Cabinet
The LWF Cabinet is made up of senior staff members from the headquarters.
The Cabinet assists the General Secretary to carry out the decisions of the LWF Assembly and Council. The Cabinet meets every two weeks and reviews and coordinates matters such as global developments, finance, programs and projects, personnel and administrative issues.
The members of the Cabinet are:
General
Secretary
Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko (Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Zimbabwe)
Deputy
General Secretary
Rev. Chandran Paul Martin (The Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (India))
Director of Department for World Service
Rev. Eberhard Hitzler (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria)
Director
of Department for Mission and Development
Rev. Dr Kjell Birger Nordstokke (Church of Norway)
Director
of Department for Theology and Studies
Rev. Dr Karen L. Bloomquist (Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America)
Director of Office
for Communication Services
Ms. Karin Achtelstetter (Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Bavaria)
Director of Office
for Finance and Administration
Mr. Pauli Rantanen (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland)
Director of Office
for Personnel
Rev. Rudolf Renfer (Evangelical Reformed Church,
Switzerland)
The following attend Cabinet meetings by invitation of the General Secretary
Assistant General Secretary for Ecumenical
Affairs
(Vacant)
Assistant to the General Secretary
for International
Affairs and Human Rights
Mr. Peter N. Prove (Lutheran Church of Australia)
