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href="/wiki/Portal:Christianity" title="Portal:Christianity">Christianity portal</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Christianity_by_country" title="Template:Christianity by country"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Christianity_by_country" title="Template talk:Christianity by country"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Christianity_by_country" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Christianity by country"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> contains one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, their presence dating back to the <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Crucifixion of Jesus Christ">crucifixion of Jesus Christ</a> early in the 1st century AD. Christians today make up about 3% of the population. Jordanian Christians in a country of almost 10 million are thought to number 250,000-400,000,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> down from 20% in 1930, but their absolute numbers have increased.<sup id="cite_ref-thenational.ae_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thenational.ae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is the result of high immigration rate of Muslims into Jordan, high emigration rates of Christians, and high birth rates for Muslims. </p><p>Jordan's <a href="/wiki/Arab_Christians" title="Arab Christians">Arab Christians</a> are exceptionally well integrated in the Jordanian society and enjoy a high level of freedom.<sup id="cite_ref-angilican_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-angilican-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All Christian religious ceremonies are allowed to be publicly celebrated in Jordan.<sup id="cite_ref-lat_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Christians are allotted a minimum of 7% of the seats in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Jordan" title="Parliament of Jordan">Jordanian parliament</a> (9 out of 130 seats). Jordanian Christians hold important ministerial portfolios, ambassadorial appointments, and positions of high military rank. The highest position reached by a Jordanian Christian is deputy prime minister, most recently held by <a href="/wiki/Rajai_Muasher" title="Rajai Muasher">Rajai Muasher</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-minority_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minority-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_Jordan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jordanian_Bedouin_Christians_1904_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jordanian_Bedouin_Christians_1904_2.jpg/220px-Jordanian_Bedouin_Christians_1904_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jordanian_Bedouin_Christians_1904_2.jpg/330px-Jordanian_Bedouin_Christians_1904_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jordanian_Bedouin_Christians_1904_2.jpg/440px-Jordanian_Bedouin_Christians_1904_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="893" data-file-height="583" /></a><figcaption>A small percentage of Jordanian Christians are Bedouin, the picture shows a Bedouin Christian family from <a href="/wiki/Madaba" title="Madaba">Madaba</a> in 1904</figcaption></figure> <p>Jordanian Christians are among the oldest Christian communities in the world,<sup id="cite_ref-talk_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-talk-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity_in_Jordan" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Jordan">majority have always been Orthodox</a> adherents to the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Patriarchate of Jerusalem</a>, founded at the day of <a href="/wiki/Pentecost" title="Pentecost">Pentecost</a>. The Jordanian Orthodox Christians are believed to be around 300,000. Many of them are descended from the Ancient Arab <a href="/wiki/Ghassanids" title="Ghassanids">Ghassanid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lakhmid_kingdom" title="Lakhmid kingdom">Lakhmid</a> tribes. </p><p>In 629, during the Islamic prophet <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a>'s lifetime, many Jordanian Christians joined Muhammad's army led by his adopted son <a href="/wiki/Zayd_ibn_Haritha_al-Kalbi" title="Zayd ibn Haritha al-Kalbi">Zeid ibn Haritha</a> and his cousin <a href="/wiki/Ja%27far_ibn_Abi_Talib" title="Ja'far ibn Abi Talib">Jafar bin Abi Taleb</a>, and fought against the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_army" title="Byzantine army">Byzantine army</a> of their fellow Orthodox Christians at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mu%27tah" title="Battle of Mu'tah">Battle of Mutah</a> in <a href="/wiki/Al_Karak" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Karak">Karak</a> (it is because of this battle that they earned their tribal name "'Uzaizat" which means "the reinforcements"). In 1099, during the <a href="/wiki/First_Crusade" title="First Crusade">First Crusade</a>, some were killed by Crusaders at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1099)" title="Siege of Jerusalem (1099)">Fall of Jerusalem</a> alongside the Muslims.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>From 1916–18 during the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Revolt" title="Arab Revolt">Great Arab Revolt</a> they fought with the Muslim Arabs against the Ottoman forces; they thereafter languished for a few decades along with their Muslim fellows under a Protestant Colonial Mandate, and in the Israeli Arab Wars of <a href="/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">1948</a>, <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">1967</a> and <a href="/wiki/War_of_Attrition" title="War of Attrition">1968</a> they fought with Muslim Arabs against Israel. Christian Jordanians have defended <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> and helped to build Jordan, playing leading roles in the fields of politics, education, health, commerce, tourism, agriculture, science, culture and numerous other fields. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role_in_Jordanian_society">Role in Jordanian society</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_Jordan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Role in Jordanian society"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Christians are exceptionally well integrated in the Jordanian society and have a comparatively high level of freedom, though they are not free to evangelize Muslims.<sup id="cite_ref-angilican_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-angilican-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They form a significant part of the kingdom's political and economic elite. Christians enjoy high economic and social opportunities in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan compared to the position of some, but not all, of their co-religionists in the rest of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>. Christians are allotted 9 out of 130 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Jordan" title="Parliament of Jordan">Jordanian parliament</a><sup id="cite_ref-minority_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minority-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also hold important ministerial portfolios, ambassadorial appointments, and positions of high military rank. </p><p>Jordanian Christians are allowed by the public and private sectors to leave their work to attend <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">mass</a> on Sundays. All Christian religious ceremonies are publicly celebrated in Jordan. Christians have established good relations with the royal family and the various Jordanian government officials, and they have their own <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_court" title="Ecclesiastical court">ecclesiastical courts</a> for matters of personal status. The government has contributed to restoring pilgrimages to the <a href="/wiki/Baptism_of_Jesus" title="Baptism of Jesus">baptismal site of Jesus</a>. Christians involved in Jordanian politics include Deputy Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Rajai_Muasher" title="Rajai Muasher">Rajai Muasher</a> and ambassador to the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Dina_Kawar" title="Dina Kawar">Dina Kawar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jordanian Christians of the evangelical church created the Jordan Evangelical Council in 2006. The most recent elections in September 2019 elected Reverend Habes Nimat as president and Reverend David Rihani as vice president.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_II_of_Jordan" title="Abdullah II of Jordan">King Abdullah II</a> is an ardent supporter of Arab Christians:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Let me say once again: Arab Christians are an integral part of my region’s past, present, and future.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_Jordan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2022 Muslims made up about 97.2% of the country's population, while <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a> made up 2.1% of the country's population.<sup id="cite_ref-US2022_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US2022-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Half of the Christians, or 1.06% of the country's population, were Catholics (115,000 people).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2015 study estimated 6,500 Christian believers, from a Muslim background, were in the country (mainly <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jordanian Christians number around 250,000, most of whom are ethnically Arab, according to a 2014 estimate by the Eastern Orthodox Church. The study excluded minority Christian groups and the thousands of <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Christians" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Christians">Iraqi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Syria" title="Christianity in Syria">Syrian Christians</a> residing in Jordan.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under <a href="/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">sharia</a> law converts from Islam are still considered Muslims;<sup id="cite_ref-US2022_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US2022-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, there are cases in which a Muslim will adopt the Christian faith, secretly declaring their faith. In effect, they are practising Christians but legally Muslims; thus, the statistics of Jordanian Christians does not include Muslim converts to Christianity. A 2015 study estimates there are some 6,500 Christians from a Muslim background in Jordan.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Denominations">Denominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_Jordan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Denominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amman_evangelical_church,_1998.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Amman_evangelical_church%2C_1998.jpg/220px-Amman_evangelical_church%2C_1998.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Amman_evangelical_church%2C_1998.jpg/330px-Amman_evangelical_church%2C_1998.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Amman_evangelical_church%2C_1998.jpg/440px-Amman_evangelical_church%2C_1998.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1482" data-file-height="854" /></a><figcaption>Group of <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Christians" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Christians">Iraqi Christians</a> (<a href="/wiki/Assyrian_people" title="Assyrian people">Assyrians</a>) in an evangelical <a href="/wiki/United_and_uniting_churches" title="United and uniting churches">alliance church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jabal_Amman" title="Jabal Amman">Jabal Amman</a>, 1998.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ittihad_church,_Jordan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Ittihad_church%2C_Jordan.jpg/220px-Ittihad_church%2C_Jordan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Ittihad_church%2C_Jordan.jpg/330px-Ittihad_church%2C_Jordan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Ittihad_church%2C_Jordan.jpg/440px-Ittihad_church%2C_Jordan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="967" data-file-height="725" /></a><figcaption>Ittihad Uniting Church, Jabal Amman.</figcaption></figure> <p>Among the recognized denominations the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Orthodox">Greek Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> (Latin), <a href="/wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Melkite Greek Catholic">Melkite Greek Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Orthodox">Armenian Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maronite_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Maronite Catholic">Maronite Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church" title="Syriac Orthodox Church">Syriac Orthodox Church</a> make up the majority of Jordan's Christian population. Also the <a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic Orthodox">Coptic Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventist</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="United Pentecostal">United Pentecostal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Latter-day Saints">Latter-day Saints</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a> churches are recognized denominations while they make up a much smaller proportion of the Christian population. </p><p>In addition to the recognized denominations there are religious societies that are allowed to meet freely, but are not recognized as churches by the government. The recognized religious societies are the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Free_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Free Church">Evangelical Free Church</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Nazarene" title="Church of the Nazarene">Church of the Nazarene</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_God" class="mw-redirect" title="Assembly of God">Assembly of God</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Baptist_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist Church">Baptist Church</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Christian_and_Missionary_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian and Missionary Alliance">Christian and Missionary Alliance</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Christian denominations in Jordan belong to four major denominational groups: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evangelical" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical">Evangelical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Bishop_in_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem">Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" title="Seventh-day Adventist Church">Seventh-day Adventist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="United Pentecostal">United Pentecostal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy_in_Jordan" title="Eastern Orthodoxy in Jordan">Eastern Orthodox</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodoxy">Oriental Orthodox</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church" title="Syriac Orthodox Church">Syriac Orthodox Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church" title="Coptic Orthodox Church">Coptic Orthodox Church</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Jordan" title="Catholic Church in Jordan">Catholic</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Petra_and_Philadelphia_in_Amman" title="Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman">Melkite Catholic Archeparchy of Petra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Catholic_Patriarchal_Exarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem">Syriac Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian Catholic Church</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sites">Sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_Jordan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biblical_sites">Biblical sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_Jordan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Biblical sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jordan is part of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Land" title="Holy Land">Holy Land</a> and has several biblical attractions that attract pilgrimage and tourist activities. Biblical sites include; <a href="/wiki/Al-Maghtas" title="Al-Maghtas">Al-Maghtas</a> where Jesus was baptized; <a href="/wiki/Mount_Nebo" title="Mount Nebo">Mount Nebo</a> where <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a> looked on to the <a href="/wiki/Promised_Land" title="Promised Land">Promised Land</a>; <a href="/wiki/Umm_ar-Rasas" title="Umm ar-Rasas">Umm ar-Rasas</a>, a fortified Roman garrison that contains 16 Byzantine churches; <a href="/wiki/Madaba" title="Madaba">Madaba</a> that holds the <a href="/wiki/Madaba_Map" title="Madaba Map">Madaba Map</a> which is the oldest mosaic map of the Holy Land; <a href="/wiki/Machaerus" title="Machaerus">Machaerus</a> which is a fortified hilltop overlooking the <a href="/wiki/Dead_Sea" title="Dead Sea">Dead Sea</a> where <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a> was imprisoned and executed; and <a href="/wiki/Umm_Qais" title="Umm Qais">Umm Qais</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gadara" title="Gadara">Gadara</a>) where Jesus <a href="/wiki/Exorcism_of_the_Gerasene_demoniac" title="Exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac">expelled demons</a> out of a man near the shores of the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In northern Jordan, there is a small creek where an <a href="/wiki/Angel" title="Angel">angel</a> met and wrestled with the patriarch <a href="/wiki/Jacob" title="Jacob">Jacob</a>. The rock struck by <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a> to bring forth water and the patriarch <a href="/wiki/Aaron" title="Aaron">Aaron</a>'s tomb are both in southern Jordan. The ruins of the fortress of the <a href="/wiki/Ammon" title="Ammon">Ammonites</a> are on a mountain overlooking downtown Amman. This is the site where <a href="/wiki/King_David" class="mw-redirect" title="King David">King David</a> had <a href="/wiki/Bathsheba" title="Bathsheba">Bathsheba</a>'s husband <a href="/wiki/Uriah_the_Hittite" title="Uriah the Hittite">Uriah the Hittite</a> killed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_sites">Other sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_Jordan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are many <a href="/wiki/Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab">Arab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Frankish</a> castles from the period of the <a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusades</a> in Jordan, the most famous of which is <a href="/wiki/Ajlun_castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Ajlun castle">Ajlun castle</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Ajloun" title="Ajloun">Ajloun</a> district in northern Jordan. Other castles include <a href="/wiki/Montreal_(castle)" title="Montreal (castle)">Montreal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerak_Castle" title="Kerak Castle">Kerak</a>. <a href="/wiki/Fuheis" title="Fuheis">Fuheis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Husn" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Husn">Al Husn</a> are two predominantly Christian towns of Jordan. The world's <a href="/wiki/Aqaba_Church" title="Aqaba Church">oldest built purpose-built church</a> exists in <a href="/wiki/Aqaba" title="Aqaba">Aqaba</a>. </p><p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Institutions">Institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_Jordan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Schools">Schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_Jordan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_grounds_of_National_Orthodox_School.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/The_grounds_of_National_Orthodox_School.JPG/220px-The_grounds_of_National_Orthodox_School.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/The_grounds_of_National_Orthodox_School.JPG/330px-The_grounds_of_National_Orthodox_School.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/The_grounds_of_National_Orthodox_School.JPG/440px-The_grounds_of_National_Orthodox_School.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/National_Orthodox_School" title="National Orthodox School">National Orthodox School</a> in Amman</figcaption></figure> <p>There are many Christian schools in Jordan that educate students from both Christian and Muslim families. Some members of the royal family have attended a Christian school for a portion of their education. The Rosary Sister's School is run by the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>. The Franciscan Sisters School is run by the <a href="/wiki/Franciscans" title="Franciscans">Franciscans</a>. The <a href="/wiki/National_Orthodox_School" title="National Orthodox School">National Orthodox School</a> is run by the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a> and has received The Cambridge <a href="/wiki/Queen_Rania" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Rania">Queen Rania</a> Award multiple times. </p><p>The Ahliyyah School for Girls, the Bishop's School for Boys, and the Schneller School are run by the <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a> Church in Amman. There are also a school for the blind, a school for the deaf, and a school for physically handicapped students run by the Anglican church. The Baptist School of Amman is administered by the Baptist church in Jordan and enrolls students of both genders. The Baptist School band has played at many official government occasions. </p><p>La Salle Amman is one of the most prestigious schools in Amman founded in 1950. An institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools founded by Jean-Baptiste de la Salle. Along with Our Lady of Nazareth college and Terra Santa college. The Alliance Academy of Jordan a newly founded school in 2014 by the oldest Evangelical community in Jordan the Church & Missionary Alliance, regarded as a state of the art British and American based system school. The latest Chairman of the Board was Vice President of the CMA Rev. Hassan Dababneh. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hospitals">Hospitals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_Jordan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Hospitals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first hospital built in Jordan was the "Evangelical Hospital" built in <a href="/wiki/As-Salt" title="As-Salt">As-Salt</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Church_Missionary_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Church Missionary Society">Church Missionary Society</a>. The Italian Hospital in Amman and in Kerak were started by a Catholic surgeon and are entrusted to the Comboni Missionary Sisters. The Catholic Church runs a maternity hospital and a general hospital in <a href="/wiki/Irbid" title="Irbid">Irbid</a>. The Government Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Ajloun" title="Ajloun">Ajloun</a> was originally run by <a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptists</a>. </p><p>The Annoor Sanatorium in <a href="/wiki/Mafraq" title="Mafraq">Mafraq</a>, which treats <a href="/wiki/Tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a> and other lung diseases, was founded by a Christian doctor. Several <a href="/wiki/Christian_mission" title="Christian mission">mission</a> clinics were founded across Jordan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christianity_in_Jordan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A9_16-9-2018_(14).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rajai Muasher served as Deputy Prime Minister"><img alt="Rajai Muasher served as Deputy Prime Minister" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A9_16-9-2018_%2814%29.jpg/120px-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A9_16-9-2018_%2814%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A9_16-9-2018_%2814%29.jpg/180px-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A9_16-9-2018_%2814%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A9_16-9-2018_%2814%29.jpg/240px-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A9_16-9-2018_%2814%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Rajai_Muasher" title="Rajai Muasher">Rajai Muasher</a> served as Deputy Prime Minister</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ambassador_Dina_Kawar.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dina Kawar currently serves as Jordan's Ambassador to the United States"><img alt="Dina Kawar currently serves as Jordan's Ambassador to the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Ambassador_Dina_Kawar.jpg/92px-Ambassador_Dina_Kawar.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Ambassador_Dina_Kawar.jpg/138px-Ambassador_Dina_Kawar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Ambassador_Dina_Kawar.jpg/183px-Ambassador_Dina_Kawar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="254" data-file-height="332" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Dina_Kawar" title="Dina Kawar">Dina Kawar</a> currently serves as Jordan's Ambassador to the United States</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ihsan_Haddad.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ihsan Haddad is the current captain of the Jordanian national football team"><img alt="Ihsan Haddad is the current captain of the Jordanian national football team" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Ihsan_Haddad.jpg/74px-Ihsan_Haddad.jpg" decoding="async" width="74" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Ihsan_Haddad.jpg/112px-Ihsan_Haddad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Ihsan_Haddad.jpg/149px-Ihsan_Haddad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="553" data-file-height="891" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Ihsan_Haddad" title="Ihsan Haddad">Ihsan Haddad</a> is the current captain of the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_national_football_team" title="Jordan national football team">Jordanian national football team</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arcivescovo_Fouad_Twal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Archbishop Fouad Twal is the Roman Catholic archbishop and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 2008 to 2016."><img alt="Archbishop Fouad Twal is the Roman Catholic archbishop and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 2008 to 2016." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Arcivescovo_Fouad_Twal.jpg/73px-Arcivescovo_Fouad_Twal.jpg" decoding="async" width="73" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Arcivescovo_Fouad_Twal.jpg/110px-Arcivescovo_Fouad_Twal.jpg 1.5x, 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