DOCSLIB.ORG

Food Resource Directory Contra Costa County 1 Updated 07/17/2020 (Government Assistance Programs)

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Food Resource Directory Contra Costa County 1 Updated 07/17/2020 (Government Assistance Programs) **FOR SERVICE PROVIDER USE ONLY** DO NOT REPRODUCE AND/OR DISTRIBUTE TO FOOD RECIPIENTS Food Resources Directory Contra Costa County July 2020 Listing of Services provided by: Government Assistance Programs Other Referral Information Soup Kitchens Food Pantries Senior Food Program Food Assistance Program Food for Children Program Community Produce Program Please reprint this document every three months at www.foodbankccs.org/frdcc in order to ensure you have the most up-to-date information. Published by the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano 4010 Nelson Ave. Concord CA 94520 phone 925.676.7543 | fax 925.671.7933 For the hearing impaired: TTY 1.800.735.2929 English TTY 1.800.855.3000 Spanish **FOR SERVICE PROVIDER USE ONLY** DO NOT REPRODUCE AND/OR DISTRIBUTE TO FOOD RECIPIENTS Food Resource Directory Contra Costa County 1 Updated 07/17/2020 (Government Assistance Programs) Government Assistance Programs Food Stamps (CalFresh) Food Stamps are a monthly stipend on an EBT card that can be used to buy food. Someone can be eligible even if they own a home, have no children, are working, own a vehicle, or have no permanent address.People with little or no income should apply for food stamps. To apply, call 1-877-847-3663 or an office listed below: 1305 Macdonald Ave Richmond 510-412-3280 1275-A Hall Ave Richmond 151 Linus Pauling Ave Hercules 510-262-7709 (All of West County except Richmond) 400 Ellinwood Way Pleasant Hill 925-602-9379 4545 Delta Fair Blvd Antioch 925-706-4980 (Bay Point, Pittsburg, Antioch) 151 Sand Creek Rd Brentwood 925-513-3720 (All locations east of Antioch) People who want more information about the food stamp process & eligibility rules can contact the Food Bank's CalFresh Team at 925-676-7543. CalWorks Low-income families with children can receive cash grants through the CalWorks program. To apply, contact an office listed below: East County 4545 Delta Fair Blvd Antioch 925-706-4980 East County 151 Sand Creek Rd Brentwood 925-513-3720 Central County 400 Ellinwood Way Pleasant Hill 925-602-9379 West County 1305 Macdonald Ave Richmond 510-412-3000 West County 151 Linus Pauling Dr Hercules 510-262-7709 Food Resource Directory Contra Costa County 2 Updated 07/17/2020 (Government Assistance Programs) Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC) Low-income pregnant women & mothers with children up to the age of five can receive food vouchers to buy specific nutritious foods. Call: East County 2311 Loveridge Pittsburg 925-431-2460 East County 171 Sand Creek Rd Brentwood 925-513-6880 Central County 2355 Stanwell Cir Concord 925-646-5370 West County 39th St & Bissell Richmond 510-231-8600 General Assistance (GA) Low-income individuals who do not qualify for CalWorks or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) can receive cash grants through the GA Program. For more information: East County 925-706-4760 Central County 925-521-5001 West County 510-412-1900 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Low-income people who are blind, disabled, or elderly can receive supplemental grants through the SSI program. For information call 1-800-772-1213 Other Referral Information Shelter & Other Referral Information The Homeless Referral Line has information on available beds at shelters. Call 1-800-808-6444. Call 211 for assistance with information about all social services in multiple languages. Food Resource Directory Contra Costa County 3 Updated 07/17/2020 (Government Assistance Programs) Senior Referral Information (not affiliated with FBCCS) Contra Costa Cafes Seniors can receive a hot meal for a suggested donation at a congregate meal site. For a site near you call 925-313-6700 or 925-937-8311 Meals on Wheels Program www.mealsonwheelsofcontracosta.org Homebound seniors can have meals delivered to them for a suggested donation by calling: East County (Bay Point, 925-778-4379 Pittsburg, Antioch) Far East County 925-625-4545 Central County 925-937-8607 or 925-937-8311 West County 510-412-0166 El Cerrito 510-215-4342 Food Resource Directory Contra Costa County 4 Updated 07/17/2020 (Soup Kitchens) Soup Kitchens Soup kitchens provide free meals to anyone who comes in during meal hours. Menus vary, although each soup kitchen tries to offer balanced meals. East County Soup Kitchens Name Address City Phone Days Times Bread of Life (Living Word 415 West 6th St Antioch 925-778-1639 Sat 12-1:30pm Church) 6-6:30pm meal Loaves & Fishes (Veteran’s 403 W 6th St Antioch 925-519-0394 Mon-Fri 11am-12:30pm Memorial Building) Loaves & Fishes (Mental 2400 Sycamore Dr, Antioch 925-779-9977 Mon-Fri 11am-12:45pm Health Consumer Ste 30 Concerns) Loaves & Fishes (St. 1415 Simpson Ct (off E Pittsburg Mon-Fri 11am-1pm Vincent de Paul) Leland at Gladstone) Loaves & Fishes (Redman- 1403 Main St Oakley Mon-Fri 11am-12:45pm Pocahontas Hall) Central County Soup Kitchens Name Address City Phone Days Times Loaves & Fishes of Contra 835 Ferry St Martinez 925-293-4792 Mon-Sun 11am-12:45pm Costa West County Soup Kitchens Name Address City Phone Days Times GRIP Souper Center 165 22nd St Richmond Every day 11:30am- 12:45pm Bay Area Rescue Mission 200 Macdonald Ave Richmond 510-215-4884 Every day 7:30am Breakfast 7:30pm Dinner Food Resource Directory Contra Costa County 5 Updated 07/17/2020 (Soup Kitchens) North Richmond 1427 Fred Jackson Richmond 2nd & 4th Wed 12-1pm Missionary Baptist Church Way (grocery bags also provided) Note: kitchen temporarily closed, currently only grocery bags Food Resource Directory Contra Costa County 6 Updated 07/17/2020 (Food Pantries) Food Pantries Pantries provide food to the general public on an ongoing basis. Pantries may limit the number of times they serve the same recipient in a given time period. All pantries strive to provide balanced food bags that include all food groups. Typically, the food is nonperishable, i.e. canned goods & dried beans, pasta & rice. Some pantries provide three day supplies of food for people in crisis situations put together according to a suggested menu & based on family size. Other pantries focus on perishable foods such as produce, dairy & bread & include a limited number of nonperishable items. Most agencies require some form of identification from recipients & each person in their household. Food Pantries may require recipients to call ahead for an appointment. A small number of pantries ask people to get a referral from another agency. Please share the information about pantry requirements included with the pantry description with the people you are helping. East County Food Pantries Name Address City Phone Days Times Agape International 605 W Madill St Antioch 925-709-4424 Thu 4pm Church & Ministries First Family Church 3195 Contra Loma Antioch 925-706-1238 Sat 10-11am Blvd Genesis Church 55 East 18th St Antioch 925-594-3962 Sat 9:30-11am Grace’s Closet: 3415 Oakley Rd Antioch 925-522-2017 Wed 4-6pm Food & Clothing Sat 12pm-2pm Distributed Grace Temple COGIC 1001 Fitzuren Rd Antioch 925-779-1491 Tue & Fri 12-2pm St. Vincent de Paul (Holy 21 E 15th St Antioch 925-757-0941 Tue, Wed & Thu 9-10am walk-in Rosary Church) Kings Chapel 320 Worrell Rd Antioch 925-756-7315 2nd Mon 4:30-6pm Light Ministries Pantry 415 W 6th St Antioch 925-778-1639 Sat 12:30-1:30pm Ministerios Unción y 3301 Buchanan Rd Antioch 925-432-2009 Fri 11:30am- Restauración 12:30pm Parents & Providers 915 West 4th St Antioch 925-848-4860 Fri 10am-12pm Partnering Food Resource Directory Contra Costa County 7 Updated 7/17/2020 (Food Pantries) Name Address City Phone Days Times Rivertown Thrift Store 522 W. 2nd St. Antioch 925-206-4976 Tues & Sat 10am - 4pm Pantry Call ahead for appt Showers of Blessings 2220 A St Antioch 707-805-7585 Wed & Fri 5-7pm Sat 10am-12pm Visions Christian Center 330 Worrell Rd Antioch 925-777-0290 Thu 11am-12pm (or until food is gone) Queen of the World St. 3155 Winterbrook Dr Bay Point 925-458-4718 Mon 9:30-11am Vincent De Paul Proof of Address Required Bethel Island Baptist 3725 Gateway Ave Bethel Island 925-684-3700 2nd & 4th Fri 9:30-10:30am Church (Bethel Island residents Only) New Covenant Church 6080 Bethel Island Rd Bethel Island 925-634-6625 Tues 12-12:30pm (Tues) (distribution outside under 925-684-2700 awning, (Thu, Sun) provided by St. Anne Conference SVDP Delta Food Pantry) Thu 4:45-6pm Sun 11:30am- 12:30pm Brentwood Community 218 Pine St Brentwood 925-634-3093 Mon, Wed 9am-12pm United Methodist Church Family Worship Center 633 Village Dr Brentwood 925-308-7737 Tue 4:30-5:30pm Harvest Time Church 2200 Ventura Blvd Brentwood/ 925-516-1908 Call for (mobile unit distributions) Oakley assistance Harvest Time Church corner of Shady Brentwood 925-516-1908 1st Thu 6pm Mobile Unit Distribution Willow & Sand Creek Villa Amador Apts Rd Food Resource Directory Contra Costa County 8 Updated 7/17/2020 (Food Pantries) Name Address City Phone Days Times Immaculate Heart of Mary 500 Fairview Ave Brentwood 925-634-4154 Fri 9:30-11am St. Vincent de Paul Seed of Faith Church 605 Harvest Park Dr Brentwood 925-513-2970 2nd & 4th Sat 10am-12pm Tues 11-12:30pm Delta Food Pantry at Byron 14671 Byron Hwy Byron 925-634-6625 Tue 9-9:30am Methodist Church (St. Anne’s Church) Delta Food Pantry A street (if not Knightsen 925-634-6625 Tue 10:30-11am Knightsen Distribution (St. raining) Anne's Church) 3067 Knightsen Ave (if raining) Harvest Time Church 2200 Ventura Blvd Oakley 925-516-1908 Call for (mobile unit distributions) assistance Harvest Time Church 2333 Main St Oakley 2nd Thu 6pm Mobile: Eagle City Mobile Estates Harvest Time Church 75 E Bolton Rd Oakley 3rd Thu 6pm Mobile: Kennedy Mobile Home Park Harvest Time Church 4950 Empire Ave Oakley 3rd Thu 7pm Mobile: Summer Creek Place Oakley Senior Center 215 Second St Oakley 925-679-8636 Fri 9am-11am St.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 1 Didache: Faithful Teaching 19N1 (Spring 2019
    1 ‘YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER TO CROSS THE BOUNDARIES’ (ACTS 1:8): THE HOLY SPIRIT AS THE BOUNDARY CROSSER AND THE BOUNDARY MARKER1 MiJa Wi, NTC Manchester Introduction Acts 1:8, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth”, speaks both of our identity as witnesses of Christ and of our vocation as those who bear witness to Christ in the world. It is the Holy Spirit who marks our identity and empowers us to fulfil our vocation. Hence, this paper seeks to explore in what sense the Holy Spirit is the empowering agent to the crossing of the boundaries (missions) and becomes the key boundary marker (identity) in the book of Acts. Particularly following “a roadmap”2 offered in Acts 1:8, it aims to show how the narrative of Acts, especially in its first half (Acts 1—15), depicts the crossing of geographical and ethnic boundaries with the empowerment of the Spirit. The prominence of the Holy Spirit in Acts and its relation to the spread of early Christianity is axiomatic. However, the specific nature of the relationship between mission and the Holy Spirit has been much debated. Robert P. Menzies, supporting “classical Pentecostal perspectives on Spirit-Baptism”, argues that the Holy Spirit is an empowering gift for witness, and thus it is exclusively the Spirit of prophesy in Luke-Acts.3 James Dunn, while admitting the dominance of the Spirt of prophecy in Luke-Acts, maintains a “soteriological” role of the Holy Spirit.4 For Max
    [Show full text]
  • Website History
    HISTORY OF SHAWNEE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE She prayed that a Church of the Nazarene would be established in her little village called Shawnee. Ruth Hieronymous was a faithful member of Kansas City First Church of the Nazarene. Twice on Sunday, at midweek, and no doubt many other times as well, she made the eight- mile trek from her home to her church. She was happy to do that, but longed for the day there would be a Church of the Nazarene in her town. She prayed and believed for nearly 25 years. It all came together on June 8, 1960 with a preliminary organizational meeting. The site was the old campground at 7700 Antioch Road, Overland Park, Kansas. Lakeview (now Antioch) Church of the Nazarene contributed nine members and a thousand dollars to the dream. Others joined later at the August organizational service, from several other churches to comprise 26 charter members. Thus on August 28, 1960, Shawnee became the second Nazarene congregation in northeast Johnson County and the 24th in greater metropolitan Kansas City. It was Wayne Brunson's neighbor, Elmer Johnson, who helped the new church find a meeting facility. Elmer was treasurer of the Masonic Lodge. Wayne asked if the Lodge Hall on Johnson Drive was available for Sunday services. Lodge officials said, "yes, if you agree to rent it for $5.00 per Sunday." The members of the church met each Sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. to sweep out the mess from the night before. They would set up the chairs for Sunday school and church, bring in portable cribs for a nursery, and then dedicate the building to God for use as a sanctuary for the day.
    [Show full text]
  • Polling Place Listing August 3, 2021 Primary Election Johnson County Election Office
    Polling Place Listing August 3, 2021 Primary Election Johnson County Election Office Polling Place Address City Ward and Precinct 151st Street Church of Christ 13875 W 151st St Olathe Olathe 3-13 Abc Olathe 3-16 Abc Olathe 3-18 Abc Olathe 3-19 Abc Abdallah Shriners 5300 Metcalf Ave Overland Park Overland Park 1-01 Abc Overland Park 1-02 Abc Overland Park 1-03 Abc Abundant Life Church 12400 Antioch Rd Overland Park Overland Park 4-12 Abc Advent Lutheran Church 11800 W 151st St Olathe Olathe 3-05 Abc Overland Park 4-19 Abc Overland Park 6-07 Abc Aldersgate United Methodist Church 15315 W 151st St Olathe Olathe 3-03 Abc Olathe 3-04 Abc American Legion 153 of Olathe 410 E Dennis Ave Olathe Olathe 1-01 Abc Olathe 1-03 Abc American Legion 370 of Overland Park 7500 W 75th St Overland Park Overland Park 1-04 Abc Overland Park 1-05 Abc Overland Park 1-20 Abc Overland Park 1-21 Abc Arts and Heritage Center 8788 Metcalf Ave Overland Park Overland Park 1-15 Abc Overland Park 1-16 Abc Overland Park 1-17 Abc Overland Park 1-18 Abc Overland Park 2-06 Abc Overland Park 2-07 Abc Overland Park 2-08 Abc Overland Park 2-12 Abc Overland Park 2-13 Abc Ascend Church 15865 S Ridgeview Dr Olathe Olathe 1-08 Abc Olathe 1-14 Abc Olathe 1-16 Abc Atonement Lutheran Church 9948 Metcalf Ave Overland Park Overland Park 2-01 Abc Overland Park 3-16 Abc Overland Park 3-20 Abc Blue Valley Baptist Church Antioch Campus 8925 W 151st St Overland Park Overland Park 6-01 Abc Overland Park 6-17 Abc Blue Valley Library 9000 W 151st St Overland Park Overland Park 6-04 Abc Overland
    [Show full text]
  • As We Have All Been Very Eager to Get Back Into the Church Building to Worship and Celebrate Our Lord Jesus, We Must Remember Th
    As we have all been very eager to get back into the Church building to worship and celebrate our Lord Jesus, we must remember that although we haven’t been meeting in the physical Church building, we are still the Church and I am glad to say that our Church has continued to spread the Good News of Jesus through our live-stream services. I am excited to share that through these online services many people have been touched by the Good News of Jesus. Over the past month, I have received numerous texts, calls, and emails of praise reports and victories with all Glory to God. With all that being said, I am happy to announce the process of gathering again in the Church building. As the pastor, I wish I could just throw open every door in the church and people would file in with no problem, but due to the current situation it is important that precautions be taken. It is important to stress that this is a process, a progressive process. This will be a marathon and not a sprint. This is particularly tough for me because my nature and personality are more sprinter than marathon runner. So for all my sprinters out there, I feel your pain. Church service isn’t going to be normal for a while but I say that with a smile on my face. Instead of focusing on all of the inconveniences and precautions that have to take place, let’s choose to join together, adapt and overcome and worship the Lord as the body of Christ.
    [Show full text]
  • What Is a Sacrament? So
    So . You Want to Be Baptized? Leader’s Guide So . You Want to Be Baptized? Leaders’ Guide Scripture: “When they believed . they were baptized” (Acts 8:12). Purpose: The purpose of this Leader’s Guide is to provide you with the basic resources to conduct a class in preparation for baptism. Resource List What Is a Sacrament? So . You Want to Be Baptized? Sacraments are very important to the life of the Church. Student Booklet They are a means of grace. John Wesley said, “By ‘means of grace’ So . You Want to Be Baptized? I understand outward signs, words, or actions, ordained of God, Leader’s Guide and appointed for this end, to be the ordinary channels whereby So . You Want to Be Baptized? he might convey to men, preventing, justifying, or sanctifying Parent Guide grace” (The Means of Grace. http://Wesley.nnu.edu/john_wesley/ The Bible sermons/016.htm). This means a sacrament is an outward action that represents God’s giving His grace on the inside. They are Church of the Nazarene Manual. Be sure it is current. God’s channels for supplying His grace to human beings. The historical Church has recognized many different means Staples, Rob. Outward Sign and Inward Grace. Beacon Hill of grace through the centuries. Of the means of grace, the church Press: Kansas City, 1991. defines some as sacraments. The Catholic Church recognizes seven sacraments (Baptism, Confirmation, Communion, Confession, Last Rites, Ordination, and Marriage). The Protestant Church typically recognizes two sacraments (Baptism and © WordAction® 2009. Permission to copy for local church use granted by WordAction® .
    [Show full text]
  • Nazarene (Sect)
    Nazarene (sect) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Derivation of Nazarene According to the standard reference for Koine Greek, the Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, Bauer-Arndt-Gingrich-Danker, University of Chicago Press, 2nd ed., 1979: Ναζωραῖος/Nazoraios (plural: Nazoraioi) is translated into English as: "Nazoraean, Nazarene, quite predominantly a designation of Jesus, in Mt, J, Ac and Lk 18:37, while Mk has Ναζαρηνός [coming from Nazareth]. Of the two places where the later form occurs in Lk, the one, Lk 4:34, apparently comes from Mk (1:24), the other, 24:19, perhaps from a special source. Where the author of Lk-Ac writes without influence from another source he uses Ναζωραῖος. Mt says expressely 2:23 that Jesus was so called because he grew up in Nazareth. In addition, the other NT writers who call Jesus Ναζωραῖος know Nazareth as his home. But linguistically the transition from Ναζαρέτ [Nazareth] to Ναζωραῖος is difficult ... and it is to be borne in mind that Ναζωραῖος meant something different before it was connected with Nazareth ... According to Ac 24:5 the Christians were so called;" In the NASB translation, Jesus is called the Nazarene in Matthew 2:23; Mark 10:47; 14:67; 16:6; Luke 24:19; John 18:5; 18:7; 19:19; Acts 2:22; 3:6; 4:10; 6:14; 22:8. According to Acts 24:1-9, Paul of Tarsus was apprehended and accused by the attorney of the Jerusalem High Priest Ananias and Pharisaic Jews of being "a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes" after having been advised in Acts 21:23 to accompany four men having taken a Nazarite vow into the temple.
    [Show full text]
  • He Shall Be Called a Nazarene
    He Shall Be Called a Nazarene... In Matthew 2, verse 23 we read, “And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, ‘He shall be called a Nazarene.’” We are all familiar with the Savior being referred to as a Nazarene, but who are the prophets who spoke the prophecy quoted above? The text in Matthew uses the plural form of prophet, so we can safely assume that at least two prophets spoke that the Messiah would be called a Nazarene. Where is this prophecy recorded? What Old Testament prophets can be credited for this? The answer is that the prophecy of Jesus being called a Nazarene cannot be found in the Old Testament, and the identity of the two or more prophets is unknown. Does this mean there is a discrepancy in the Bible? Some biblical critics would like for us to believe so. However, the absence of a reference to this particular prophecy is by no means an indication of its truthfulness. First, notice that in Matthew it does refer to the unknown prophets speaking that the Messiah would be known as a Nazarene. Not all that was spoken of prophets became written. Several prophets could have made it widely known that Jesus was to be from Nazareth, so this would be in complete harmony with the scripture in Matthew. Some go as far to say that this reference to a Nazarene is actually meant to be Nazarite, and giving credit to John the Baptist. This is not supported in scripture especially since by definition, Nazarene means specifically someone from the city of Nazareth, while Nazarite specifically refers to one who voluntarily took a vow described in Numbers 6:1–21.
    [Show full text]
  • A Curriculum for Pastors on Nazarene Roots
    Nazarene Roots: Pastors, Prophets, Revivalists, & Reformers By Stan Ingersol Study Guide by Judi King How This Guide May Help You This guide is divided into seven sessions. Because they are meant primarily to be used by pastors for individual reflection, feel free to work through them at your own speed. A suggested plan is to set aside an hour once a week for each session. You may also wish to use this guide with the pastoral team. In that case, plan to meet once a week to discuss the questions together. You may want to ask the team to answer the questions on their own during the week prior to meeting, and then discuss your reflections when the whole team meets together. If you use this study guide in a group setting, you may find that there are many more questions given than you can possibly discuss in one group meeting. Feel free to select the questions you want participants to discuss, or take more weeks to work through these sessions. Except for the introduction, the questions are drawn mainly from the book, with supplemental materials taken from the accompanying DVD: “Reflecting on Our Nazarene Heritage—A Roundtable Discussion,” featuring Paul Bassett, Stan Ingersol, Tom Noble, and Janine Metcalf. You will want to watch the DVD prior to beginning the study. The DVD contains about 4 hours of material, including individual interviews with each of the panelists. It will be helpful to review the DVD several times during this course of study as well. It is recommended that you keep a study journal for reflections, responses, comments, and questions.
    [Show full text]
  • “Sect” of Nazarenes Was First Described by Epiphanius of Salamis in His Panarion (Ca
    Historiography A heretical “sect” of Nazarenes was first described by Epiphanius of Salamis in his Panarion (ca. 377). In Epiphanius’ view the Nazarenes were predecessors of the Ebionites. F.C. Baur’s critical study challenged this traditional picture by claiming that the Ebionies were the genuine successors of the first Christians in Jerusalem and the Nazarenes were their more orthodox followers (Baur 1966 [= 1860], 174), while A. Ritschl defended the traditional order (Ritschl, 1857, 152–154). Both these options have received support in later research (e.g. Pritz, 1988, 108–110; Lüdemann, 1996, 52–56). More recent research has emphasized the necessity to read the testimonies of the church fathers in their historical setting paying attention to the way the fathers relied on their predecessors heresiological treatises, before making any conclusions about the actual course of events (e.g. Luomanen, 2012 and 2017). Terminology(H1) In scholarly literature, the sect discussed in this entry is most often termed either Nazoreans or Nazarenes. Nazoreans is closer to the Greek form of the name in patristic sources, Ναζωραίοι/Nazōraioi. On the other hand, most English translations use the form Nazarene/Nazarenes when referring to Jesus’ byname derived from his hometown (Matt 2:23) and to the “sect of the Nazarenes” (Acts 24:5). Because the surviving literary sources link the name of the sect to Jesus’ hometown (see below), the form Nazarenes (reflecting the Latin Nazareus/Nazarei) is used here. A word of caution is in order concerning the term sect. Patristic authors regarded the Nazarenes as heretics, but in the present context the term does not imply any value judgment.
    [Show full text]
  • Israel (Includes West Bank and Gaza) 2020 International Religious Freedom Report
    ISRAEL (INCLUDES WEST BANK AND GAZA) 2020 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT Executive Summary The country’s laws and Supreme Court rulings protect the freedoms of conscience, faith, religion, and worship, regardless of an individual’s religious affiliation. The 1992 Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty describes the country as a “Jewish and democratic state.” The 2018 Basic Law: Israel – The Nation State of the Jewish People law determines, according to the government, that “the Land of Israel is the historical homeland of the Jewish people; the State of Israel is the nation state of the Jewish People, in which it realizes its natural, cultural, religious and historical right to self-determination; and exercising the right to national self- determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish People.” In June, authorities charged Zion Cohen for carrying out attacks on May 17 on religious institutions in Petah Tikva, Ashdod, Tel Aviv, and Kfar Saba. According to his indictment, Cohen sought to stop religious institutions from providing services to secular individuals, thereby furthering his goal of separating religion and the state. He was awaiting trial at year’s end. In July, the Haifa District Court upheld the 2019 conviction and sentencing for incitement of Raed Salah, head of the prohibited Islamic Movement, for speaking publicly in favor an attack by the group in 2017 that killed two police officers at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. In his defense, Salah stated that his views were religious opinions rooted in the Quran and that they did not include a direct call to violence.
    [Show full text]
  • A Nazarite Baby (John the Baptist) and Jesus' Birth
    Scholars Crossing The Second Person File Theological Studies 10-2017 A Nazarite Baby (John the Baptist) and Jesus' Birth Harold Willmington Liberty University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/second_person Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Christianity Commons, Practical Theology Commons, and the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Recommended Citation Willmington, Harold, "A Nazarite Baby (John the Baptist) and Jesus' Birth" (2017). The Second Person File. 22. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/second_person/22 This The Birth of Jesus Christ is brought to you for free and open access by the Theological Studies at Scholars Crossing. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Second Person File by an authorized administrator of Scholars Crossing. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE PHYSICAL BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST A NAZARITE BABY (JOHN THE BAPTIST) AND JESUS’ BIRTH JOHN THE BAPTIST FILE STATISTICS ON HIS LIFE Father: Zacharias Mother: Elisabeth First mention: Matthew 3:1 Final mention: Acts 19:4 Meaning of his name: “Grace of God” Frequency of his name: Referred to 90 times Biblical books mentioning him: Five books (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts) Occupation: Prophet and Nazarite evangelist Place of birth: Hill country of Judea Place of death: In a dungeon near the Dead Sea Circumstances of death: He was beheaded by the sword Age at death: Approximately 35 Important fact about his life: He was the forerunner of Christ; he both introduced and baptized the Messiah STORY OF HIS LIFE • John was to function as a Nazarite (Lk.
    [Show full text]
  • The Nazarene Sect
    THE NAZARENE SECT by Avram Yehoshua The Seed of Abraham The Sanhedrin used a lawyer to indict Paul against Felix. Paul was standing trial before Felix, and the lawyer, whom I call the Turtle,1 uses the word ‘sect’ to refer to Paul’s religious association. He says Paul was ‘a ring-leader of the sect of the Nazarenes’ (Acts 24:5). The word ‘sect’ is Greek is ’αιρεσεωσ (hay’ray’see’ohs), and is used six times in Acts, and always refers to a sect (of the Sadducees, 5:17; of the Pharisees who believe in Yeshua, 15:5; our verse in 24:5; 24:14 where Paul calls it such; 26:5 where Paul again uses it, and 28:22 where the Jews in Rome ask Paul about ‘this sect’). In half of the places (Acts 5:17; 15:5; 26:5) the word can and does stand on its own merit, as ‘sect.’ Wesley Perschbacher says that the Greek word means, ‘strictly a choice or option; hence, a sect’ or a ‘faction.’2 Timothy Friberg also says that and adds, ‘a separatist group characterized by loyalty to a certain school of thought and practice,’ a ‘sect, party, school’ and lists Acts 5:17 as such.3 The three places of Acts 24:5, 24:14 and 28:22 would best be translated as a ‘heretical sect,’ and not just ‘a sect.’ Why? Because in these three places ‘the sect of the Nazarenes’ is being disparaged. In Acts 24:5, the Turtle is not wanting to lend any validity or credence to the Nazarenes (Jewish Christians), and so he wouldn’t imply that they were an entity that was valid.
    [Show full text]