MEMBERSHIP OF THE FAITH AND ORDER COMMISSION
(* = member of the Standing Commission)
(Faith and Order staff - see below)

Moderator:
*Rev. Dr David K. YEMBA (United Methodist Church), Zimbabwe

Vice-Moderators:
*Metropolitan Prof. Dr GENNADIOS of Sassima (Limouris) (Ecumenical Patriarchate), Turkey

*Rev. Dr Melanie MAY (Church of the Brethren), USA

*Most Rev. John ONAIYEKAN (Roman Catholic Church), Nigeria

*Rev. Caroline PATTIASINA (Protestant Church in the Moluccas), Indonesia

*Prof. Dr Turid Karlsen SEIM (Church of Norway), Norway

Members:
Bishop Mikael (Georg) AJAPAHYAN (Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin), Armenia

Bishop Nareg ALEMEZIAN (Armenian Apostolic Church), Lebanon

H.B. Archbishop ANASTASIOS of Tirana, Durres and all Albania (Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania), Albania

*Dr Pablo ANDIÑACH (Evangelical Methodist Church), Argentina

Dr Leelamma ATHYAL (Mar Thoma Church of Malabar), India

Rev. Victor ATTA-BAFFOE (Church of the Province of West Africa [Anglican]), England

Rev. Dr Carl Axel AURELIUS (Church of Sweden), Sweden

Mrs Sevan BALABANIAN (Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East), Lebanon

Rev. Canon Alyson BARNETT-COWAN (Anglican Church of Canada), Canada

Rev. Dr Douglas BAX (Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa), South Africa

Dr Ladislav BENES (Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren), Czech Republic

Prof. Dr Wolfgang BIENERT (Evangelical Church of Germany: United), Germany

Mrs Dorothea BINDER (Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania), Romania

*Rev. Prof. Dr André BIRMELE (Lutheran and Reformed Churches in France), France

Metropolitan Anba BISHOY (Coptic Orthodox Church), Egypt

Rev. Fr Frans BOUWEN (Roman Catholic Church), Israel

Rev. Miriam Barr BUSH (Reformed Church in America), USA

*Rev. Neville CALLAM (Jamaica Baptist Union), Jamaica

Rev. Dr CHENG Yang-en (Presbyterian Church in Taiwan), Taiwan

Rev. Dr Rebecca S. CHOPP (United Methodist Church), USA

Rev. Prof. John CHRYSSAVGIS (Greek Orthodox Church of America/Ecumenical Patriarchate)

Prof. Dr Sophie DEICHA (Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Parishes in Western Europe/ Ecumenical Patriarchate), France

Rev. Luna L. DINGAYAN (United Church in the Philippines), Philippines

Rev. Dr Peter DONALD (Church of Scotland), Scotland

Rev. Samuel DOSSOU (Protestant Methodist Church), Rep. of Benin

Rev. Dr Susan DURBER (United Reformed Church), England

Metropolitan EMMANUEL of France (Ecumenical Patriarchate), France

Ven. Archdeacon Samy FAWZY (Province of Jerusalem and Middle East – Diocese of Egypt [Anglican]), Egypt

*Rev. GAO Ying (China Christian Council), China

Sister Dr Donna GEERNAERT SC (Roman Catholic Church), Canada

Dr Timothy GEORGE (Southern Baptist Convention), USA

Rt Rev. Dr John W. GLADSTONE (Church of South India), India

*Rev. Megersa GUTA (Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus), Ethiopia

Prof. Barbara HALLENSLEBEN (Roman Catholic Church), Switzerland

Rev. Dr Adolfo HAM (Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba), Cuba

Rev. Prof. S. Mark HEIM (American Baptist Churches USA), USA

*Rev. Prof. William HENN, OFM cap (Roman Catholic Church), Italy

Bishop Dr HILARION of Podolsk (Alfeyev) (Russian Orthodox Church), Belgium

*Rt Rev. John HIND (Church of England), England

Rev. Heikki HUTTUNEN (Orthodox Church in Finland), Finland

*Metropolitan Dr Mar Gregorios Yohanna IBRAHIM (Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch), Syria

Rev. Dr Viorel IONITA (Romanian Orthodox Church), Switzerland

Rev. Prof. Huberto JIMENEZ GOMEZ (Roman Catholic Church), Colombia

Rt Rev. Dr S. Tilewa JOHNSON (Church of the Province of West Africa [Anglican]), Gambia

Dr Roman JURIGA (Orthodox Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia, Czech Republic)

Prof. Dr Kenji KANDA (United Church of Christ in Japan), Japan

Rev. Panaghotis KANTARDJIS (Greek Evangelical Church), Greece

*Bishop Vasilios KARAYIANNIS of Trimithus (Church of Cyprus), Cyprus

Ms Katarina KARKALA-ZORBAS (Ecumenical Patriarchate), Greece

*Ms Sarah S. KAULULE (United Church of Zambia), Zambia

V. Rev. John KEVERN (Episcopal Church, USA), USA

Sister KO Ha Fong Maria (Roman Catholic Church), Italy

Rev. U Arthur KO LAY (Myanmar Baptist Convention), Myanmar

*Rev. Dr Jacob KURIEN (Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church), India

Prof. Dr Alar LAATS (Estonian Lutheran Church), Estonia

V. Rev. Dr Elpidophorus LAMBRINIADIS (Ecumenical Patriarchate), Turkey

Prof. Kyung Sook LEE (Methodist Church), Korea

Rev. Arao A. LITSURE (United Congregational Church in Southern Africa), Mozambique

Rev. Dr Peter LODBERG (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark), Denmark

Rev. Jan LUKASZUK (Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Poland), Poland

Rt Rev. Julius O. LYNCH (Church of the Province of West Africa [Anglican]), Sierra Leone

Rev. Prof. Angelo MAFFEIS (Roman Catholic Church), Italy

Archbishop Dr MAKARIOS of Kenya and Irinoupolis (Tillyrides) (Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria), Kenya

Rev. Michael MARKERT (Evangelical Church in Germany), Germany

Rev. Dr habil. James MASSEY (Church of North India), India

Rev. Dr Judith McKINLAY (Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand), New Zealand

Rev. Binsar NAINGGOLAN (Huria Kristen Batak Protestant Church [Lutheran]), Germany

V. Rev. Dr Michel NAJIM (Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch), USA

*Rev. Jane NAMUGENYI (Church of the Province of Uganda [Anglican]), Uganda

Archbishop NATHANIEL (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church), Ethiopia

Rt Rev. Nyansako-ni NKU (Presbyterian Church in Cameroon), Cameroon

Rev. Dr Elizabeth C. NORDBECK (United Church of Christ), USA

Mrs Rosemary NTHAMBURI (Methodist Church in Kenya), Kenya

*Sister Dr Mary O’DRISCOLL (Roman Catholic Church), Ireland

Rev. Oluwemimo A. OWASANOYE (Church of the Lord [Aladura]), Nigeria

Rev. Harry R. PANJAITAN (Huria Kristen Indonesia [Lutheran]), Indonesia

Dr Evelyn PARKER (Christian Methodist Episcopal Church), USA

Rev. Dr Martin PARMENTIER (Old Catholic Church), Switzerland

Dom Michael van PARYS OSB (Roman Catholic Church), Belgium

Rev. Dr Otele PERELINI (Congregational Christian Church in Samoa), Western Samoa

Rev. Dr Chuleepran S. PERSONS (Church of Christ in Thailand), Thailand

Prof. Dr Vlassios PHEIDAS (Church of Greece), Greece

Rev. Canon Rogelio PRIETO (Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church), England

Rev. Dr Predrag PUZOVIC (Orthodox Church of Serbia), Serbia

Rev. Samoela Jaona RANARIVELO (Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean [Anglican]), South Africa

Rev. Prof. Dr Anne Marie REIJNEN (United Protestant Church in Belgium), France

Dr Cecil M. ROBECK (Assemblies of God), USA

*Rev. Dr William G. RUSCH (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), USA

Rev. Antti SAARELMA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland), Finland

*Rev. Dr Katharine Doob SAKENFELD (Presbyterian Church), USA

Archdeacon Ven. Joseph SARVANANTHAN (Church of Sri Lanka), Sri Lanka

Fr Jorge A. SCAMPINI, OP (Roman Catholic Church), Argentina

Dr Valburga SCHMIEDT STRECK (Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil), Brazil

Rev. Dr Barbara SCHWAHN (Evangelical Church in Germany: United), Germany

Dr Janet SCOTT (Friends World Committee for Consultation [Quaker]), England

*Rev. Dr Hermen SHASTRI (Methodist Church), Malaysia

Rev. Dr Loraine Mackenzie SHEPHERD (United Church of Canada), Canada

Mr Vladimir SHMALIY (Russian Orthodox Church), Russia

Rev. Rudolf von SINNER (Swiss Protestant Church Federation), Brazil

Rev. SO Shing-yit Eric (Hong Kong Christian Council), Hong Kong

Mrs Angelene SWART (Moravian Church in South Africa), South Africa

*Rev. Dr William TABBERNEE (Disciples of Christ), USA

*Dr Constance TARASAR (Orthodox Church in America), USA

*Rev. Dr Michael TITA (Romanian Orthodox Church), Romania

*Rev. Richard TRELOAR (Anglican Church of Australia/Uniting Church in Australia), Australia

Rev. Claudia TRON (Evangelical Waldensian Church of the River Plate), Argentina

*Rev. Prof. Dr Dorothea WENDEBOURG (Evangelical Church in Germany: Lutheran), Germany

Prof. Dr Gunther WENZ (Evangelical Church of Germany: Lutheran), Germany

*Dr Catrin WILLIAMS (Presbyterian Church in Wales), Wales, UK

*Rev. Dr Chul Ho YOUN (Presbyterian Church of Korea), Korea

Rev. Prof. Dr József ZSENGELLER (Reformed Church in Hungary), Hungary

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