ELCA NEWS SERVICE

July 24, 2010  

Munib Younan Elected President of Lutheran World Federation
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     STUTTGART, Germany (ELCA) -- The Rev. Munib A. Younan, bishop of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), has
been elected president of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) July 24 at
the LWF Assembly here. Younan received 300 votes affirming his election,
23 against and 37 abstentions. There were no other nominees.

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