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Munib Younan is the Evangelical Lutheran Church Bishop of Palestine and Jordan since 1998. He is married since 1980 to Suad Yacoub from Haifa, originally from Kfar Bir'im, (one of the depopulated villages of 1948. ) They have three children. He has an MA in Theology from Helsinki University. He is President of the Board of Managers of the International Christian Committee (ICC) in Jerusalem. On Nov 9, 2006, Bishop Younan released a statement, saying that we are appalled and outraged by the indiscriminate disregard for human life exhibited by the Israeli Army in the past week in Beit Hanoun, This blatant disregard for innocent human life and extensive destruction of property constitute grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention
24 July 2010 - Bishop Munib A. Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has been elected President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) by the LWF Eleventh Assembly. Younan, 59, succeeds Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is the first Palestinian bishop elected President. Please follow this link for further information.
The bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) is the Rt. Rev. Dr. Munib A. Younan. He was consecrated as bishop e– the third Palestinian to hold the office a– on 5 January 1998 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem in the presence of religious and political leaders from many nations.
The bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) is the Rt. Rev. Dr. Munib A. Younan. He was consecrated as bishop o– the third Palestinian to hold the office – on 5 January 1998 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem in the presence of religious and political leaders from many nations.
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