TheRightRev.BishopSani“Charlie”IbrahimAzar

The Evangel ical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land P.O.Box14076Jerusalem91140,Tel.:02-6266800,Fax.:02-6285764

BishopofTheEvangelicalLutheranChurchinJordanandtheHolyLand

AppointmentswithintheELCJHL2018-presentBishop(ConsecratedMarch25,1988)2013-presentPresidentLutheranEcclesiasticalCourt2006-2017BoardEvangelicalLutheranSchoolBoard,ELCJHL2005–2010PresidentELCJHLSynod1988–2018PastorLutheranChurchoftheRedeemerJerusalem1989–2004YouthPastorELCJHL2000-presentELCJHLChurchCouncil2014-presentVicePresidentTheEvangelicalLutheranGermanSchoolofTalithaKumi2014-presentBoardELCJHLBethanyBeyondtheJordanBaptismalSite

Education1987 MasterinTheologyDissertation:“TheHistoryoftheEvangelicalMissioninthe19th&20thCenturies.”LudwigMaximillianUniversity,Munich,Germany1979 EvangelicalLutheranSchoolinBethlehemFamily

• BishopAzarwasbornon22June1961inLebanontoMr.CharlieAzaroriginallyfromJaffaandMrs.JihanAzar,originallyfromNazareth.

• HisfatherwasadeaconwiththeBethelorderofGermandeacons.HisfatherwastheHouseFatherattheSchnellerSchoolinLebanonandattheBoardingSchooloftheEvangelicalLutheranSchoolinBethlehemandBeitJala.

• In1992BishopAzarmarriedNahlaElias,whoisfromAmman,Jordan.• BishopAzarandNahlaAzarhavethreechildren:

o SallyAzar(born1996)whoiscompletingherMasterdegreeintheologyattheNearEastSchoolofTheologyinBeirut.SallywaselectedyouthrepresentativefortheLutheranWorldFederation(LWF)councilinMay2017.

o SamaAzar;born2001o JihanAzar;born1994

Initiatives2002-presentFounderTheDayCareCenterfortheElderly,JerusalemOtherAppointments2010-presentBoardmemberTheJerusalemSocietyofBerlin2002-presentAugustaVictoriaHospitalBoardTheLutheranWorldFederationHousingCommitteeTheLutheranWorldFederation(LWF)1993-1998 MemberMiddleEastCouncilofChurches(MECC)DepartmentofServicetoPalestinianRefugees(DSPR)

2010-present CommitteeMemberFellowshipoftheMiddleEastEvangelicalChurches(FMEEC)2017CounselorsforEAPPIvolunteersEcumenicalAccompanimentProgrammeforPalestineandIsrael(EAPPI)2003-presentBoardmemberNearEastSchoolofTheology(NEST),Beirut