Church in Jerusalem ordains first Palestinian female pastor in Holy Land

A Lutheran church ceremony ordained what will be the first Palestinian female pastor in Jerusalem.

Sally Azar will be heading the English-speaking congregation at the Church of the Redeemer, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, as reported by the Times of Israel.

According to the Associated Press, there is only a very small minority are adherents of Protestant congregations that have women as ministers.

There are around 3,000 adherents from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Jordan.

She will be one of five ordained women in the Middle East, besides one in Syria and three in Lebanon.