LWF Council with important actions
October 30, 2009 in LWF
This year’s meeting of the LWF council ended on Tuesday. Here are a few important decisions from the perspective of young people. (For a full overview please click here):
New General Secretary
Rev Martin Junge has been elected as General Secretary of the LWF. He is going to assume his responsibilities in the later half of 2010. Martin is currently area secretary for Latin America and the Carri bean. He was himself youth delegate to the LWF Assembly in Curitiba 1990.
Mennonites
The Council recommends the LWF assembly next year to ask the Mennonites for forgiveness for the atrocities Lutherans called for and committed during the Reformation era. This is a very important process that moves ecumenism forward.
Renewal of the LWF
The council made clear that strong youth contributions belong to a renewed LWF. It resolved that two members-at-large will be part of the LWF Executive Committee. These probably will be young people. Currently, there is no young person in the LWF Executive committee. Furthermore, the council called for a clear and comprehensive gender and youth policy.
Active against climate change
The LWF council passed a resolution with clear demands for the Copenhagen Summit in December. In addition, the participants of the council came together in demanding to get down to 350 parts per million Carbondioxide in the atmosphere.
(c) LWF/Groetsch
It’s a good decision and great opportunity to the youth to be more active in LWF Decision making. Maybe on the PAYC we can provide/Choose youth candidate to be council member as well as executive committee, even though every LWF member require to nominate their candidate, but it’s better if we make an selection for the youth candidate on the PAYC so in the GA we have a strong voices.
Mercy,Horas
Dirgos (indonesia)