Council Calls for LWF Active Involvement in Process to Unify ACT
LWF Governing Body Endorses World Service Recommendations
ARUSHA, Tanzania/GENEVA, 1 July 2008 (LWI) - Having received the reports from Action by Churches Together (ACT) International and ACT Development through the Program Committee for World Service, the Council of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) requested the LWF secretariat and the member churches to continue to be actively involved in the creation of a unified ACT.
The Council expressed appreciation for the attempt to unify ACT International and ACT Development into one ACT alliance. It underscored the need to ensure that the unified ACT would be fully owned by the churches and their specialized ministries with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the LWF represented in the governing structures.
Established in 1995 by the LWF and WCC, the Geneva-based ACT International is a global alliance of churches and their agencies responding to emergencies worldwide. Inaugurated in February 2007, ACT Development brings together churches and related organizations in a new global alliance focusing on long-term development, building on the emergency response work already undertaken by ACT International.
The Council asked the LWF secretariat to inform both ACT International and ACT Development that the legal consequences of the merger of both organizations require a decision by the LWF Council as a founding member of ACT International, probably at the 2009 Council meeting. (230 words)
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