Reverend Bassam J. Abdallah This is Me

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1. 1. wfn.org | ELCA Council Moves Ethnic-Ministry Strategies Forward

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   Published on: 4/14/2005   Last Visited: 5/1/2005

   Bassam J. Abdallah, consultant for Arab and Middle Eastern ministries, ELCA Commission for Multicultural Ministries (CMM). "We're a small group but a very old part of the church." Abdallah told the council that the Arab and Middle Eastern

2. 2. Lutherans in the Middle East and in the United States: A Story of Partnership, by Fred Strickert, June 1999

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   Published on: 6/1/1999   Last Visited: 7/24/2001

   Rev. Bassam J. Abdallah , a Lutheran pastor in Hammond , Indiana was named special consultant for Arab and Middle Eastern Ministries in ELCA's main office in Chicago.
   
   There is a large Arab Lutheran community in this country that has gone unnoticed for so long , said Fuad Nijim , current ALAMEH president. Because European Lutherans sent missionaries to the Middle East long ago , there is a strong connection between the two cultures.
   
   There currently are five Arab-American pastors within ELCA , and thriving Arabic mission congregations in Chicago , Detroit and Brooklyn. Many other Lutherans of Middle Eastern descent are scattered among congregations throughout the United States.

3. 3. FORWARD : News

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   Published on: 7/25/2003   Last Visited: 12/19/2003

   Bucking this trend, Reverend Bassam Abdallah, a Palestinian and Lutheran pastor in Hammond, Ind., argued that Christians in the territories face a difficult situation. "There is something of a cold, silent discrimination that takes place in the territories that is part of the reason why Christians are leaving," Abdallah said.