BERLIN – Bishop Younan joined the Berliner Missionswerk (BMW), a partner of the ELCJHL, for the celebration of their founding 190 years earlier in Berlin on August 31st, 2014. The celebration was both a jubilee of celebration and a conference to discuss religious issues affecting the BMW and its partners. Bishop Younan addressed the Conference … [Read more…]
CAIRO, September 10th Your Beatitudes, Your Eminences, People of God, Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Jesus Christ says to us today, “Get up and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you to serve and testify to the things in which you have seen me … [Read more…]
Recently, a representative of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Swedish crown princess, Bishop Munib Younan, church leaders and thousands of others took part in the celebration of one thousand years of Christianity in Sweden held in the Diocese of Skara in southern Sweden. The diocese, which is one of the oldest existing dioceses … [Read more…]
Dear Bishop Eaton, Salaam and grace to you from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I want to thank you for your letter of support and comfort. It comes at a time when we find ourselves in a terrible situation. I have always written that we in the Holy Land are in a continuous state … [Read more…]
DEAD SEA, JORDAN – The Women’s Desk of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land held a Summer Women’s Conference for the Lutheran women of Jordan at the Dead Sea from June 10-12, 2014. The Women’s Desk, headed by Suad Younan and facilitated by Bassimah Jarayseh, invited speakers to discuss working to … [Read more…]
DEAD SEA, JORDAN – The Lay Preacher’s Academy, a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land designed to promote congregational lay members into the ordained ministry of the church, held a preaching conference at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Participants practiced their sermon skills as well as listened to lectures … [Read more…]
“In the day of my trouble I call on you” — Psalm 86:7 Witnessing the bombardments, hearing the sirens, listening to the cries of mothers and children, seeing the ambulances carrying the wounded and people living in absolute fear, the ELCJHL cries out to God. We also raise our voice to all Christian sisters and … [Read more…]
(LWI) – Zum Einsatz für Frieden und Gerechtigkeit im Nahen Osten und gegen eine künstliche Trennung von Politik und Theologie rief LWB-Präsident Bischof Dr. Munib A. Younan am 26. Juni 2014 in einem Vortrag im Martin Luther Forum Ruhr in Gladbeck (Deutschland) auf. Aus seiner Heimat, dem Nahen Osten, wisse der Bischof der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche … [Read more…]
ELCJHL: You were invited to visit Pope Francis in Jordan, Palestine, and Israel? Bishop Younan: Yes, I was invited to the meeting with Pope Francis in Amman at the King’s Palace. All of the Heads of Churches, the Royal court and governmental ministers, attended this meeting, as well as Pope Francis’s delegation. King Abdullah II … [Read more…]
A threatening letter was sent to the General Vicar of the Latin Patriarchate in Nazareth, Boulos Marcuzzo, which stated that Arab Christians had until May 5th, 2014 to leave the country. If they did not leave, 100 Christians would be killed for each hour of delay. A person of interest from Safed was arrested and … [Read more…]