ELCJHL and ELCA messages on situation in Gaza
In a statement issued May 15, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) Bishop Sani-Ibrahim Azar condemns the killing of unarmed protesters in Gaza and asks “people of faith around the world to join us in prayer,...
ELCA joins more than a dozen other churches and Christian organizations in a statement “70 Years On: Seeking a Hopeful Future in a Time of Yearning”
In joining in this ecumenical statement, the ELCA recalls a number of desired outcomes it has stated previously with respect to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 1. Israelis and Palestinians co-existing in justice and peace, as citizens of viable and secure...
ELCJHL Statement on Opening of US Embassy in Jerusalem
Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land shares a statement concerning the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem: “The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land stands in...
Churches for Middle East Peace Welcomes PLO Re-Commitment to Peace Negotiations, Condemns Anti-Semitic Remarks
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)’s executive director, Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon, attended the Palestine National Council convention this week, including Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech. CMEP welcomes the commitment of the PLO to peace negotiations, but...
Right of Refugees, Right to Demonstrate Peacefully, Right to Dignity: A Statement of US Churches and Christian Agencies on Gaza
Right of Refugees, Right to Demonstrate Peacefully, Right to Dignity A Statement of US Churches and Christian Agencies on Gaza April 12, 2018 Friday, March 30, thousands of Palestinians participated in the first of several weeks of planned nonviolent demonstrations in...
ELCA signs letter to President Trump about UNRWA funding
On February 6, 2018 the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) joined thirteen other Christian denominations and organizations concerned about and working in the Middle East in signing a letter to President Trump “to express our dismay at the recent...
Called to be a daily peacemaker
Saleem Moussa Anfous is a member of the Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. In September 2017 he participated in the Lutheran World Federation’s first interfaith “Peace Messengers Training”. ...
The Rev. Ibrahim Azar Consecrated Bishop of the ELCJHL
In Jerusalem on January 12, 2018 the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land consecrated and installed The Rev. Sani Ibrahim Charlie “Barhoum” Azar as its fourth Bishop in the church’s history. Under the guidance of the Scripture,...
Bishop Younan Honored for 42 Years of Service to the ELCJHL
Bethlehem, 10 January 2018 – Glowing tributes of the foundation that Bishop Younan established at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) matched the glow of friends, family, Jerusalem and international leaders, and dignitaries from Palestine...
ELCA presiding bishop, Heads of Churches in Holy Land and LWF respond to decision to move U.S. Embassy in Israel
The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has issued this statement in response to the decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In an open letter...