At the 2014 COCOP, or the The Coordination Committee for Cooperation between the ELCJHL and Overseas Partners, Church of Sweden member Erik Apelgårdh was elected as the new co-chair of the meeting, replacing Inken Wöhlbrand from The United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD). COCOP was started in 1978 with an aim to support the ELCJHL in its ministries. … [Read more…]
JERUSALEM – Bishop Hans-Erik Nordin, Bishop of the Diocese of Strängnäs, Church of Sweden, along with a delegation of clergy, visited the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and Bishop Munib Younan during church services on Sunday, March 3rd, 2013. The ELCJHL has had a long relationship with the Church of Sweden throughout the … [Read more…]
ELCJHL Bishop Munib Younan addressed representatives of the world’s largest Lutheran church body and signed a partnership agreement this week in Sweden. Speaking before the church assembly of the more than 7 million member Church of Sweden, Younan told the 251 elected representatives he commended the church for its strong theology of accompaniment and hoped … [Read more…]