01.03.2005
Rev. Rainer Kiefer to Leave LWF German National Committee
Rev. Rainer Kiefer, executive director of the Board for Church Cooperation and World Service at the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) German National Committee (GNC), will next April take up a new post as chairperson of the Committee for Church Cooperation in Mission and Service in Hanover. Kiefer, an ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover has worked with LWF/GNC since 1998. He will succeed Oberlandeskirchenrat Joerg Homann, who retired on 30 August 2004.Kiefer was born on 8 October 1959 in Celle, Germany. Upon completing his theological studies at home, he studied in South Africa between 1985-86. His training to become a vicar, 1989-1990 in Germany, was followed by extended study under the Church of England in London, United Kingdom. Until 1994, he worked as a pastor in Gretesch-Luestringen near Osnabrueck, Germany, and subsequently as a church official of the Hanover regional church office, Germany, before his appointment to the LWF/GNC.
The LWF/GNC represents 13 Lutheran churches with over 13 million members. (175 words)
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