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Peter A. Pettit

Teaching pastor, St. Paul Lutheran Church

Peter A. Pettit is teaching pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa. Formerly director of the Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding at Muhlenberg College, he has lived and studied in Jerusalem, where his deepest affiliations include the Shalom Hartman Institute and Redeemer Lutheran Church. He is a member of the ELCA Consultative Panel on Lutheran-Jewish Relations and serves on the leadership team of Pathways for Middle East Peace.

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