ENI – Evangelical Lutheran Church Holy Land Bishop Munib Younan, of Jordan, said Christians need to have a stronger voice in Jerusalem in order to prevent tensions spreading there, and that Muslims and Christians should work together on ecology issues. "Europe is suffering because [Christians] do not know how to talk with Muslims. Africa is also having problems on how to talk to Muslims. Ecology is the way to speak to the Muslims because we share the environment." He was speaking at the June meeting of the main governing body of the 68-million-strong Lutheran World Federation.
The Lutheran council meeting, held about every 15 months, took place near the foot of Africa's highest mountain, and with the theme, Melting Snow on Mount Kilimanjaro: A Witness of a Suffering Creation. Much of the discussion focused on climate change.
