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Change of Leadership in the Lutheran World Federation
Bishop Mark S. Hanson Succeeds Bishop em. Dr Christian Krause
  

The newly-elected LWF President, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson, expressed profound gratitude to his predecessor, Bishop em. Dr Christian Krause for his lifelong leadership within the LWF.

“You have built bridges, spoken with clarity your convictions as a Lutheran theologian, listened intently, known when to challenge us, when to encourage us, when to let us struggle and when to bring us together again, and I, as your successor, am profoundly grateful for this legacy that you give to me, to the Federation and the whole world,” Hanson told Krause, former bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick, Germany.

The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), was elected President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) on Saturday, 26 July 2003. He was elected on the first round of a secret-ballot vote, garnering a majority of 267 votes to 111 votes for the second and only other candidate, the Rev. Susan C. Johnson, Vice-President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC). More...   

  
                                                           
  
> Click here for the LWF Tenth Assembly Message, adopted 30 July 2003 in Winnipeg, Canada. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

> Click here for a Compilation of Resolutions and Statements adopted by the LWF Tenth Assembly in Winnipeg, Canada. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

 
                                                           
  
Deep gratitude to the LWF Tenth Assembly host church

> Click here for an expression of thanks by the LWF General Secretary, Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko, to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.

     
                                                           

Welcome to Winnipeg

From 21 to 31 July 2003, delegates from the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches gathered in Winnipeg, Canada, for the LWF Tenth Assembly, hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC). 

Assemblies, considered milestones for, and manifestations of the whole Federation, normally take place every six years. They hold highest authority over LWF policy and activity. 

A theme is chosen for each Assembly. "For the Healing of the World" was the theme for the 2003 Assembly.

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