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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.

Mark Mullan, the LWF Team Leader in Ukraine, meets a family in Kharkiv whose apartment was damaged by a missile strike. LWF will renovate this family’s home. Photo: LWF/ Anatoliy Nazarenko

“One of the most challenging countries I ever worked in”

World Humanitarian Day: Field staff reflect on work in Ukraine

I have headed humanitarian missions in hostile work environments such as Somalia, Rwanda, and…

A Lunar New Year with the outbreak of Coronavirus

Lunar New Year is, without doubt, the most important annual festival for the Chinese. It is not only a long holiday in Hong Kong, but also a time for family and friends to gather. It is…

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?…

LWF Council member Khulekani Sizwe Magwaza advocating for climate justice during COP25 in Madrid, Spain, in 2019. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

“An end to hunger, thirst, pollution and climate harm”

Climate Justice Charter presented to South African Parliament

This year’s National Day of Action in South Africa called for an “end to hunger, thirst, pollution and climate harm.” On this occasion, representatives of civil society,…