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The
Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL)
is the Rt. Rev. Dr. Munib A. Younan. He was consecrated as the third Palestinian
bishop of the ELCJHL on 5 January 1998 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of
the Redeemer in Jerusalem in the presence of religious and political leaders
from many nations.
As the biographical sketch shows, he was educated in Palestine and Finland and has been very active in the Middle East Council of Churches, the Lutheran World Federation and the Fellowship of the Middle East Evangelical Churches (FMEEC). Bishop Younan made the first translation of the Augsburg Confession into Arabic and was a key initiator of several dialogue initiatives among the three monotheistic religions in Palestine.
At present he is Vice President of the Lutheran World Federation, the President of the FMEEC and president of the Board of Managers of the International Christian Committee (ICC) of Jerusalem, serving with the three patriarchs and nine other bishops of Jerusalem.
