Return to the Holy Land: Former young missionaries reconnect with the Palestinian Lutheran community
Check out this Living Lutheran article about former Young Adults in Global Mission (YAGM) who volunteered in Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) schools and have now returned to the region to work with various organizations....
2016 Easter Message From Bishop Munib Younan
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2016 Easter Message From Bishop Dr. Munib Younan Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the...
Global conflict risks escalating extremism, LWF President warns in France
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan, has warned while on a visit to France that globalized conflict is increasing Islamophobia and anti-Semitism and threatening civil liberties in Europe and North America. “If we are seeing...
People of different faiths living side by side
Living and working together as people of different faith in the community is increasingly important in today’s global contexts where extremists are bent on using religion to create violence and division, says Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan of the Evangelical...
New videos about life and ministry of the ELCJHL
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has new videos available online about the life and ministry of the church. You can find those videos here (we’d recommend that you save the link as more videos...
ELCJHL Pastor, Mitri Raheb, co-winner of 2015 Olof Palme Prize
The Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL,) and Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy were named co-winners of the 2015 Olof Palme Prize this January for their “courageous...
LWF Christmas Message 2015 from Bishop Younan
“The message of Christmas challenges us to seek justice, to bring hope to the hopeless,” Read here the Lutheran World Federation Christmas 2015 message from Bishop Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, President of the Lutheran...
Statement by East Jerusalem Hospitals Network
“Recently erected checkpoints in East Jerusalem have been holding up patients and staff on their way to several hospitals. “Currently, all of the hospitals within the East Jerusalem Hospital Network are experiencing challenges to their daily operations due to...
ACT Palestine Forum statement calls for protection of civilians and access to Holy Sites
“The ACT Palestine forum has issued a statement voicing deep concern “about the loss of life and human suffering we experience across Palestine and in Israel these days,” in view of recent violence in Palestine and Israel, and especially...
LWF joins 34 Organizations to Call for the End to the Blockade on Gaza
Peace Not Walls The Lutheran World Federation- Jerusalem Program along with 34 other organizations and thousands of people launch a public call to end the Gaza blockade. Sign the petition to #OpenGaza and allow homes, schools, and hospitals to be...