A Delegation from ELCA
Visits MECC in Beirut
A delegation from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), including Reverend Gabi Aelabouni, Director of the ELCA Middle East and North Africa Department, and Ms. Marie Anne Sliwinski, Senior Director, ELCA Building Resilient Communities office, visited the offices of the Middle East Council of Churches’ General Secretariat in Beirut, on Monday 20 March 2023. The MECC Secretary General Dr. Abs welcomed the delegation.
During the meeting, the delegation and Dr. Abs discussed the circumstances that the Middle East region is passing through at the various economic, social, health and security levels... As well as, Dr. Abs presented the latest MECC activities and the programs which will be implemented soon.
Then, Father Dr. Antoine Al Ahmar, Director of the MECC Theological and Ecumenical Department, and Mrs. Rima Saleh, Programming Assistant at the Theological and Ecumenical Department, joined the meeting. They all discussed about the Trauma Healing and Spiritual Counseling program, in addition to its implemented sessions and the other sessions which will be organized in the future.
