Porto Alegre - WCC general assembly

The newly elected Central Committee of the World Council of Churches has elected Brazilian Walter Altmann as moderator and has chosen the members of its Executive Committee.

Walter Altmann, Gennadios of Sassima and Margaretha Hendriks-Ririmasse are, respectively, the new moderator and vice moderators of the WCC central committee.

The election of Altmann was not a surprise since he was one of the favorites for the post.

So I survived the massage which was in fact very nice. I am leaving the hotel in a few hours and will return to Denmark while my Romanian colleague explore the carnival in Rio. For some reason the image upload is currently not work for the Habitus site, but I will upload more pictures to th blog and the image gallery when in Denmark.

Here is a list of the new Executive Committee which was elected by the new Central Committee:

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Africa
Dr Agnes Abuom, Anglican Church of Kenya
Bishop Ivan Manuel Abrahams, Methodist Church of Southern Africa (South Africa)
Pastor Antonio Pedro Malungo, Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola
Ms Iyabo Oyekola, Church of the Lord Aladura Worldwide (Nigeria)

Asia
Rev. Dr Margaretha M. Hendriks-Ririmasse, Protestant Church in the Moluccas (Indonesia)
Ms Hae-Sun Jung, Korean Methodist Church
Bishop Samuel R. Azariah, Church of Pakistan

Caribbean
Ms Nerissa Celestine, Church in the Province of the West Indies (Grenada)

Europe
Bischof Dr Rolf Koppe, Evangelical Church in Germany
Ms Inger Aasa-Marklund, Church of Sweden
Mr Graham G. McGeoch, Church of Scotland

Latin America
Rev. Dr Walter Altmann, Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil

North America
Ms Carmen Rae Lansdowne, United Church of Canada
Rev. Dr Tyrone Pitts, Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. (USA)
Rev. Dr Larry Pickens, United Methodist Church (USA)

Pacific
Rev. Sanele Faasua Lavatai, Methodist Church of Samoa

Eastern Orthodox Churches
Metropolitan Prof. Dr Gennadios of Sassima, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Bishop Dr Hilarion of Wien and Austria (Alfeyev), Russian Orthodox Church
Archbishop Nifon of Targoviste, Romanian Orthodox Church
Bishop Dr Vasilios of Trimithus (Karayiannis), Church of Cyprus
Ms Outi Vasko, Orthodox Church of Finland

Oriental Orthodox Churches
Metropolitan Bishoy, Coptic Orthodox Church (Egypt)
Bishop Vicken Aykazian, Armenian Apostolic Church (Holy See of Etchmiadzin) (USA)