06.06.2006
United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India Elects New Head
The Rev. Dr A. G. Augustine Jeyakumar is the new executive secretary of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India (UELCI). Elected by the UELCI Executive Committee on 17 March, he assumed office in the middle of May, succeeding Rev. Chandran Paul Martin, who takes up the position of Deputy General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in June.A member of the Arcot Lutheran Church, Jeyakumar has served the Chennai-based UELCI in different capacities for more than three decades. Until his recent election, he has been executive secretary of the LWF National Committee in India since 2003 and director of the UELCI Division for Social Action. The UELCI unites eleven Lutheran churches with a combined membership of almost 2 million Christians.
The UELCI Executive Committee also elected Dr Kunchala Rajaratnam as Executive Secretary of the LWF National Committee in India, a position he has previously held. A leading figure in the Indian Lutheran and global ecumenical scene, Rajaratnam has served the UELCI for more than four decades. From 1975 until 1979, he was Secretary for Asia in the then LWF Department of Church Cooperation. He was a member of the LWF Executive Committee from 1985 until 1990. (213 words)
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