WCC NEWS: WCC elects executive committee

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee elected the WCC executive committee on 8 September during the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe. 8 September 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: Closing business plenary at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity." Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC 09 September 2022 The central committee elects 20 of its members to serve as the WCC executive committee of the WCC, along with the leadership of the central committee, which include the moderator, two vice-moderators, and the WCC general secretary, as well as the moderators of its programme and finance committees. “The executive committee shall be entrusted with and made accountable for specific governance authority and responsibility of the World Council of Churches as delegated by the central committee, with authority to establish limits and guidelines within which management and staff of the Council shall implement the policies and programs of the Council, “ reads the constitution and rules of the WCC. “The executive committee shall be accountable to the central committee, and shall present to each central committee meeting a report of its work.” The executive committee appoints programme staff, monitors ongoing work, and supervises the budget approved by the central committee. The executive committee meet twice a year.  Among the elected executive committee members are 48% women and 52% men, 80% ordained and 20% lay, 8% Indigenous persons, 4% persons with disabilities and 12% youth. The newly-elected executive committee members are: Bishop Heinrich BEDFORD-STROHM, Evangelical Church in Germany, moderator Rev. Merlyn HYDE RILEY, Jamaica Baptist Union, vice moderator H.E. Archbishop Dr Vicken AYKAZIAN, Armenian Apostolic Church (Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin), vice moderator Rev. Dr Prof. Neal PRESA, Presbyterian Church (USA), moderator of the finance committee Rev. Karin VAN DEN BROEKE, Protestant Church in the Netherlands, moderator of the programme committee Rev. Rose Marie IBYISHAKA, Presbyterian Church in Rwanda Mr Brian MUYUNGA, Church of Uganda Rev. Joanes OWINO SIANG'A, Presbyterian Church of East Africa H.G. Bishop Bishop THOMAS, Coptic Orthodox Church Ms Don Lam LEN, Myanmar Baptist Convention Rev. Dr Manhong LIN, China Christian Council Bishop Dr Abraham MAR PAULOS, Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar Ms Karen Erina PUIMERA, Protestant Church in Western Indonesia (GPIB) Archimandrite Philaret BULEKOV, Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) H.E. Elder Metropolitan, EMMANUEL OF CHALCEDON, Ecumenical Patriarchate Rev. Prof. Dr Fernando ENNS, Association of Mennonite Congregations in Germany Bishop Ingeborg Synove, MIDTTOMME, Church of Norway H.E. Metropolitan Prof. Dr, NIFON OF TARGOVISTE, Romanian Orthodox Church Prof. Dr Marina KOLOVOPOULOU, Church of Greece Pastora Vicepresidenta Mariela Alejandra PEREYRA, United Evangelical Lutheran Church  Dr Audeh QUAWAS, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem Bishop Sally DYCK, United Methodist Church Bishop Susan JOHNSON, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Rev. Dr Karen Georgia THOMPSON, United Church of Christ Rev. Armstrong PITAKAJI, United Church in the Solomon Islands WCC Constitution and Rules (CC 2018) Press photo gallery: WCC leadership (2022 onwards) Photos of the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany See more

The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 352 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 580 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC acting general secretary is Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, from the Orthodox Church in Romania.  Media contact: +41 79 507 6363; www.oikoumene.org/press Our visiting address is: World Council of Churches 150 route de Ferney Geneve 2 1211 Switzerland