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- The site contains a church, pastor’s house and multipurpose hall.
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- Jordan baptismal site The Rev. Munib A. Younan (right), bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and president of The Lutheran World Federation, presided. Other worship leaders included the Rev. Mitri Raheb (center), Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, and the Rev. Samer Azar, Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Amman, Jordan.
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- Pastor Raheb distributes communion.
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- Though Palestinian Christians have been in the Holy Land since the first Pentecost, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land traces its roots to the mid-19th century when German and English missionaries came to teach. Today the denomination has six congregations in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Beit Sahour, Beit Jala and Amman.
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- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land maintains an active women’s ministry.
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- Pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and others break ground for the new baptismal site.
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- The new Evangelical Lutheran Church at Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan will be the first Lutheran church on a holy site.
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- Christians of all denominations are invited to enjoy and worship at the facilities.
Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and others will celebrate in January 2014 the opening of the new Evangelical Lutheran Church at Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan. The denomination represents one of seven Christian church bodies given land by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Members of the church and others broke ground Jan. 6, 2012, and celebrated with a Service of Holy Communion by the Jordan River. Below are images from that service and the groundbreaking. The ELCA and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land are members of The Lutheran World Federation, a communion representing more than 70 million Christians in the world.
