An interview with Paul Calvert…
Almost four thousand kilometers separate Carlisle in Northern England, where Paul Calvert was born, and Bethlehem here in Israel where Paul—a self-described Bible-believing evangelical Christian and journalist—now lives and pursues a unique ministry. But in many ways the distance between the British Isles and the Middle East may be the shortest leap Paul has taken in coming to live and work here. In a recent interview for KNI, Paul explained his motivation…
“I want to be here and love both peoples,” he said as we chatted near Davidka Square in Jerusalem, a spot Paul chose because he often speaks at the Anglican International Schoolon Ha-Nevi’im Street, paces away.
I am neither pro-Palestinian nor pro-Israeli. I’m pro-people.
“I’ve got three schools in Jerusalem and three in Bethlehem and [every week] I tell stories from the Bible. Yesterday I spoke to a teenage audience about the young man, Chris Mears, who was a diver in England. He ruptured his spleen… and they told him he had a 5% chance of living and would never dive again… Then he just won gold at the Olympics. That was my story yesterday at the school… It was my first day back at school [and I asked them], “What’s your vision?”
Which prompted me to ask Paul to share with us his vision as an Evangelical Christian living in Bethlehem, a predominantly Muslim town.
