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Council 2022 - finance — Finance reporting during the 2022 Council meeting. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Council 2023

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.

Oberkirchenrat Olaf Johannes Mirgeler, chairperson of the LWF Finance Committee. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Council 2023: LWF Finances remain strong and stable

LWF’s finances showed resilience in 2022 during a year of high inflation and a global economic downturn.

LWF General Secretary Anne Burghardt — LWF General Secretary, Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Council 2023: Strengthening partnerships, supporting vulnerable communities

LWF’s General Secretary reports on activities of the global communion of churches over the past year, as the Council gathers for its last full business meeting

LWF Council in the lobby of the Ecumenical Center, with advisers, guests and LWF staff, in Geneva in 2022. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

LWF Council to meet for last full business session

As Council members move toward the end of their mandate later this year, the LWF governing body holds its last full business meeting.

As we consider how best to organize and structure worship in a time of pandemic, a guiding question is one that applies to every situation: does the liturgy translate the Gospel for this moment, in this context? Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Digital Worship and Sacramental Life in a Time of Pandemic

A liturgical criterion

As we consider how best to organize and structure worship in a time of pandemic, a guiding question is one that applies to every situation: does the liturgy translate the Gospel for this moment, in this context?…