Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem

The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (Knesiyat HaGo'el, al-Kanīsa l-Lūthariyya fī l-Quds, Erlöserkirche) is an Evangelical-Lutheran church in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a property of the Evangelical Jerusalem Foundation, one of the three foundations of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in the Holy Land. Built between 1893 and 1898 by the architect Paul Ferdinand Groth following the designs of Friedrich Adler, the Church of the Redeemer currently houses Lutheran congregations that worship in Arabic, German, Danish, and English. The Church, together with the adjoining provost building, is the seat of the Provost of the German Protestant Ministries in the Holy Land ("Evangelisch in Jerusalem"). It also serves as the headquarters of the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, since this Arabic-speaking (Palestinian) church became independent from the German provost in 1979. The Church of the Redeemer is the second Protestant church in Jerusalem (the first being the Anglican Christ Church near Jaffa Gate). The Church of the Redeemer serves as a place of Christian pilgrimage, particularly for those of the Evangelical-Lutheran faith. Built on land given to King William I of Prussia (after 1870 Kaiser Wilhelm I) on the occasion of the latter's participation

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