{"id":7705,"date":"2021-07-19T18:34:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T18:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beitliqa.org\/our-vision-our-history\/"},"modified":"2023-04-14T06:10:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T06:10:47","slug":"our-vision-our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beitliqa.org\/en\/our-vision-our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our vision, our history"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7705\" class=\"elementor elementor-7705 elementor-75\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\" elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-299bf57 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle elementor-invisible\" style=\"background-color:#f4f4f4;\" data-lazy=\"https:\/\/beitliqa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Beit-Al-Liqa-bauen-kontakt.jpg\" data-plugin=\"scrolling\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our vision, our history<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31d929c \" data-id=\"31d929c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6c6b31 elementor-section-content-middle pt-1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6c6b31\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99c7eb3 mb-9 \" data-id=\"99c7eb3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efebbba elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"efebbba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/beitliqa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Beit-Al-Liqa-unser-vision-our-vision.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7585\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-plugin=\"scrolling\" data-options=\"{&quot;from&quot;:{&quot;y&quot;:0},&quot;to&quot;:{&quot;y&quot;:-15},&quot;smooth&quot;:&quot;10&quot;}\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a78f9f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8a78f9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/beitliqa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Beit-Al-Liqa-shahwan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7636\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df7ded7 mb-lg-9 mb-10 pb-lg-0 pb-3 elementor-invisible \" data-id=\"df7ded7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e82b4cd mb-5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e82b4cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our vision<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-514429c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"514429c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More than 25 years ago, it started as a Christian caf\u00e9 ...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f8cc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96f8cc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beit Al Liqa\u2019 (House of Encounter) seeks to be a place where God\u2019s love is felt and seen.\n<br><br>\nOur motto is: <b>Meet People \u2013 Encounter God.<\/b>\n<br><br>\nIt is a place of fellowship with one another, but above all, it is a place to meet the living God. At Beit Al Liqa\u2019, the Bible, the Word of God, is fundamental and central to our teaching and ministry. It is our mission to call people to follow Jesus as their Savior and Lord, and to help them serve God through their lives and grow in faith. \n\nThrough Beit Al Liqa\u2019s various areas of ministry we seek to:\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e786efa elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"e786efa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-dot-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Raise the children in our care to be peacemakers by teaching the Word of God starting with the youngest<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-dot-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Support young people on their way to adulthood, helping them to become devoted followers of Jesus and take up social responsibility<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-dot-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Share our lives with the people around us, trying to find ways to meet their needs and deal with their issues and questions<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-dot-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">To lead the Christian population in the Bethlehem province back to the roots of their faith and to encourage them to live as a testimony for Jesus Christ in this land. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c14705 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4c14705\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-946e0ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-udesign_widget_button\" data-id=\"946e0ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"udesign_widget_button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-outline btn-rounded btn-dark btn-icon btn-icon-right\" href=\"\/kontakt\" ><span >Kontakt<\/span><i class=\"a-icon-long-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\" elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4342a7fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4342a7fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58ef6a81 \" data-id=\"58ef6a81\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75747bf3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75747bf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e20664d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e20664d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeftShorter&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">It all began in 1996. Back then, Beit Al Liqa' started off in rented rooms in the town of Beit Jala. What was initially planned as a Christian caf\u00e9, grew rapidly within just a couple of years, and soon more space was needed. In 2000, we purchased a large property of around 3,000 square metres at the city's heart. <br><br>\n\nIn October 2001, a time of political turmoil, we took a leap of faith and laid the foundation to a four-storey building. Johnny Shahwan, founder and senior leader of Beit Al Liqa' put it this way: \u201cWithstanding all common sense, God gave me the mission to build a house to His glory in the midst of war.\u201d\n<br><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30a3a2eb order-first order-md-last \" data-id=\"30a3a2eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e8e06e5 e-transform elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e8e06e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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alt=\"Quote\" \/><\/div><div class=\"content\"><p class=\"comment\">\"While houses are being bombed on one side of the city, we are building a house here to the glory of God!\"<\/p><\/div><cite><span class=\"name\">Johnny Shahwan<\/span><span class=\"role\">Founder<\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d30db5e elementor-invisible \" data-id=\"d30db5e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d52fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d5d52fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Through the courage to believe in the future at a time of destruction, Beit Al Liqa\u2018 turned into a symbol of hope to many. We became a place of refuge for the lost, the needy and the seeking. As we served our community by showing God\u2019s love in practical ways, many opened their hearts to the Word of God. \n<br><br>\nToday, Beit Al Liqa' is a blessing to all visitors. A wide range of programmes, events and activities for young and old alike are on offer within and without its walls. Beit Al Liqa' is an oasis of peace and a house to meet the living God.\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our vision, our history Our vision More than 25 years ago, it started as a Christian caf\u00e9 &#8230; Beit Al Liqa\u2019 (House of Encounter) seeks to be a place where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7705","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beitliqa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beitliqa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beitliqa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beitliqa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beitliqa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beitliqa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beitliqa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}