LWF Council Endorses Communiqué Reinforcing Witness of Ordained Women
Actions on Theology and Studies’ Recommendations
ARUSHA, Tanzania/GENEVA 1 July 2008 (LWI) - The Council of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) reinforced the witness of ordained women by endorsing the communiqué “The Ongoing Reformation of the Church: the Witness of Ordained Women Today,” and recommended that member churches become familiar with the LWF statement and take specific action.
The Council also moved that member churches submit their reports concerning this document to the 2009 Council meeting. The document was adopted during the consultation on “Women in Ordained Ministry as Ecumenical Witness” held 27–29 March in Geneva, Switzerland and is available on the LWF Web site at: www.lutheranworld.org/What_We_Do/DTS/DTS-Documents/DTS-Ongoing_Reformation-2008.pdf
With a view to the 11th LWF Assembly in 2010, the March consultation asked member churches to prepare and submit a report “of what they intend to do with regard to this matter if they do not ordain women already, or, if they do so now, how they are addressing remaining practical obstacles and seeking to further the partnership of women and men in the ministry of the church.” Lastly, the consultation called for Reformation commemorations in 2017 in which the witness of women pastors and those in oversight positions is especially raised up.
In preparation for the 11th LWF Assembly in 2010, the Council, at the initiative of the Program Committee for Theology and Studies, urged the LWF General Secretary when coordinating Assembly content to draw on the current experience, programs and expertise of the Department for Theology and Studies (DTS) as well as of other LWF departments and local churches.
The Program Committee for Theology and Studies in its report to the Council congratulated DTS for its work with regard to the theological, ethical and spiritual dimensions of climate change.
The program committee also welcomed the new DTS project “Deepening Key Doctrinal Understandings in the Global South.” The project pursues the goal of publishing studies by theologians from the global South on important, topical dogmatic issues. (335 words)
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