to 1974, have been prepared by the (GPIA) in 2009–2012 to present to visitors the different stages of development and building of Jerusalem. The adjoining cloister of the vicarage maintains a museum for more information and exhibits on the city's history. Pastors and provosts Beginning in 1852, a pastor served the German-speaking Protestant congregation in Jerusalem. Starting in 1871, the congregation convened in the Muristan Chapel, moving to Redeemer Church upon its opening. These pastors are ranked provost. The congregation shares Mount Zion Cemetery for their deceased. Between 1903 and 1940 the provostry was located in its own building in #42 Street of the Prophets (today's Jerusalem ORT campus); it is now next to Redeemer Church. Today the provost serves the German-speaking Protestant congregation and is simultaneously the representative of the Evangelical Church in Germany in Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. In this capacity, he oversees the properties of the Evangelical Jerusalem Foundation and the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria-Foundation in Jerusalem as well as the German Protestant Community Center in Amman, Jordan. The church ordained the first Palestinian woman pastor in the Holy Land, Sally Azar, on 22 January 2023. Azar will head the English-speaking congregation in the church and be one of five ordained female leaders in the Middle East. List of pastors and provosts with their terms: 1852–1866 Friedrich Peter Valentiner (*1817–1894*) 1866–1869 Carl Hoffmann (*1836–1903*), nephew of Christoph Hoffmann 1870–1876 Hermann Weser (*1842–1911*) 1876–1884 Carl Reinicke (*1850–1915*) 1885–1895 Carl Schlicht (*1855–1930*) 1895–1903 Paul Hoppe (*1856–1937*), ranked provost since 1898 1903–1910 Wilhelm Bussmann (*1864–1936*) 1910–1921 Friedrich Jeremias (*1868–1945*), interned by the British forces since 1918, later exiled, father of Joachim Jeremias 1921 Gustaf Dalman (per pro) 1921–1922 Albrecht Alt 1923–1930 Hans Wilhelm Hertzberg (*1895–1965*) 1930–1938 Ernst Rhein (*1885–1969*) 1938–1954 Johannes Doering (*1900–1969*), interned by the British forces by end of May 1940 till 1945 1954–1960 Joachim Weigelt 1960–1965 Carl Malsch (*1916–2001*), simultaneously spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan (and the Holy Land) (ELCJ) 1965–1971 Hansgeorg Köhler, simultaneously spiritual head of ELCJ 1971–1979 Helmut Glatte, until 1977 simultaneously spiritual head of ELCJ 1979–1985 Jürgen Wehrmann 1985–1991 Johannes Friedrich 1991–2001 Karl-Heinz Ronecker 2001–2006 Martin Reyer 2006–2012 Uwe Gräbe 2012– Wolfgang Schmidt See also Christianity in Israel Palestinian Christians References External links Homepage Churches in Jerusalem Protestant churches in Jerusalem Lutheran churches in Israel Lutheran church buildings in the State of Palestine Churches completed in 1898 19th-century Lutheran