Communion Office

The LWF Communion Office comprises staff who are based in Geneva and other cities around the world.

The Communion Office carries out LWF’s work as mandated by the Assembly and Council. It facilitates collaboration with the member churches, related agencies, theological institutions, ecumenical and other partners. The chief executive officer of the LWF is the General Secretary, who is supported by the Communion Office Leadership Team. The overall work is implemented through the Office of the General Secretary and three other departments.

Communion Office Organogram

65.Staff Members

Local and international employees currently represent 26 countries

4.Departments

The 3 programmatic and 1 support department carry out our work

1.Eco-Audit

We’re working towards international eco-certification

1.Equal-Salary Seal

We are an employer applying a gender just wage policy

General Secretary

Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt is the General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation.

Leadership team

The Communion Office Leadership Team supports the General Secretary in leading and managing the LWF Communion Office

LWF Days of Meetings, Ecumenical Center, Geneva (Switzerland), 15-17 October 2019. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Office of the General Secretary

The Office of the General Secretary has primary responsibility for nurturing and promoting communion relations and promoting Christian unity.

Rev. Dr Mari-Anna Auvinen in a response panel during the global consultation on Lutheran identities held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in October 2019. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Department for Theology, Mission and Justice

The Department for Theology, Mission and Justice is responsible for programs that support the presence and witness of the LWF member churches.

World Service Regional Team Meeting in Lalibela, Ethiopia, October 2019. Photo: LWF World Service

Department for World Service

Through LWF World Service we respond to humanitarian emergencies and support people in need. The Department for World Service is responsible for LWF’s humanitarian and development work which is implemented in country and emergency programs in 25 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.