>> a Lutheran church put up its crèche... [with] baby Jesus — wrapped in a keffiyeh... a badge of Palestinian identity... he lies among the rubble of broken bricks, stones and tiles that represent so much of Gaza’s destruction.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has an outpost in Bethlehem...? Who knew? I’ll bet Mary is a tranny and the Three Wise Guys are polyamorous homos. And I don’t want to know about the sheep!
The ELCA has a close relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan.
There ARE many Christians in the hostile lands who struggle to keep, practice, and share their faith despite the hosility of militant Islam.