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LWF Vice President for Asia is Ms Eun-hae Kwon, South Korea

New LWF Council Holds its First Meeting
STUTTGART, Germany/GENEVA, 30 July 2010 (LWI) – A new treasurer and seven vice presidents for The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) were elected by the LWF Council meeting in Stuttgart (Germany) 28-29 July, two days after the LWF Eleventh Assembly closed its business.

The LWF council, also newly-elected at the Assembly, was led by Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. The bishop was elected LWF President at the Assembly.

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The Council elected Ms Christina Jackson-Skelton from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) as Treasurer. She will also chair the Program Committee for Finance and Administration.

The seven LWF vice presidents represent the LWF regions. The vice presidents also chair the Program Committees while the LWF goes through a renewal process which will be concluded in 2012.

The vice presidents are:

From Africa – Bishop Alex G. Malasusa, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, serving as chair of the Program Committee for Mission and Development;

From Asia – Ms Eun-hae Kwon, Lutheran Church in Korea, serving as chair of the Program Committee for World Service
From Central Eastern Europe – Bishop Dr Tamás Fabiny, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary, serving as chair of the Program Committee for Communication Services;

From Central Western Europe – Bishop Dr Frank O. July, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg, serving as chair of the Program Committee for Theology and Studies;

From Latin America and the Caribbean – Rev. Dr Gloria Rojas Vargas, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile, serving as chair of the Program Committee for International Affairs and Human Rights;

From the Nordic Countries – Bishop Helga Haugland Byfuglien, Church of Norway, serving as chair of the Program Committee for Ecumenical Affairs;

From North America – Bishop Susan Johnson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.

The Council also assigned members to program committees, bearing in mind that the Geneva-based LWF secretariat will go through a renewal process and that further changes may be made in the future.

LWF ASSEMBLY ELECTS 48 NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS
Forty-eight nominees representing the seven regions of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) were elected to the Council at the Eleventh LWF Assembly in Stuttgart, Germany.

The new LWF Council consists of 26 female and 22 male members. Ten members are under 30 years and belong to the youth category. Twenty-eight members of the Council are ordained, 20 are lay. Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), elected as the next LWF president, is also a member of the Council.

The Council is responsible for the business of the LWF between Assemblies. It decides on the structure of the LWF Secretariat, sets the budgets of the LWF and presents an annual report to the member churches.

The new LWF Council will gather for its first meeting on 28 and 29 July 2010, which immediately follows the Assembly.

The following is a list of the elections:

ASIA
Ordained:
Rev. Naoki Asano, Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church (JELC)

Rev. Jenny Chan, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong (ELCHK)

Rev. Dr A. G. Augustine Jeyakumar, The Arcot Lutheran Church (India)

Bishop Oi-Peng Lok (Philip), Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore (LCMS)

Bishop Dr Mangisi Simorangkir, Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia (GKPI)

Lay:
Ms Eun Hae Kwon, Lutheran Church in Korea (LCK)

Mrs Christina Soren, Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church (India)

Ms Rani Bormon Dipti, Bangladesh Lutheran Church (BLC)

Mr Guti Warime, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (ELC-PNG)

Ms Jenette A. L. Purba, The Indonesian Christian Church (HKI)

AFRICA
Ordained:
Rev. Dr Wakseyoum Idosa, Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Ethiopia

Bishop Alex Malasusa, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania

Bishop Zephania Kameeta, Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN)

Bishop Dr Ndanganane Petrus Phaswana, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa

Rev. Samuel Dawai, Church of the Lutheran Brethren of Cameroon

Lay:
Ms Mami Brunah Aro Sandaniaina, Malagasy Lutheran Church, Madagascar

Mrs Pamela Akinyi Oyieyo, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya

Ms Colleen Elizabeth Cunningham, Moravian Church in South Africa

Mrs Titi Malik, Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria

Mr A. Elijah Zina, Lutheran Church in Liberia

CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE
Ordained:
Bishop Tamás Fabiny, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary (Northern Diocese)

Bishop Geza Erniša, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia

Bishop Janis Vanags, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia

Bishop Miloš Klátik, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Slovak Republic

Lay:
Ms Iwona Baraniec, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland

CENTRAL WESTERN EUROPE
Ordained:
Rev. Dagmar Magold, Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Switzerland & in the Principality of Liechtenstein

Prof. Dr Bernd Oberdorfer, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, Germany

Rev. Rainer Kiefer, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover, Germany

Rev. Martina Berlich, Evangelical Church in Central Germany

Rev. Frauke Eiben, North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Germany

Bishop Frank O. July, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg, Germany

Lay:
Ms Danielle C. Leker, Protestant Church in the Netherlands

Ms Anna-Maria Tetzlaff, Evangelical Church of Pomerania, Germany

NORDIC EUROPE
Ordained:
Bishop Antje Jackélen, Church of Sweden

Bishop Helga Haugland Byfuglien, Church of Norway

Bishop Niels Henrik Ahrend, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark

Lay:
Mrs Maria Immonen, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Ms Jenny Skumsnes-Moe, Church of Norway

Ms Magnea Sverrisdottir, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland

LATIN AMERICA / CARIBBEAN
Ordained:
Rev. Dr Gloria Rojas Vargas, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile

Bishop Melvin Jiménez, Lutheran Costa Rican Church

Lay:
Dr Carlos Bock, Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil

Ms Danielle Dokman, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Suriname

NORTH AMERICA
Ordained:
Bishop Mark S. Hanson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Rev. Dr Robin Steinke, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Bishop Susan Johnson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

Lay:
Ms Christina Jackson-Skelton, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Ms Mikka McCracken, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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(The LWF is a global communion of Christian churches in the Lutheran tradition. Founded in 1947 in Lund, Sweden, the LWF now has 145 member churches in 79 countries around the world, representing more than 70 million Christians. LWF acts on behalf of its member churches in areas of ecumenical and interfaith relations, theology, humanitarian assistance, human rights, communication and the various aspects of mission and development. Its secretariat is based in Geneva, Switzerland.)