Rev. Munther Isaac became the pastor of Christmas Lutheran in 2017, following 30 years of ministry of the Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb. He is a Palestinian Christian pastor, theologian, writer, speaker, and blogger. He teaches Biblical studies at Bethlehem Bible College and Dar Al Kalima University College. He is also the director of the highly acclaimed and influential Christ at the Checkpoint conferences and is a board member of Kairos Palestine.
Munther is passionate about issues related to Palestinians and Palestinian Christians, and speaks locally and internationally on these issues. He is the author of “From Land to Lands, from Eden to the Renewed Earth: A Christ-Centered Biblical Theology of the Promised Land”.
Munther originally studied civil engineering in Birzeit. He then obtained a Master in Biblical Studies from Westminster Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.