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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan & the Holy Land

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Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church

Getting To Know Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb

May 2, 2012 by communications coordinator

BETHLEHEM/JERUSALEM, 2 May 2012 – If you’re on the ELCJHL News List, or peruse our website regularly, you have a feeling for who we are and what we do. But it can be hard to really get to know a people and a place without visiting in person. So, over this spring and summer, we … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News Tagged: Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, Interview, Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb

LWF Congratulates Palestinian Lutheran Pastor Raheb for German Media Prize

February 24, 2012 by communications coordinator

Promotion of tolerance and mutual respect starts at an early age at the ELCJHL-run Dar al-Kalima Evangelical Lutheran School in Bethlehem where the student body is 40 percent Christian and 60 percent Muslim. © ELCJHL/Elizabeth McHan Junge Lauds Holy Land Church Support to Peace-building Institutions GENEVA, 24 February 2012 (Lutheran World Information) – The Lutheran … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) News Tagged: Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, Lutheran World Federation, LWF, Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb

ELCJHL Pastor Mitri Raheb To Be Awarded Deutscher Medienpreis

January 17, 2012 by communications coordinator

BETHLEHEM/JERUSALEM, 17 January 2012 – The ELCJHL is proud to announce that Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem and President of the Synod is to be awarded to prestigious “Deutscher Medienpreis” (German Media Prize) at an official ceremony in the city of Baden-Baden in Germany on 24 February … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News Tagged: Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb

Christmas Eve Message from Bethlehem

January 4, 2012 by communications coordinator

BETHLEHEM/JERUSALEM, 4 January 2012 – Just as Mary and Joseph had difficulties finding room in Bethlehem so long ago, it looked as though worshippers at the Christmas Eve service at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem would have difficulties finding places to sit this year as more and more visitors kept arriving. But the … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News Tagged: Christmas Eve, Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, Rev. Fred Strickert

Mitri Raheb in the US speaking about the Palestinian occupation

March 4, 2010 by communications coordinator Leave a Comment

Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb (shown right), ELCJHL pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, Palestine, is in the United States this week speaking at a host of venues about conditions in the occupied Palestinian Territories. Raheb was scheduled to speak at several Minnesota churches, as well as at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum at Augsburg … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News Tagged: ELCJHL, Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, Rev. Mitri Raheb

Invention of History conference explores intersection of theology, politics

July 30, 2009 by communications coordinator Leave a Comment

Archeologists, historians, film-makers, theologians and others gathered in Bethlehem on Aug. 23-29 to discuss how their disciplines have contributed to the current situation in Israel-Palestine. Participants in the “Invention of History: A Century of Interplay between Theology and Politics in Palestine” conference hailed from around the world. Notably, a group of South Africans reflected on … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News Tagged: Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, International Center of Bethlehem, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb

Confirmation Season in the Holy Land

May 18, 2008 by communications coordinator Leave a Comment

Pastor Mitri Raheb confirmed twelve young people Sunday, May 18, at Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem.  On May 4, at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Beit Jala, Pastor Jadallah Shihadeh and Ass’t Pastor Saliba Rishmawi confirmed 14 young people, and the Lutheran Church of Hope in Ramallah will hold their confirmation on Sunday, … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News Tagged: Beit Sahour, Confirmation, Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hope, Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Ramallah

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