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Eighth Assembly
Election of Central Committee

Central Commitee members


AFRICA

Ms Justice Sophia O. A. ADINYIRA, Church of the Province of West Africa, FL, Ghana
Rev. Levi Okanga AKHURA +, Church of the Holy Spirit, MO, Kenya
Mrs Akissi ANEYE, Protestant Methodist Church of the Ivory Coast, FL, Ivory Coast
Mr Victor AVASI, Church of the Province of Uganda, MLY, Uganda
Ms Louise BAKALA-KOUMOUNO, Evangelical Church of the Congo, FL, Congo
Rev. Jose Domingo CAETANO, Evangelical Pentecostal Mission of Angola, MO, Angola
Mr Simao CHAMANGO +, Presbyterian Church of Mozambique, ML, Mozambique
Bishop Farayi CHIRISA, Methodist Church in Zimbabwe, MO, Zimbabwe
Rev. Yadessa DABA, Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, MO, Ethiopia
Mrs Esther EDU-YAO, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, FL, Ghana
Rev. Jesse M. KAMAU, Presbyterian Church of East Africa, MO, Kenya
Rev. Dr André KARAMAGA, Presbyterian Church of Rwanda, MO, Rwanda
Rt Rev.Dr Maake Jonathan MASANGO, Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa, MO, South Africa
Bishop Godfrey M. MHOGOLO, Church of the Province of Tanzania, MO,Tanzania
Ms Ngoyi M.M. MISENGA, Church of Christ in Congo, Presbyterian Community, FL, D.R. Congo
Ms Patricia MUTUMBURANZOU, Reformed Church in Zimbabwe, FL, Zimbabwe
Ms Idah NJOBVU, Reformed Church in Zambia, FLY, Zambia
Rev. Bernard NTAHOTURI, Church of the Province of Burundi, MO, Burundi
Ms Abigail O. OGUNSANYA, Church of the Lord Aladura, FLY, Nigeria
Ms Jenny Siama PAUL, Episcopal Church of the Sudan, FL, Sudan
Most Rev. Remi J. RABENIRINA, Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean, MO, Madagascar
Bishop Michael Kehinde STEPHEN, Methodist Church Nigeria, MO, Nigeria
Mrs Madeleine TIKI KOUM (SOPPO), Evangelical Church of Cameroon, FL, Cameroon
Rev. Steve TITUS, United Congregational Church of Southern Africa, MO, Namibia
Total 24

ASIA

Ms Keshini ARULENDRAN, Church of Ceylon, FLY, Sri Lanka
Rt Rev. Samuel R. AZARIAH, Church of Pakistan, MO, Pakistan
Ms Susan Janelle BAZZANA, Anglican Church of Australia, FL, Australia
Rev. G. DYVASIRVADAM, Church of South India, MO, India
Rev. Ying GAO, China Christian Council, FO, China
Rev. Gregor  S. HENDERSON, Uniting Church in Australia, MO, Australia
Mrs Makiko HIRATA, United Church of Christ in Japan, FL, Japan
Ms Carmencita KARAGDAG, Philippine Independent Church, FL, Philippines
Rev. Septemmy E. LAKAWA, Protestant Church in South-East Sulawesi, FOY, Indonesia
Dr Samuel LEE, Presbyterian Church of Korea, ML, Korea
Mr Welly E. MANDOWEN, Evangelical Christian Church of Irian Jaya, ML, Indonesia
Dr Frieda MANGUNSONG, Batak Protestant Christian Church, FL, Indonesia
Ms Pragyan MOHANTY, Church of North India, FLY, India
Rev. Dr Jong-Wha PARK, Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, MO, Korea Rep. of
Ms Rosebelle T.L. PAW, Myanmar Baptist Convention, FL, Myanmar
Mr Leonardo D. RATUWALANGON, Kalimantan Evangelical Church, ML, Indonesia
Rev. John Haig ROBERTS, Methodist Church of New Zealand, MO, New Zealand
Mr Albert A.K. SAMADDER +, Church of Bangladesh, ML, Bangladesh
Rev. Nathan SETIABUDI, Indonesian Christian Church, MO, Indonesia
Rev. Dr Hermen P. SHASTRI, Methodist Church in Malaysia, MO, Malaysia
Mrs Woraporn THANAWANICH, Church of Christ in Thailand, FL, Thailand
Bishop Dr Zacharias Mar THEOPHILUS, Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, MO, India
Most Rev. Christ Saban R. TOPNO, United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India, MO, India
Ms Chia-Chun TSAI, Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, FLY, Taiwan
Total 24

CARIBBEAN

Ms Donnalie EDWARDS, Church in the Province of the West Indies, FL, Antigua
Mr Wilhelm H. A-K. JAP-A-JOE, Moravian Church in Suriname, ML, Suriname
Rev. Jeffrey A. MCKENZIE, Jamaica Baptist Union, MO, Jamaica
Rev. Hector MENDEZ +, Presbyterian Reformed Church in Cuba, MO, Cuba
Total 4

EUROPE

Mrs Inger AASA MARKLUND, Church of Sweden, FL, Sweden
Rev. Dr Trond BAKKEVIG, Church of Norway, MO, Norway
Mrs Heike BOSIEN, Evangelical Church in Germany, FLY, Germany
Rev. Ruth Anne BOTTOMS, Baptist Union of Great Britain, FO, UK
Rev. Fernando ENNS, Mennonite Church, MO, Germany
Mrs Manuela FUENTES, Spanish Evangelical Church, FL, Spain
Rev. Anders GADEGAARD, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark, MO, Denmark
Bishop Hans GERNY, Old Catholic Church in Switzerland, MO, Switzerland
Ms Jenny Anne HALE, United Reformed Church, FLY, UK
Rev. Louise Yohanna HOUWELING, Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, FO, Netherlands
Bishop Dr. Wolfgang HUBER, Evangelical Church in Germany, MO, Germany
Mr Rasmus HYLLEBERG, Baptist Union of Denmark, MLY, Denmark
Ms Jana KALINOVA, Czechoslovak Hussite Church,  FLY, Czech Republic
Rev. Mari KINNUNEN, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, FO, Finland
Dr Christoph D. KLEIN, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania, MO, Romania
Mrs Christa KRONSHAGE, Evangelical Church in Germany, FL, Germany
Ms Marita Karin KRÜGER, Evangelical Church in Germany, FO, Germany
Rev. Dr Margot KÄSSMANN, Evangelical Church in Germany, FO, Germany
Rev. Marcel MANOEL, Reformed Church of France, MO, France
Rt Rev. Barry MORGAN, Church of Wales, MO, UK
Mr Naboth M. MUCHOPA, Methodist Church, ML, UK
Bishop John R.W. NEILL, Church of Ireland, MO, Ireland
Rt Rev. Barry ROGERSON, Church of England, MO, UK
Mrs Jeanine C. ROGIER, United Protestant Church, FL, Belgium
Dr Heinz RÜEGGER, Swiss Protestant Church Federation, ML, Switzerland
Rev. Norman SHANKS, Church of Scotland, MO, UK
Rev. Zoltan TARR, Reformed Church in Hungary, MOY, Hungary
Total: 27

LATIN AMERICA

Diakonin Valmi Ione BECKER, Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil, FO, Brazil
Ms Inamar Correa DE SOUZA, Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil, FLY, Brazil
Bishop Aldo Manuel ETCHEGOYEN, Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina, MO, Argentina
Mr Gerald GREEN, Moravian Church in Nicaragua, ML, Nicaragua
Rev. Luis Ulises MUÑOZ MORAGA, Pentecostal Church of Chile, MO, Chile
Ms Laura SAAVEDRA +, Evangelical Methodist Church in Uruguay, FL, Uruguay
Total: 6


MIDDLE EAST
Rev. Avadis BAZOUNIAKRIAN, Union of the Armenian Churchs in the Middle East, MO, Syria
Total: 1
NORTH AMERICA
Dr Marion S. BEST, United Church of Canada, FL, Canada
Dr Mary Pamela CHINNIS, Episcopal Church, FL, USA
Ms Loïs M. DAUWAY, United Methodist Church, FL, USA.
Ms Alice-Jean FINLEY, Anglican Church of Canada, FL, Canada
Ms Eden GRACE, Friends United Meeting, FLY, USA
Rev. Wesley GRANBERG-MICHAELSON, Reformed Church in America, MO, USA
Dr Richard A. GROUNDS, United Methodist Church, ML, USA
Rev. Dr Richard HAMM, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in USA, MO, USA
Rev. Dr Clifton KIRKPATRICK, Presbyterian Church (USA), MO, USA
Ms Beate KRAUS, United Methodist Church, FLY, Germany
Ms Kathleen J. MAGNUS, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, FL, USA
Mr Arthur NORMAN, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, MLY, USA
Rev. Dr Tyrone S. PITTS, Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc., MO, USA
Rev. Dr Staccato POWELL, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, MO, USA
Dr Bernice Powell JACKSON, United Church of Christ, FL, USA
Rev. Dr Bruce W. ROBBINS, United Methodist Church, MO, USA
Bishop Telmor Garth SARTISON, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, MO, Canada
Rev. Dr Robert E. SAWYER, Moravian Church in America (Southern Province), MO, USA
Ms Ashley E. SEAMAN, Presbyterian Church (USA), FLY, USA
Rev. Cheryl H. WADE, American Baptist Churches in the USA, FO, USA
Rev. Dr Angelique K. WALKER-SMITH, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., FO, USA
Rt Rev. Mckinley YOUNG, African Methodist Episcopal Church, MO, USA
Total: 22


PACIFIC
Ms Marta AISI, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea, FL, Papua New Guinea
Mrs Selai CATI, Kiribati Protestant Church, FL, Kiribati
Rev. Reuben MAGEKON, Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu, MO, Vanuatu
Mme Jeannie PITTMAN, Evangelical Church of French Polynesia, FL, Tahiti
Rev. Dr Ilaiti Sevati TUWERE, Methodist Church in Fiji, MO, Fiji
Total: 5


I.  EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Papas, Metropolitan Athanasios, MO, Turkey
Tsetsis, Very Rev. Georges, MO, Switzerland
Prassas, Mrs Despina, FL, USA

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
Tillyrides of Riruta, Makarios, MO, Zimbabwe

Greek Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East
Zakhem, Bishop George, MO, Syria
Glynn-Mackoul, Mrs Anne, FL, USA

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Quawas, Dr Audeh, ML, Jordan

Moscow Patriarchate
Chaplin, Rev.Vsevolod, MOY, Russia
Gundyaev, Rev. Mikhail, MOY, Switzerland
Alfeyev, Rev. Dr Hilarion, MO, Russia
Neliubova, Ms Margarita, FL, Russia
Roschin, Georgy, MLY, Russia

Serbian Orthodox Church
Milosevic, Dr Nenad, ML, Serbia
Perisic, Vladan Dr, MO, Serbia

Romanian Orthodox Church
Nifon, Bishop of Slobozia and Calarasi, MO, Romania
Jivi, Prof. Aurel, MO, Romania

Bulgarian Orthodox Church
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Georgian Orthodox Church
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Church of Cyprus
Karayannis, Bishop Vassilios, MO, Cyprus

Church of Greece
Trivizas, Metropolitan Timotheos, MO, Greece
Romanides, Rev. Prof John, MO,  Greece

Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Poland
Stefanowski, Rev. Pavel, MOY, Poland

Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Albania
Anastasios, His Beatitude Archbishop, MO, Albania

Orthodox Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia
Christophor (Krystof) Bishop, MO, Czech Rep.

Orthodox Church of Finland
Ambrosius, Metropolitan of Oulu, MO, Finland

Orthodox Church in America
Kishkovsky, Very Rev. Leonid, MO, USA


II. ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES

Armenian Apostolic Church-Catholicossate of Etchmiadzine
Baliozian, His Eminence Archbishop Aghan, MO, Australia
Ghazelian, Ms Silva, FL, Armenia

Armenian Apostolic Church-Catholicossate of Cilicia
Aram I, His Holiness, MO, Lebanon
Peroomian, Dr Rubina, FL, USA

Coptic Orthodox Church
Serapion, Bishop, MO, Egypt/USA
Youannes, Bishop, MO, Egypt

Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Kerlos, Archbishop, MO, Ethiopia
Zerihun, Melake Tabor, MO, Ethiopia

Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church
George, Rev. Dr Kondothra, MO, India

Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
Karim, Mar Cyril Ephraim, MO, USA

* Corduneanu, Ms Iulia, FLY, Romania
* Starcova, Ms Iveta, FLY, Slovakia
* Kallas, Muna, FL, Syria
Total: 37


Legand
*  Interim
+  Associate Member Churches
M  male
F  female
O  ordained
L  lay
Y  youth

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