# The Kairos II Document and the Global Church with Rifat Kassis

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/across-the-divide-podcast-6671752/the-kairos-ii-document-and-the-global-church-with-rifat-kassis
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/across-the-divide-podcast-6671752/the-kairos-ii-document-and-the-global-church-with-rifat-kassis.md
Podcast: [Across the Divide Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/across-the-divide-podcast-6671752)
Published: 2026-05-07T18:54:11+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/acrossthedivide/episodes/The-Kairos-II-Document-and-the-Global-Church-with-Rifat-Kassis-e3igf4s
Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/eb91c74c/podcast/play/119077468/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-26%2F422913445-44100-2-2c8d659ebbdeb.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/across-the-divide-podcast-6671752/episodes/the-kairos-ii-document-and-the-global-church-with-rifat-kassis
Duration seconds: 3548

## Resource

This episode is a part of Across the Divide’s Monthly Book Club. To join Across the Divide’s Book Club, become part of our Patreon community at https://www.patreon.com/c/AcrosstheDivide In this episode, Jen has a conversation with Rifat Kassis on the Kairos II document, authored by Palestinian church leaders in October 2025. Rifat describes how the realities of genocide and settler colonialism has led to the newest Kairos document as a theological assessment of the dire situations that Palestinians are facing as well as an appeal to the global church to repent from complicity and engage in costly solidarity with their Palestinian siblings. Rifat Kassis is the General Coordinator of Kairos Palestine and Global Kairos for Justice, being one of its founding members. Follow Rifat on his Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/rifat.kassis ) and Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/rifatkassis15/ ) Kairos Palestine Document & Study Guide- https://thepjn.org/kp2studyguide BDS Resources- https://bdsmovement.net/ Support our work at Across the Divide: https://www.patreon.com/AcrosstheDivide Follow Across the Divide for more on ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠⁠‪@AcrosstheDividePodcast‬⁠⁠⁠ Across the Divide partners with Peace Catalyst International to amplify the pursuit of peace and explore the vital intersection of Christian faith and social justice in Palestine-Israel. #israel #palestine #gaza #kairos #repentance #solidarity #bds #faith

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/across-the-divide-podcast-6671752/episodes/the-kairos-ii-document-and-the-global-church-with-rifat-kassis/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/across-the-divide-podcast-6671752/the-kairos-ii-document-and-the-global-church-with-rifat-kassis.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.