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["Frank Imhoff" <Frank_Imhoff@elca.org>]

22 Advisers to Provide Professional Expertise to LWF Council
Council to Meet in Geneva, September 1-8 

GENEVA, 23 June 2004 (LWI) - Twenty-two representatives from
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches worldwide have
accepted to serve as advisers to the new LWF Council. The
appointment of the ordained and lay individuals from 21 LWF
member churches has been approved by the Executive Committee on
behalf of the Council. 

The Council, composed of the President, Treasurer, and 48
persons appointed by the Assembly, approved members of the
Program and Standing Committees at its first meeting, 31 July-2
August 2003 in Winnipeg, Canada. A final list of advisers
proposed by member churches was not concluded at that time. 

In addition to Council members, advisers provide professional
competence and expertise to the seven Program Committees of the
LWF Council. Advisers are full members, with vote, of their
respective committees. They have voice but no vote in Council
sessions. 

The Council is the LWF governing body that meets annually. The
Assembly, the highest decision-making body, convenes every six
years. The Tenth Assembly elected the current Council on 31 July
2003. This year's Council meeting will take place September 1-8
in Geneva, Switzerland. (197 words)

For the full list of Council members see
http://www.lutheranworld.org/news/lwi/en/1292.en.html 

The list of Council Advisers and their respective Program
Committees follows:

Communication Services: Rev. Gabriele Arndt-Sandrock,
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover; Rev. Heitor Joerci
Meurer, Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil;
and Rev. Paul Weiland, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg
Confession in Austria.

Ecumenical Affairs: Bishop Peter Gancs, Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Hungary; Bishop Dr Wesley Kigasung, Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea; and Rev. Roy Thakurdyal,
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana.

Finance and Administration: Rev. Dezso Zoltan Adorjani,
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession in
Romania; Ms Linda Brown, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America;
and Ms Yoke Kiew Lai, Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore.

International Affairs and Human Rights: Rev. Angel Furlan,
United Evangelical Lutheran Church (Argentina); and Ms Margareta
Grape, Church of Sweden.

Mission and Development: Mr Alfonso Corzo Garcia, Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Colombia; Ms Yeonli Kim, Lutheran Church in
Korea; Rev. Dr Rafael Malpica-Padilla, Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America; Rev. Dr Mogens S. Mogensen, Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Denmark; and Deaconess Esther Musa, Lutheran
Church in Liberia.

Theology and Studies: Rev. Susan Johnson, Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Canada; Bishop Walter Obare, Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Kenya; and Dr Risto Saarinen, Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Finland.

World Service: Bishop Dr Joseph Paul Bvumbwe, Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Malawi; Propst Hartwig Liebich, North Elbian
Evangelical Lutheran Church; and Bishop Dr Edmund Ratz,
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia and Other States.

(The LWF is a global communion of Christian churches in the
Lutheran tradition. Founded in 1947 in Lund (Sweden), the LWF now
has 136 member churches in 76 countries representing 62.3 million
of the almost 66 million Lutherans worldwide. The LWF acts on
behalf of its member churches in areas of common interest such as
ecumenical and inter-faith relations, theology, humanitarian
assistance, human rights, communication, and the various aspects
of mission and development work. Its secretariat is located in
Geneva, Switzerland.)

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