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Council 2022 - finance — Finance reporting during the 2022 Council meeting. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Council 2023

The LWF Council meets once a year and is responsible for LWF business between Assemblies. It consists of:

the President
the Chairperson of the Finance Committee
48 lay or ordained people, from LWF member churches in seven regions.

Members of this Council were appointed at the 2017 Twelfth Assembly.

Oberkirchenrat Olaf Johannes Mirgeler, chairperson of the LWF Finance Committee. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Council 2023: LWF Finances remain strong and stable

LWF’s finances showed resilience in 2022 during a year of high inflation and a global economic downturn.

LWF General Secretary Anne Burghardt — LWF General Secretary, Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Council 2023: Strengthening partnerships, supporting vulnerable communities

LWF’s General Secretary reports on activities of the global communion of churches over the past year, as the Council gathers for its last full business meeting

LWF Council in the lobby of the Ecumenical Center, with advisers, guests and LWF staff, in Geneva in 2022. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

LWF Council to meet for last full business session

As Council members move toward the end of their mandate later this year, the LWF governing body holds its last full business meeting.

Rev. Danielle Dokman is an engaging teacher and preacher. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Suriname: A young woman initiating positive change in church and society

Danielle Dokman from Suriname was elected to the LWF Council as a youth delegate in 2010. The decision to follow this call significantly influenced her decision to become a pastor and her further life.

During the Assembly 2010 reconciliation action, the Mennonite World Conference presented the LWF with a pine foot-washing tub as a sign of commitment to a continued process of healing of memories. Photo: LWF/Erick Coll

Lutheran - Mennonite Dialogue Moves Closer on Peace Issues, Future Cooperation

LWF Task Force on the Mennonite Action to Present Report at LWF Council in 2015

(LWI) – Reconciliation between Lutherans and Mennonites initiated at The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Eleventh Assembly has brought the two…

Baptismal font in Wittenberg, Germany. Photo: Unsplash, Tobias Schulz

Germany: Commemorating 500 years of the Anabaptist movement

Living in unconditional discipleship following Christ

(LWI) - “We have much to learn from the Anabaptist churches,” said Bishop Friedrich Kramer of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany at an ecumenical service in the…

The cover of the 2022 Annual report features a photo of LWF's Ukraine response, which was taken by Albin Hillert. The report was designed by Harri Aittassalo.

LWF Annual Report 2022 published

The year was marked by the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, which meant that in-person meetings could resume. At the same time, war in Europe, and the response of LWF and its member churches, brought back memories of the years when…