Just weeks before Christmas, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, located in the West Bank, unveiled a new display of the nativity scene that shows baby Jesus lying in a manger amid rubble.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Jack Giacaman ... A short walk from the Church of the Nativity is the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church. There, the Rev. Munther Isaac and his congregation chose ...

None of that is happening because we’re mourning,” Rev. Munther Isaac, the pastor of Bethlehem’s Evangelical Lutheran ...

A LIN This Christmas is an especially merry one for one of Milwaukee’s oldest churches, which was nearly destroyed by a fire in 2018.Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at Ninth Street and ...

The Rev. Munther Isaac, pastor of Bethlehem’s Christmas Lutheran Church, addresses a vigil at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (RNS photo/Jack Jenkins) ...

When worshippers stream into downtown Milwaukee's historic Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church on Christmas Eve, they will gather with old friends and share the special warmth of the season's spirit.

Munther Isaac is a Palestinian theologian and pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Beit Sahour. He serves as academic dean of ...

Once again, there are no plans to put up the traditional light-festooned Christmas ... Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jericho, Hebron," Afteem said. Munther Isaac, a pastor at Bethlehem's Lutheran Church ...

Join Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church’s second annual Christmas Cookie Walk and Kids’ Christmas Fun Fair from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 7, in the church’s activity center, 11007 Book ...