04.07.2006
Lutheran Paul Johnson to Serve as a Vice President of Canadian Council of Churches
Rev. Paul N. Johnson, assistant to the bishop for ecumenical relations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), has been elected for a three-year term as one of three vice presidents of the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC).The elections took place at the CCC's biannual governing board meeting in Toronto on 24 May. Johnson has worked in the ELCIC national office since March 2003. He has served on the CCC governing board, and has also assumed numerous ecumenical responsibilities including serving as the ELCIC staff person on the Joint Anglican Lutheran Commission, and participating in the ecumenical officers group of the World Council of Churches.
The newly elected CCC President for the 2006-2009 triennium is Rev. Dr James T. Christie, dean of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Winnipeg, and dean of the university's Global College. He is a United Church of Canada minister.
The ELCIC has around 182,000 members and has been a CCC member since 1986. It has been a member church of the Lutheran World Federation also since 1986. (188 words)
(ELCIC News)
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