Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJH) is a Lutheran denomination that has congregations in Israel, Jordan and the State of Palestine. First recognized as an autonomous religious community by King Hussein in 1959, the church currently has 3,000 members in six congregations.

The current bishop is Sanid Ibrahim Zanar. Younan is the former President of the Lutheran World Federation (2010-2017).

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Histori

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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land had its origins in the coming of German and British Protestant missionaries to Jerusalem in the mid-19th century. The Protestant mission had begun in the early nineteenth century but Protestant Christians had no legal protection in the Ottoman Empire unlike the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox that were legally protected by the treaty. In 1840, the King of Prussia, Frederick William IV sent his diplomat Christian von Bunsen to submit a proposal to Queen Victoria of Great Britain for the establishment of a Protestant diocese together under the protection of Prussia and Great Britain.

The agreement was reached to form the common diocese of the Anglican Church of England and Evangelical Church in Prussia, which consists of Lutheran, Calvinist and united Protestant congregations, known as the Anglican-German Diocese in Jerusalem and this was facilitated by the passing of the Bishop in the Foreign States Act 1841. Bishop the first was a Jewish convert, Michael Solomon Alexander, who arrived in 1842.

Initial Lutheran Mission

In 1851, Theodor Fliedner was invited to bring four deaconesses to start a hospital and the first formal school for girls in the Levant, Talitha Kumi, founded in Jerusalem. In 1860, Johann Ludwig Schneller founded the Syrian Orphanage in Jerusalem for orphans and homeless children who were the result of a civil war in the region.

The temporary chapel for the use of Prussian Protestants was founded in 1871 on the land granted by Sultan AbdÃÆ'¼laziz in the Muristan region of Jerusalem. Due to political and theological differences, the common diocese was finally abolished in 1886 and the evangelical mission continued to work independently of the Anglican Church. Lutherans focus primarily on social and educational work while Anglican people focus on evangelism.

In 1898, the newly built Redeemer Church was inaugurated by Kaiser Wilhelm II and served as Evangelical mission headquarters.

Autonomy and independence

After the Second World War, the World Lutheran Federation (WLF) handled the remains of German-initiated evangelical missions, combining Lutheran, Calvinist and Protestant unity efforts. Due to the influence of the WLF, the Lutheran aspect won. In 1947, the Lutheran mission was granted autonomy from the Evangelical Church in Germany and was recognized in 1959 as an autonomous religious community by King Hussein of Jordan. The church was later officially named The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan (ELCJ). ELCJ at that time grew up outside of Jerusalem and had established sessions in Ramallah and Amman to serve the Lutheran Palestinians who were refugees from the Arab-Israeli conflict.

In 1974, ELCJ joined the WLF and in 1979, the first Palestinian bishop, Daoud Haddad, was chosen to lead the church. In 2005, the ELCJ Synod decided to change the name of the church to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land to more accurately reflect the work and ministry of the church that includes Jordan, Israel and Palestine. Authority.

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Structure

Congregation

At present, there are 6 ELCJH hearings:

• Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem
• Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bethlehem
• Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ramallah
• Evangelical Lutheran Reformed Church, Beit Jala
• Evangelical Lutheran Church, Beit Sahour
• Evangelical Lutheran Church Good Shepherd, Amman

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Education schools and programs

ELCJH runs four primary schools and other education projects that serve broader educational needs from the Palestinians as a whole. The four primary schools are:

• Dar al-Kalima Evangelical Lutheran School, Bethlehem
• Evangelical Lutheran School, Beit Sahour
• Evangelical Lutheran Hope School, Ramallah
• Talitha Kumi Evangelical Lutheran School, Beit Jala

ELCJHL also actively supports the School of Near Eastern Theology in Beirut, Lebanon.

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Affiliate

ELCJH participates actively in ecumenical relations through:

• Council of the Middle East Church
• Fellowship of the Middle East Evangelical Church
• Church of the World Church
• Lutheran World Federation
• Council of Religious Institutions in the Holy Land

ELCJH also works in partnership with:

• The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
• Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Norwegian Church
• The Swedish Church

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See also

• Christian Palestine
• Christianity in Jordan
• Christian in Israel
• Anglican-German diocese in Jerusalem

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References

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External links

• The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land

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