Africa Lutheran Church Leadership Conference
9–14 November 2005 in Windhoek, Namibia
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“Passing On the Story and Ministry – The Journey Goes On” African Lutheran church leaders pass on symbols of faith and witness to the younger generation at the Africa Lutheran Church Leadership Conference (ALCLC) on 13 November 2005 in Windhoek, Namibia. © LWF/D.-M. Grötzsch |
“From Isolation to Communion:
For the Healing of Africa”
Church Leaders Resolve to Establish Lutheran Council in Africa
Participants in the Africa Lutheran Church Leadership Conference have agreed to establish a Lutheran Council in Africa to strengthen cooperation and enhance efforts in addressing challenges faced by the churches there. The historic conference took place 9–14 November in Windhoek, Namibia, under the theme, “From Isolation to Communion: For the Healing of Africa.”
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Bishop Dr Zephania Kameeta of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN), sees the All Africa Lutheran Conference (AALC) 50th anniversary celebrations as a dream come true. © LWF/D.-M. Grötzsch |
The leaders of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Africa also committed themselves, in a final statement, to actively engage in renewal of the whole Lutheran communion.
The new council would guide and ensure the participation and input of all member churches in the Africa region in relation to the proposed LWF renewal process, and serve as a monitoring mechanism in the implementation of the conference commitments. It would also ensure good governance, transparency, and equitable power sharing in the churches, including the involvement of women, youth and people with disabilities.
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Namibian Prime Minister Nahas Angula says the ALCLC meeting in Windhoek has great symbolism. In his left hand, he holds a cross made from bullets—a symbol of suffering, resistance and peace from Liberia. |
The participants, comprised of over 80 representatives of African Lutheran churches and partner churches and organizations, stressed that communion was not possible without communication. They resolved to establish the Africa Lutheran Communication and Information Network (ALCINET) that would include a Web site located with the Lutheran Communion in Southern Africa (LUCSA), print media with the Lutheran Communion in Central and Eastern Africa (LUCCEA), and audio and video communication, so-called airwaves, with the Lutheran Communion in Western Africa (LUCWA). Please click for the full LWI story.
Please click for the message from the Africa Lutheran Church Leadership Conference in Windhoek, Namibia, in English in PDF format. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) The French version will follow soon.
For further information please contact Rev. Dr Musa P. Filibus, LWF/DMD Area Secretary for Africa.
Lutheran World Information (LWI) published the following news stories about the Africa Lutheran Church Leadership Conference in Windhoek:
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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko (right), Bishop Dr Zephania Kameeta (center); and Rev. Jason Amakutuwa (left) who had participated in the first joint conference of African Lutheran churches in Marangu, Tanzania in 1955. |
Church Leaders Resolve to Establish Lutheran Council in Africa
Need for Renewal of Lutheran Communion
Marangu Dream Was Joint Vision for Africa’s Future, LWF General Secretary Says
Namibian Premier Nahas Angula Calls for Partnerships with Religious Organizations
FEATURE: “You Sometimes Feel Lonely and Forgotten”
Call for Sustainable Living, Working Conditions of Church Workers in Africa
“We Need the Prophetic Voice of Africa”
Africa Lutheran Church Leadership Conference Receives LWF Mission Document
LWF General Secretary Noko Calls for Pan-African Lutheran Council
Namibia: “To Be Lutheran Is To Be Ecumenical”
LWF Leader Urges African Churches to Take Up Responsibility
Shake Off Chains of Spiritual Colonization
African Lutheran Communion Considers the Past and Future at Historic Gathering
Bishop Kameeta Welcomes All Africa Lutheran Conference to Namibia
Africa Church Leadership Conference Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Windhoek
Namibian Bishop Kameeta: A Dream Come True
Over 80 representatives of African Lutheran churches and partner churches and organizations participated in the ALCLC, from 9–14 November 2005, in Windhoek, Namibia. © LWF/D.-M. Grötzsch Link to a high-resolution version |
