Council 2021
Council 2021
Online meeting of the LWF Council
The Lutheran World Federation's annual governance meeting takes place online, from 18 to 23 June 2021. This will be an exceptional online meeting because of the COVID-19 pandemic. An in-person meeting is scheduled for November 2021. On 16 June the LWF Executive Committee will meet.
The LWF Council meets once a year and is responsible for LWF business between Assemblies. It consists of:
- the President
- the Chairperson of the Finance Committee
- 48 lay or ordained people, from LWF member churches in seven regions.
Members of this Council were appointed at the 2017 Twelfth Assembly.
More information:
LWF Council News
Finance chairperson thanks LWF’s churches and partners for “faithful support” 22 June 2021 GENEVA Junge highlights LWF’s agility, resilience, clarity of mission 21 June 2021 GENEVA, Switzerland LWF elects Estonian Anne Burghardt as new General Secretary 19 June 2021 GENEVA, Switzerland LWF President: “Be witnesses of radical hope” 18 June 2021 GENEVA, Switzerland
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The LWF Council meets yearly and is the highest authority of the LWF between assemblies. The 2018 LWF Council met in Geneva. Photo: Albin Hillert/LWF
