Our Shared Witness: A Voice for Justice and Reconciliation
Munib Andria Younanwas born in the Old City Jerusalem after his parents sought refuge in the Monastery of John the Baptist during the war of 1948. His parents lost everything and were never allowed to return to their homes. In 1976, Younan was ordained at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem. In 1998 he was consecrated as bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan, later renamed the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Bishop Munib A. Younan was elected to the presidency of The Lutheran World Federation by its Eleventh Assembly in Stuttgart, Germany, in July 2010. Bishop Younan is married to Suad Yacoub; the couple has a son, two daughters, and a granddaughter.