongside two other clips from the webinar, bringing perspectives from Israel and Palestine.
Please do not distribute this video on social media, at Wissam's kind request.
Included in this bundle
Gaza prayer guide
We’ve collected prayers and reflections from our partners and friends in the West Bank, Lebanon and Israel and hope they will guide your own prayers for this tragic conflict.
