The Archbishop attended the Atlanta Summit of Churches in the USA and the Holy Land, Pursuing Peace and Strengthening Presence, from 19 to 20 April 2016.
With other church leaders, including the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem and the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. At the summit the Archbishop spoke on the Role of Churches in Interfaith Dialogue, his speech is available in PDF format. Following the summit the Archbishop attended the White House and the State Department.
The Archbishop with Bishop Younan
Speaking as part of a panel of the Heads of Churches. Left to right: AB; Patriarch Theophilos III; the Rev OlavTveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches; Patriarch Twal; Bishop Younan; Fr. Ibrahim faltas of the Custody of the Holy Land
Yusef Daher, Execuive Secretary, Jerusalem Inter-Church Center; Ms. Vera Baboun, Mayor of Bethlehem; Mr. Ervin Stutzman, Executive Director, Mennonite Church USA; the Rev Dr Mitri Raheb, President, Diyar Consortium
Warren Clark, Executive Director of Churches for Middle East Peace; The Most Rev Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; The Rev Canon Robert Edmunds, Middle East Partnership Officer for the Episcopal Church; the AB
AB Suheil introducing Bishop Curry to His Beatitude Theophilos III with The Rev Canon Robert Edmunds in the background
