The Executive Committee oversees the proper functioning of the LWF between Council meetings.
The Executive Committee shall be accountable to the Council and shall:
- Provide oversight of the Communion Office based on reports from the General Secretary;
- Provide oversight of the budget and resource management;
- Ensure that operations are in line with the Council decisions and the LWF Strategy;
- Conduct performance reviews of the General Secretary;
- Be the appointing authority for department directors;
- Serve as the LWF Personnel Committee and Board of Trustees;
- Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Council.
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LWF Executive Committee members pictured at the first meeting of the LWF Council following the LWF Thirteenth Assembly, held in Krakow, Poland on 13-19 September 2023 under the theme of ’One Body, One Spirit, One Hope’. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Members of the Executive Committee
- President of the LWF | STUBKJÆR, Bishop Henrik, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark
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- Vice-President for Africa | DIBISA, Rev. Dr Yonas Yigezu, The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (Ethiopia)
- Vice-President for Asia | CHANG, Bishop Chun Wa, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- Vice-President for Central Eastern Europe | FABINY, Bishop Dr Tamás, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary (Hungary)
- Vice-President for Central Western Europe | KÜHNBAUM-SCHMIDT, Bishop Kristina, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (Germany)
- Vice-President for Latin America and the Caribbean | REIMANN GNAS, Ms Isabella, Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (Brazil)
- Vice-President for Nordic Countries | GUĐMUNDSDÓTTIR, Rev. Dr Arnfriđur, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (Iceland)
- Vice-President for North America | GOHM, Rev. Katherine Maria, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (Canada)
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- Finance Committee: RAM, Mr Michael, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana
- Committee for Advocacy and Public Voice: LUOMA, Rev. Jussi, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
- Committee for Communications: WESTFELD, Ms Bettina, Evangelical Lutheran of Saxony (Germany)
- Committee for Communion Relations: ADA EPSE MAINA, Rev. Dr Jeannette, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cameroon
- Committee for Ecumenical Relations: SOJKA, Prof. Dr Jerzy, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland
- Committee for Theology, Mission and Justice: SINAGA, Rev. Dr Deonal, Protestant Christian Batak Church (Indonesia)
- Committee for World Service: LUND, Rev. Barbara, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (USA)
- Standing Committee for Constitution and Membership: ISLAM, Ms Khadijah, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (USA)
- Ensuring gender and generational representation: HOMMA, Ms Ibuki, Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church
Read more information on the Committees and the Council Members.
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