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Rolf Pearson, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Bethany-Beyond-the-


Jordan, points out Jericho and Jerusalem from across the Jordan River to ELCA Presid- ing Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton and her delegation during their visit to the Holy Land in


January. Situated where it’s believed John baptized Jesus, the church was built with the help of the ELCA Mission Investment Fund.


The ELCA delegation views the Cremisan Valley, where the Israeli government has proposed running the separation wall/barrier, taking land owned by the Roman Catholic Church and cutting off a Catholic monastery from the Palestinian neighborhood in which it is situated. Below: In Pal- estine, Eaton visits a school of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land.


A girl listens while pastors Carrie Smith and Ibrahim Barhoum lead a joint Arabic- and


English-language worship service at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem.


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