US church leaders urge President to restore vital funding to East Jerusalem hospitals
Leaders of Lutheran, Catholic and Episcopal (Anglican) churches in the United States have jointly called on the US President to restore vital funding for four church-associated medical institutions in East Jerusalem. By halting this humanitarian assistance “lives are being threatened...
ELCA Conference of Bishops statement on East Jerusalem hospitals
ELCA Conference of Bishops statement on Augusta Victoria Hospital and East Jerusalem hospitals is available here and copied below. In early September, members of the Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) were saddened and dismayed...
Letter to President Trump on UNRWA and Humanitarian Aid
On Sept 27 the ELCA joined other churches and church organizations in a letter to President Trump on UNRWA and humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. “Mr. President, we ask that you restore U.S. funding for UNRWA to $365 million, as...
Support Augusta Victoria Hospital
Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH), located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, needs your urgent help. Owned and operated by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), it is the main cancer and kidney center serving Palestinians in the West Bank and...
Augusta Victoria Hospital needs your help
Media reports say the Trump Administration will not continue to fund the Lutheran World Federation-operated Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. Please call the White House hotline (202-456-1111) to urge them to ensure there is no interruption of assistance for children...
Joint Statement on planned demolition of Khan al-Ahmar
On August 15 the ELCA joined 15 other international faith-based, human rights, and civil society organizations in a joint statement on the planned demolition of Khan al-Ahmar, a Palestinian Bedouin community. The statement explains that “The demolition order against Khan...
ELCA and ELCJHL Response to Jewish Nation-State Law
In her Aug 6 letter to Bishop Azar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), Presiding Bishop Eaton joins Bishop Azar in calling on the Israeli Knesset to rescind the recently adopted law titled: “Basic...
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...