Council 2018 documents

The LWF’s governing body between Assemblies comes together for its annual meeting in 2018 under the theme, "Freely you have received, freely give".

Documents

• Schedule
• LWF Council Worship (full order)
• Wednesday 27 June
  • Morning Prayer
• Thursday, 28 June
  • Opening Worship
  • Sermon of the Opening Worship - by Rev. Yonas Yigezu Dibisi
  • Address of the LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa
  • Report of the LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge
• Friday, 29 June
  • Morning Prayer and Bible Study
  • Report of the LWF finance committee chairperson Oberkirchenrat Olaf Johannes Mirgeler
• Saturday, 30 June
  • Morning Prayer and Bible Study
• Sunday, 1 July
  • Sermon by Pröpstin Astrid Kleist (in German)
• Monday, 2 July
  • Morning Prayer and Bible Study
  • New Strategy: “With Passion for the Church and for the World”,  for the years 2019 to 2024
  • An Order for Evening Prayer
  • Council Closing Prayer
  • Resolutions, Public Statements, Messages:
    • Resolution on the Situation in North-East and Central Nigeria (English / Deutsch / Español / Français)
    • Resolution on Security Council reform (English / Deutsch / Español / Français)
    • Resolution supporting the roll-out of global compacts on refugees and migration (English / Deutsch / Español / Français)
    • Public statement on the separation of children from their families at the US-Mexico border (English / Deutsch / Español / Français)
    • Public statement on Israel-Palestine (English / Deutsch / Español / Français)
    • Message to the member churches on being churches of hope - resisting forces of exclusionary populism (English / Deutsch / Español / Français)
    • Message to the LWF member churches on encouraging meaningful participation of youth in the life and work of member churches (English / Deutsch / Español / Français)

Live streams and videos

• Thursday 28 June 2018
  • 08:30 - Opening worship
  • 11:00 - President's address (YouTube)
  • 12:45 - Press briefing, with LWF President, Archbishop Musa Panti Filibus (YouTube)
  • 14:00 - General Secretary's report (YouTube)
• Friday 29 June 2018
  • 12:45 - Press briefing, with LWF General Secretary, Martin Junge (YouTube)
• Monday 2 July 2018
  • 12:45 - Press briefing, with LWF President, Archbishop Musa Panti Filibus and LWF General Secretary, Martin Junge (YouTube)

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