Rev Sally Azar

Sally Azar is 28 years old and was born in Jerusalem. She grew up bilingual, speaking Arabic, which she learned from her mother, and German, passed down from her father, who studied in Germany for many years. After returning to Jerusalem, her father chose to continue practicing German by teaching it to his children. Sally attended Schmidt Girls’ College, a German school in Jerusalem, for 12 years, where she graduated with the Abitur.

As a pastor’s child, the church became Sally’s second home. In 2018, she completed her Bachelor of Theology at the Near East School of Theology (N.E.S.T.) in Beirut, Lebanon. She then studied in Germany for two years, completing her Master’s degree in Intercultural Studies in 2020. From 2020 to 2022, she interned in a church in Berlin.

On January 22, 2023, Sally was ordained as the first Palestinian woman pastor in Jerusalem within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. She served as a council member for the Lutheran World Federation until 2023 and currently advises the council. In 2020, she was elected as a board member of ACT Alliance, where she represents youth. Additionally, for the past two years, she has chaired the committee for the World Day of Prayer in Palestine, continuing in this role to the present day.