IPS NIFON, the honorary president of AIDRom, elected to the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches
H.E. NIFON is part of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches, following the elections held on September 8, 2022, during the 11th Assembly of the WCC, in Karlsruhe. The WCC Executive Committee has 20 elected members who, together with the leadership of the Central Committee, govern the World Council of Churches and oversee the implementation of its policies and programs. The Executive Committee meets twice a year and its membership includes 48% women and 52% men, 80% ordained and 20% lay, 8% indigenous, 4% disabled and 12% youth.
The newly-elected executive committee members are:
1. Bishop Heinrich BEDFORD-STROHM, Evangelical Church in Germany, moderator
2. Rev. Merlyn HYDE RILEY, Jamaica Baptist Union, vice moderator
3. H.E. Archbishop Dr Vicken AYKAZIAN, Armenian Apostolic Church (Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin), vice moderator
4. Rev. Dr Prof. Neal PRESA, Presbyterian Church (USA), moderator of the finance committee
5. Rev. Karin VAN DEN BROEKE, Protestant Church in the Netherlands, moderator of the programme committee
6. Rev. Rose Marie IBYISHAKA, Presbyterian Church in Rwanda
7. Mr Brian MUYUNGA, Church of Uganda 8. Rev. Joanes OWINO SIANG’A, Presbyterian Church of East Africa
9. H.G. Bishop Bishop THOMAS, Coptic Orthodox Church
10. Ms Don Lam LEN, Myanmar Baptist Convention
11. Rev. Dr Manhong LIN, China Christian Council
12. Bishop Dr Abraham MAR PAULOS, Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar
13. Ms Karen Erina PUIMERA, Protestant Church in Western Indonesia (GPIB)
14. Arhimandritul Filaret BULEKOV, Biserica Ortodoxă Rusă (Patriarhia Moscovei)
15. H.E. Elder Metropolitan, EMMANUEL OF CHALCEDON, Ecumenical Patriarchate
16. Rev. Prof. Dr Fernando ENNS, Association of Mennonite Congregations in Germany
17. Bishop Ingeborg Synove, MIDTTOMME, Church of Norway
18. H.E. Metropolitan Prof. Dr, NIFON OF TARGOVISTE, Romanian Orthodox Church
19. Prof. Dr Marina KOLOVOPOULOU, Church of Greece
20. Pastora Vicepresidenta Mariela Alejandra PEREYRA, United Evangelical Lutheran Church 21. Dr Dr Audeh QUAWAS, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
22. Bishop Sally DYCK, United Methodist Church
23. Bishop Susan JOHNSON, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
24. Rev. Dr Karen Georgia THOMPSON, United Church of Christ 25. Pr. Rev. Armstrong PITAKAJI, United Church in the Solomon Islands.