LWF 2006 Council Meeting Deferred to March 2007 LWF to Commemorate 60 Years
GENEVA, 22 February 2006 (LWI) * This year's scheduled meeting of the Council of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has been deferred to March 2007. It will be held in Lund, Sweden, where the federation was founded in 1947.
The LWF Executive Committee, via mail vote, decided to reschedule the meeting to coincide with the LWF 60th anniversary, which will be celebrated next year. The committee's decision was made possible by the Council's amendment of the LWF Bylaws last year, providing for the spacing of its regular meetings to between 12*18 months. The Bylaws previously stipulated every 12 months.
In a letter dated 1 February, LWF General Secretary, Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko, has informed Council members, advisers, and national committees, that the next meeting will be held between 19*28 March 2007, with precise dates to be agreed on by the Executive Committee at its March 2006 meeting.
In his report to the Council last year, the general secretary had requested that consideration be given to combining the next meeting with the 60th anniversary celebration.
The Council governs the LWF between Assemblies, normally held every six years. The Executive Committee, which serves as the LWF Personnel Committee and Board of Trustees normally meets semi-annually.
The current Council, appointed at the July 2003 Tenth Assembly in Winnipeg, Canada, comprises the president, treasurer and 48 persons elected by the Assembly. Other members include advisers, who are ordained and lay persons representing the different LWF regions. (256 words)
(The LWF is a global communion of Christian churches in the Lutheran tradition. Founded in 1947 in Lund, Sweden, the LWF currently has 140 member churches in 78 countries all over the world, with a total membership of 66.2 million. 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.)
[Lutheran World Information (LWI) is the LWF's information service. Unless specifically noted, material presented does not represent positions or opinions of the LWF or of its various units. Where the dateline of an article contains the notation (LWI), the material may be freely reproduced with acknowledgment.]
* * *
LWI news online: http://www.lutheranworld.org/News/Welcome.EN.html
LUTHERAN WORLD INFORMATION P. O. Box 2100 CH-1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland
Tel.: +41/22-791 63 69 Fax: +41/22-791 66 30 Editor's E-Mail: pmu@lutheranworld.org