{"id":222,"date":"2024-02-27T09:26:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2024-02-27T10:17:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:17:43","slug":"hope-in-the-midst-of-conflict","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/?page_id=222","title":{"rendered":"Hope in the Midst of Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>To continue Christ&#8217;s Ministry of Preaching, Teaching, and Healing in His birth place<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are about 45,000 Palestinian Christians today who live in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza, making about 1.5% of the population. The Palestinian Christian community continues to decline in numbers, mainly due to the political challenges and the reality of the Occupation. Today, Bethlehem is almost entirely besieged by the Separation Wall and the Israeli settlements, which affect all aspects of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the challenges, we are steadfast in the land, building our hope on the Risen Christ. \u201cWe pray to continue the Lutheran heritage in this land by serving our neighbors and community, through our different Lutheran ministries. At Christmas Lutheran, our vision is&nbsp;<em>\u201cto continue Christ\u2019s ministry of preaching, teaching, and healing in His birth place.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to read more about the history of the Lutheran&#8217;s presence in Palestine click here to read part of Mitri Rahebs book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Beginnings-of-Evangelical-work-in-Palestine-1-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The beginning of Evangelical Work in Palestine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To continue Christ&#8217;s Ministry of Preaching, Teaching, and Healing in His birth place There are about 45,000 Palestinian Christians today who live in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza, making about 1.5% of the population. The Palestinian Christian community continues to decline in numbers, mainly due to the political challenges and the reality &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/?page_id=222\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hope in the Midst of Conflict&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-222","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235,"href":"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222\/revisions\/235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christmaslutheran.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}