The 59-year-old bishop was the only candidate for the post and becomes the first Arab to lead the Geneva-based body that groups 70 million Protestants worldwide.
He was elected president on July 24 at the LWF's 11th assembly, its highest decision-making body, meeting in Stuttgart, Germany, July 20-27.
Younan told delegates he was introduced to the LWF as a refugee when he drank chocolate milk at the Martin Luther School in Jerusalem and that...
