New President for the Supreme Council of the Evangelical Community in Syria and Lebanon
On the 18th of January 2019, Rev. Joseph Kassab was appointed as a new president of the Supreme Council of the Evangelical Churches in Syria and Lebanon. 49 members representing all Evangelical communities in Syria and Lebanon (17 denominations) with Rev. Dr. Salim Sahyouni, the previous president of the Supreme Council (since 1983), gathered at Rabeih - Mten, Lebanon, and assigned Rev. Kassab by uncontested election to be the 5th president of the Supreme Council. Rev. Kassab is married to Rev. Najla Abou Souwan and has three children and is from the National Evangelical Synod church. We congratulate him in his new position, and we pray for him and for all Evangelical churches to continue to be as a blessing tools for God's glory.
The General Assembly elected also
Rev. Samouel Hanna as vice president (National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon - NESSL)
Rev. Megerdich Karageozian as secretary (Armenian Evangelical Churches in Near East - AECNE)
Rev. Milad Dagher as treasurer (National Evangelical Christian Alliance Church In Syria and Lebanon)
Rev. Samuel Kharrat as rapporteur (Convention of the Evangelical Baptist Churches in Lebanon)
Legal adviser Mr. Fawzi Dagher (NESSL)
Members of the Executive Committee: Rev. Dr. Habib Badr (National Evangelical Church of Beirut), Rev. Edgard Traboulsi (MP, Evangelical Biblical Churches of Lebanon and Syria), Rev. Emad Zarob (Episcopal Church in Beirut), Rev. Levon Maksoudian (Seventh-Day Adventist Church), Rev. Andreo Salameh (Church of the Nazarene in Lebanon), Rev. Fouad El-Masri, Rev. Ibrahim Neser (NESSL), Rev. Salim Sabounji (AECNE).
