Rev. Rolf Pearson and his wife Kerstin will be taking over the role as caretakers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan. Rev. Rolf Pearson will be developing worship services and spiritual practices and both Rev. Pearson and Kerstin will be working on creating a pilgrim center. We sat down with Rev. Pearson to talk … [Read more…]
The Evangelical Lutheran Church at Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan is nearing completion. The site, which contains a church, pastor’s house, and multipurpose hall, will be the first Lutheran Church on a holy site, the site mentioned in John 1:28. The site will dedicated on January 6th, 2014, but we need your help before then. We are still looking … [Read more…]
The ELCJHL would like to sincerely thank the Grand Priory of Denmark of the Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani (OSMTH) for their donation of a church bell and an organ for the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan. We greatly appreciate this gift. If you would like to provide a donation to the ELCJHL to help … [Read more…]
JORDAN/JERUSALEM, 16 January 2012 – On the Feast of Epiphany, 6 January, ELCJHL members and leaders gathered at the Baptismal Site at Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan to celebrate the ground breaking for the new Evangelical Lutheran Pilgrimage and Retreat Center at Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan. Celebrations began with a service of Holy Communion by the Jordan River with Bishop Younan preaching … [Read more…]
His Majesty King Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has given 5 dunums of land on the Jordan River where John the Baptist is thought to have baptized Jesus. Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed, the king’s adviser on churches in Jordan, officially gave the land to ELCJHL Bishop Munib Younan during a visit by Archbishop … [Read more…]