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Council Meeting 2009 - Photos

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  Final press conference, 22-27 October 2009 Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis near Geneva. LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko, LWF President Bishop Mark S. Hanson, LWF Office for Communication Services Director Ms Karin Achtelstetter (l to r)
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  Final press conference
22-27 October 2009 Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis near Geneva
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  Renewal Committee chairperson Bishop Raymond L. Schultz, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, leads discussion during the plenary on the LWF renewal process. 26 October, 2009 Council meeting
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  Rev. Abigail Zang Hoffman, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, responds during discussion of the Renewal Report. 26 October, 2009 Council meeting
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  Bishop Dr Joseph P. Bvumbwe, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi, makes a point during discussion of the Renewal Report. 26 October, 2009 Council meeting
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  Vote on renewal proposals. 26 October, 2009 Council meeting
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  Sister Esther Selle, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony, comments during discussion of the Renewal Report. 26 October, 2009 Council meeting
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  Bishop Maria Jepsen, North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church, speaks during discussion of the Renewal Report. 26 October, 2009 Council meeting
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  LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko responds during discussion of the Renewal Report. 26 October, 2009 Council meeting
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  Bishop Dr Eero Huovinen, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, responds during discussion of the Renewal Report. 26 October, 2009 Council meeting
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  A Council member requests the floor during discussion of the Renewal Report. 26 October, 2009 Council meeting
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  Bishop Mark S. Hanson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, gives the President's Address during the 22-27 October 2009 Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis near Geneva. © LWF/ H. Putsman Penet
     
  Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko brings the General Secretary's Report during the 22-27 October 2009 Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis near Geneva. © LWF/ H. Putsman Penet
     
  Mr Peter Stoll, Evangelical Church in Württemberg, brings the Report of the Treasurer during the 22-27 October 2009 Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis near Geneva. © LWF/ H. Putsman Penet
     
  Press conference on 23 October following the fifth plenary session of the 2009 Council meeting. (l to r) Ms Karin Achtelstetter, LWF Office for Communication Services director; Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko, LWF general secretary; Bishop Mark S. Hanson, LWF president; Mr Peter Stoll, LWF treasurer. © LWF/H. Putsman Penet
     
  Ms Brenda V. Akpan, the Lutheran Church of Nigeria, presents the report of the Nomination Committee during the 22-27 October 2009 Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis near Geneva.
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  Rev. Iteffa Gobena, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, speaks during the fifth plenary session of the 22-27 October 2009 Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis near Geneva.
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  Voting during the fifth plenary session of the 22-27 October 2009 Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis near Geneva. © LWF/ H. Putsman Penet
     
  Bishop Mark S. Hanson, LWF president and Evangelical Lutheran Church of America presiding bishop, speaks during the opening session of the LWF Council meeting, 22-27 October, 2009, Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.
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  Renewal committee chairperson Bishop em. Raymond Schultz, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, speaking to the report of the Renewal Committee, LWF Council meeting, 22-27 Ocober 2009, Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.
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  Plenary share a light moment during discussion of the report of the Renewal Committee. Second plenary session of the 22-27 October Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland. © LWF/H. Putsman Penet
     
  Bishop Dr. Joseph P. Bvumbwe, Evangelical Church in Malawi, responds to the report of the Renewal Committee during the second plenary session of the 22-27 October Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland
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  Bishop em. Dr Július Filo, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Slovak Republic, responds to the report of the Renewal Committee during the second plenary session of the 22-27 October Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.
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  Dr. Niels H. Gregersen, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark, responds to the report of the Renewal Committee during the second plenary session of the 22-27 October Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.
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  LWF Vice-President Bishop Dr Eero Huovinen, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, responds to the report of the Renewal Committee during the second plenary session of the 22-27 October Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.
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  Rev. Dr. A.G. Augustine Jeyakumar, United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India, responds to the report of the Renewal Committee during the second plenary session of the 22-27 October Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.
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  Mr Thomas Jensch, Evangelical Church in Central Germany, responds to the Renewal Committee report, during the second plenary session of the 22-27 October Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.
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  Bishop Susan C. Johnson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, a, responds to the Renewal Committee report, during the second plenary session of the 22-27 October Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.
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  Rev. Dr Barbara R. Rossing, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, takes part in discussion following the report of the Renewal Committee during the second plenary session of the 22-27 October Council meeting at Chavannes de Bogis, Switzerland.
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  LWF Treasurer Peter Stoll, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg, explains the financial implications of various points in the report of the Renewal Committee during the second plenary session of the 22-27 October Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.
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  Ms Abigail Zang, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, responds to the report of the Renewal Committee during the second plenary session of the 22-27 October Council meeting at Chavannes-de-Bogis, Switzerland.
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