Emmanuel Benjamin Gharib[1] is a Kuwaiti pastor of the Kuwait Presbyterian Church and the chairman of the National Evangelical Church of Kuwait, a campus where nearly 100 Christian denominations gather for prayer.[2][3]
Emmanuel Gharib
Biographyedit
He was born in the Qibla district of Kuwait City. His father's family is of Assyrians originally from Southeast Turkey. His father moved to Iraq to flee the massacres against the Assyrians, where he married a Christian Assyrian woman. The couple moved to Kuwait. Emmanuel is the oldest of seven siblings.[4][5]
He graduated with a degree in geology in 1971 and was hired at the Ministry of Oil. Ten years later, he discovered his Christian faith. In 1989, he started to study theology in Cairo. In 1999, he was ordinated priest, and later named head of the Catholic Church in Kuwait, becoming the first Gulf Arab priest.[4][5]
Other rolesedit
Since 2009: Co-founder and vice-president of the Islamic-Christian Relations Council in Kuwait[4][5]
Referencesedit
^"Kuwait's Christian Citizens". Newsweek Middle East. 2015-11-05. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
^Garcia, Ben. "Christians are happy about religious tolerance in Kuwait". Kuwait Times. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
^"Visit of Rev. Emmanuel Benjamin Gharib (NEC Kuwait) to the Seminary. (". Orthodox Theological Seminary. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
^ abc"Kuwait's homegrown priest celebrates Bible and bedouin culture". Arab News. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
^ abc"Seul prêtre koweïtien, le père Gharib célèbre la Bible en tenue bédouine". L'Express (in French). 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
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