We have seven vice-presidents, each representing one of the seven LWF regions.
They are elected by the Council from among its members, and may be ordained or lay. Furthermore, a due representation of women and men shall be observed. They represent the LWF in the region to which their respective church belongs and moderate LWF church leadership meetings in that region.
The Vice-Presidents serve for a seven-year term. As with all other Council members, a vice-president’s term of office runs until the close of the next ordinary Assembly.
Current Vice-Presidents
Africa: Rev. Dr Jeannette Ada Epse Maina, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon
Asia: Ms Desri Maria Sumbayak, The Indonesian Christian Church
Central Eastern Europe: Archbishop Urmas Viilma, Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Central Western Europe: Pröpstin Astrid Kleist, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
Nordic Countries: Archbishop Dr Antje Jackelén, Church of Sweden
Latin America and the Caribbean: Rev. Dr Nestor Friedrich, President, Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil
North America: Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
