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“For every dream there is a color”

The Lutheran World Federation organized its first interfaith “Peace Messengers Training” in September 2017. The participants gained skills and tools on advocacy, negotiation and mediation. They…

LWF General Secretary Rev Dr Anne Burghardt presents a replica of the Lund cross from El Salvador to Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar. Photo; LWF/ C. Tveoy — LWF General Secretary Rev Dr Anne Burghardt presents a replica of the Lund cross from El Salvador to Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar. Photo; LWF/ Maddi Froiland

LWF General Secretary visits Jerusalem

The LWF General Secretary Rev Dr Anne Burghardt visited Jerusalem and the West Bank, witnessing firsthand the impact of the current conflict on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, and the LWF Jerusalem program.

Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

“Easter is our only hope”

In this Voices from the Communion, Bishop Azar talks about the impact of the Israel-Palestine conflict on the Palestinian Christians, diaconal work, and how to preach hope during times of war.

Bisop Azar — Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar in the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem’s Old City. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

Bishop Azar: Keeping hope alive in the Holy Land

The head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land says the biggest challenge is to accompany families who live in fear for their lives as the conflict between Hamas and the Israeli army continues.

Rev. Sally Azar — LWF Council Member for Asia Sally Azar set for ordination in home church and LWF member church the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

First Palestinian woman to be ordained as pastor in the Holy Land

Sally Azar, LWF Council Member and graduate of intercultural theology in Göttingen talks about her upcoming ordination and how she hopes it will promote greater gender justice in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.…

Brass for Peace make music at the ELCJHL School of Hope, Ramallah. Photo: ELCJHL

People of different faiths living side by side

Religious leaders play a critical role, Younan says

Living and working together as people of different faith in the community is increasingly important in today’s global contexts where extremists are bent on using religion to create…

The Arabic version of the LWF Gender Justice Policy was launched at the workshop in Beit Jala. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Changing laws and patriarchal attitudes go hand in hand

Arabic version of LWF Gender Justice Policy launched in West Bank and Gaza

(LWI) - Unequal pay, unemployment, early marriages, and violence against women remain key challenges for women in the West Bank and Gaza, in spite of increased…

Workshop co-organizer Suad Younan, middle, encouraged the Holy Land church to use its prophetic voice and tools to challenge ecclesiastical and socio-political fixtures, during the launch of the gender justice policy in Arabic. Photo: LWF/E. Neuenfeldt

Open dialogue and training at Holy Land gender justice seminar

The Lutheran World Federation's gender justice policy has been translated into Arabic. LWF member, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, hosted a workshop that incorporated the launch of the Arabic version. The policy…

Holy Land Lutheran Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan accepts the 34th Niwano Peace Prize from Rev. Nichiko Niwano, Honorary President of the Niwano Peace Foundation, during a ceremony on 27 July in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: ELCJHL/Ben Gray

Palestinian Bishop Munib Younan receives Niwano Peace Prize

Calls for robust moderation that rejects all forms of extremism

Palestinian Lutheran Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan today received the Niwano Peace Prize, with a plea for greater engagement of faith leaders in confronting extremism and “the…