Christmas Is Coming
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Share Christmas blessings with families affected by Hurricane Helene by December 13!
January 22, 2023, was a momentous day for our faith! The Rev. Sally Azar, a Palestinian, became the Holy Land’s first female pastor. She is serving as a pastor in the ELJHL—Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.
Congratulations Pastor Azar! God bless your ministry!
Congratulations Pastor Azar! God bless your ministry!
Read Presiding Bishop Eaton’s statement on the ordination of Pastor Azar.
Read the story from the World Council of Churches.
Read the story from Al Jazeera.
See the SmugMug photo gallery.
Photo thanks to Albin Hillert/Lutheran World Federation.
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Synod Staff
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