03.11.2006
Mozambican Church Appoints New Leader
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mozambique (ELCM) elected Rev. Jose Mabasso to the position of ELCM Senior Pastor, during its general assembly on 5 August.Mabasso, 48, will be accompanied by Dean Hendricks Mavunduse, a missionary pastor from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe. The latter has been working with the church as acting senior pastor on the request of its general assembly with the support of its mission partners and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) - Joint Mission Board.
Ordained in 1991, Mabasso pursued his theological training in Brazil and South Africa. He is married, and has five children.
The ELCM has 5,987 members organized in 62 congregations, across three districts. It has four male pastors, four deacons and two deaconesses, and four male evangelists. It joined the LWF in 1999. (136 words)
(By Zelda Cristina Cossa.)
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