Lutherans ordain first Palestinian woman pastor in Holy Land

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A Lutheran church ceremony in Jerusalem on Sunday ordained the first Palestinian female pastor in the Holy Land.

Sally Ibrahim Azar, center, a Palestinian Christian and Council member of the Lutheran World Federation is applauded by clergy after she was ordained as the first female pastor in the Holy Land, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023.

JERUSALEM — Sally Azar will head the English-speaking congregation at the Church of the Redeemer, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land said.The West Bank and Gaza Strip were home to around 47,000 Christians as of 2017, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Most Palestinian Christians belong to denominations that do not allow female clergy.The Evangelical Lutheran Church says it has around 3,000 adherents in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Jordan.

Azar will be one of five ordained women in the Middle East, joining one in Syria and three in Lebanon, according to the Middle East Council of Churches.

 

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Woman pastor. May god have mercy on us for our blasphemy.

And she's still subject to same apartheid 🖕🇮🇱🖕🇮🇱

Jello Salad & Casseroles for all!

Yeah, like that that's really sumpn now that everyone who's in the know, know that Jewsus is as fake as jew God.

There's a lot of women pastors in America. There flock is like 6 deep and they have club house bible study lol

The beginning of the end

Lutherans let women be pastors now?!

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