2013 Annual Hosanna Prize

The Israel Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) [IPMN] is pleased to announce the 2013 Annual Hosanna Prize. The award recognizes preachers who challenge and inspire believers to heed God’s urgent call to justice and reconciliation in Palestine and Israel. 

Two $1,000 prizes—one on an Old Testament text and the other on a New Testament text—are awarded annually.The prize-winning sermons will raise a vision of God’s love that embraces all people, especially those who are oppressed and persecuted, exposing the theological error of using biblical passages to rationalize injustice to or by
Jews or Palestinians.1 The sermons will demonstrate a deep understanding of the theological concerns voiced directly by Palestinians and Jews. The prize-winning sermons will hold both peoples accountable to biblical and contemporary international
standards of justice.

Sermon manuscripts must identify the preacher, the date preached, and the name & place of the congregation where the sermon was preached. For consideration, sermons must be submitted each year by September 15, to sermons@theIPMN.org. 

Examples of sermons by Jewish and Christian clergy that meet the prize criteria are
available on the IPMN website, www.theIPMN.org.