Presidency

The 20-member Governing Board of the Conference of European Churches meets twice annually to oversee the implementation of the decisions of the assembly.

In June, the 2018 Novi Sad General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches elected a new presidency. Rev. Christian Krieger of the Reformed Protestant Church of Alsace and Lorraine was elected president, and as vice-presidents the Rt Rev. Dr Gulnar Francis-Dehqani of the Church of England and Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Rev. Christian Krieger

Rev. Christian Krieger

Reformed Protestant Church of Alsace and Lorraine
President

Rt Rev. Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani

Rt Rev. Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani

Church of England
Vice-President

Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia

Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia

Ecumenical Patriarchate
Vice-President

Governing Board members

  • Rt Rev. Nick Baines, Church of England
  • Rev. Jelle Brouwer, United Protestant Church of Belgium
  • Dr Valérie Duval-Poujol, Federation of Evangelical Baptist Churches of France
  • Rev. Anders Gadegaard, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark
  • Very Rev. Archimandrite Ignatios, Church of Greece
  • Metropolitan Joseph of Western and Southern Europe, Romanian Orthodox Church
  • Prof Petr Kratochvil, Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
  • Rev. Frank Kopania, Protestant Church in Germany
  • Bishop Hovakim Manukyan, Diocese of the Armenian Church of the United Kingdom and Ireland
  • Rev. Alison McDonald, Church of Scotland
  • Mr Tuomo Mäkelä, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
  • Very Rev. Archimandrite Nektarios, Church of Cyprus
  • Dr Aleksandra Pistalo, Serbian Orthodox Church
  • Ms Lea Kathrin Schlenker, Protestant Church in Germany
  • Ms Emma Weaver, Methodist Church in Britain

Electoral reserve

  • Rev. Alfredo Abad, Spanish Evangelical Church
  • Very Rev. Archimandrite Iakovos Andriopoulos, Church of Greece
  • Rev. Ella-Maria Boba, Evangelical Church in Austria
  • Ms Katarzyna Charkiewicz, Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church
  • Rev. Peter Ciaccio, Evangelical Methodist Church in Italy
  • Rev. Dr Vilmos Fischl, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary
  • Ms Karine Harutyunyan, Armenian Apostolic Church
  • Ms Renate Japenga, Protestant Church in the Netherlands
  • Rev. Klaas van der Kamp, Protestant Church in the Netherlands
  • Rev. Rainer Kiefer, Evangelical Church in Germany
  • Ms Maria Mountraki, Orthodox Church of Finland
  • Rev. Gregory Pelushi, Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania
  • Dr Petr Jan Vins, Old-Catholic Church in the Czech Republic

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