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 JihanAzar;born1994o SallyAzar;born1996o SamaAzar;born2001
Initiatives2002-presentFounderTheDayCareCenterfortheElderly,JerusalemOtherAppointments2010-presentBoardmemberTheJerusalemSocietyofBerlin2002-presentAugustaVictoriaHospitalBoardTheLutheranWorldFederationHousingCommitteeTheLutheranWorldFederation(LWF)1993-1998 MemberMiddleEastCouncilofChurches(MECC)DepartmentofServicetoPalestinianRefugees(DSPR)2010-present CommitteeMember
FellowshipoftheMiddleEastEvangelicalChurches(FMEEC)2017CounselorsforEAPPIvolunteersEcumenicalAccompanimentProgrammeforPalestineandIsrael(EAPPI)2003-presentBoardmemberNearEastSchoolofTheology(NEST),Beirut
