Bishop Mark S. Hanson - LWF President, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
	Rev. Dr. Ishmael Noko - LWF General Secretary, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe
	Rev. Teresita (Tita) C. Valeriano  -Regional Officer for North America

Information about the North America Regional Office of the LWF

• General Information
  • Regional offices assist LWF member churches within each region to catch the vision of a Lutheran communion. Regional offices are located in Nairobi, Kenya, Singapore, Johannesburg, South Africa, Ngoundere, Cameroon and Chicago, Illinois.
  • The LWF Regional Office in North America was established in April 1998.  
  • The regional office is located at the churchwide offices of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Chicago.
  • The regional officer is  Rev.Teresita Valeriano from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  • The officer serves within the LWF Department for Mission and Development.
  • The office is funded by the LWF, the ELCA (Office for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations and Global Mission Unit) and the ELCIC.
     
• Objectives of The Regional Office
  • Coordination and cooperation among LWF member churches:
  • renewal in church life
  • theological education
  • leadership development
  • sharing of gifts
  • outreach in mission
  • witness of the church in society
     
• Contact Information and Address
  • 8765 West Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631
    Telephone: (773)380-2636
    Fax: (773)380-2410
    E-mail: Teresita Valeriano@elca.org
     
• Members of the North America Regional Committee (NARC)
  • Bishop Cynthia Halmarson (ELCIC)
  • The Rev. Paul Johnson (ELCIC)
  • Bishop Philip Hougen (ELCA)
  • The Rev. Donald McCoid (ELCA)
  • The Rev. Rafael Malpica (ELCA)
  • Dr. Kjell Nordstokke (LWF Staff)
     
• LWF North America Member Churches
  • The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad
    - Archbishop Andres Taul
  • The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
    - Bishop Mark S. Hanson, Chicago, USA
  • The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
    - Bishop Susan Johnson, Winnipeg, Canada
  • The Lithuanian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Diaspora
    - Acting Bishop Valdas Ausra, Chicago, USA
     
• North Americans serving the LWF:
   
  • Members of the 49-member LWF Council -responsible for the business of the Federation in the interim between ordinary Assemblies
    • Bishop Mark S. Hanson (ELCA), LWF President
    • Bishop Susan Johnson, National Bishop of the ELCIC
    • Rev. Emmanuel Grantson (ELCA)
    • Rev. David Pfrimmer (ELCIC)
    • Dr. Barbara Rossing (ELCA), Chairperson, Program Committee for Theology and Studies
    • Rev. Abigail Hoffman (ELCA)
       
  • Advisors to the LWF Council
    • Ms. Linda Brown (ELCA)
      - Finance and Administration
    • Bishop Emeritus Hans Dumpys, Lithuanian Church

    • Rev. Rafael Malpica (ELCA)
      - DMD Program Committee

              - Renewal Committee
     

  • Other members of committees or boards

    • Dr. Belletech Deressa (ELCA)
      - World Service Program Committee

    • Rev. Paul Johnson (ELCIC) and Rev. Abby Zang Hoffman (ELCA)
      - Planning committee for the 2010 LWF Assembly in Stuttgart, Germany

    • Linda Post Bushkofsky (ELCA)

              - Women for Church in Society Regional Coordinator

    • Dr. Charles Miller (ELCA)
      - Consultant to Office for Finance and Administration and member of LWF Endowment   Fund board

    • Amber Kendel (ELCIC) and Kristin Glass (ELCA)
      - Liaisons to the Youth Desk for maintaining communication links between the churches in North America and global young adults.

    • Ms. Kristi Bangert (ELCA)
      - Consultant to Office for Communication Services

    • Bishop Ray Schultz

      - Renewal Committee, Chair
       

  • Staff serving in Geneva

    • Dr. Karen Bloomquist (ELCA)
      - Director of the Department for Theology and Studies
    • Dr. Kathryn Johnson (ELCA)
      - Interim Director, Office for Ecumenical Affairs
       
  • Staff serving elsewhere
    • Mr. Dennis Frado, (ELCA)
      - Lutheran Office for World Community (United Nations New York)
    • Rev. John Halvorson, (ELCA) World Service Field Representative, Ethiopia
    • Rev. Mark Brown, (ELCA) World Service Field Representative, Jerusalem
    • David Mueller, (ELCA) World Service Field Representative, Cambodia
    • Rev. Arthur Leichnitz (ELCIC) The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus
    • Rev. Teresita.Valeriano, (ELCA)
      - Regional Officer for North America, Chicago
       

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