Nadim Nassar

The Revd Nadim Nassar is the Director^[1] and Co-Founder of the Awareness Foundation, and co-author of the Awareness Course. He established the Awareness Foundation in 2003 with Bishop Michael Marshall in response to the growing need to study the Christian faith in the context of the 21st Century.

Nadim was born and raised in Lattakia, Syria and he is the only Syrian priest in the Church of England.^[2] He lectured in different universities in London, including the American Intercontinental University where he taught World Religions, and London Guildhall University where he developed the 'Faith and Citizenship' seminar. Father Nadim also taught adult formation courses in different churches in the Middle East, Europe and the US and led diocesan conferences in the US and Hong Kong. He gives frequent public lectures and is a guest blogger on Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper.^[3]

Revd Nassar studied at the Near East School of Theology between 1981 and 1988. He became the editor of the Arabic Hymnal for a year in Limassol, Cyprus then went to Lattakia, Syria to be the minister of the National Evangelical Church in Lattakia which is a member of the National Evangelical Synod in Syria and Lebanon. He stayed in Lattakia for two years before he left to Germany to continue his theological education.

Notes

1. ^ http://www.awareness-foundation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93&Itemid=58
2. ^ http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/webcasts/videos/faith-in-action/anglican-communion-stories/father-nadim-nassar-the-awareness-project
3. ^ http://www.journalisted.com/nadim-nassar

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Name	Nassar, Nadim
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Date of birth	15.07.1964
Place of birth	Lattakia, Syria
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