On the Foreign Scene
Report has it that a Palestinian from Jerusalem, Sally Azar, on Sunday, became its first woman pastor at an event at the Lutheran church in the heart of the Old City. The ordination was attended by hundreds of international well-wishers.
Reverend Azar said it is an indescribable feeling to take this step with the support of the church and expressed hope that many girls and women will know this is possible and that other women in other churches will join them, even though it will take a long time, but it could be exciting if it changes in Palestine.
According to the report, Christians make up a minority in the Palestinian Territories, Israel and Jordan. Most Christians there belong to the Greek Orthodox and Latin Catholic Churches, which do not allow women priests.
However, in the past few decades, ordination of women has been taking place in a growing number of Protestant Churches in the past few decades. These have small local congregations and run schools and hospitals in the Holy Land.
