WCC central committee elects executive committee, assembly planners, and midterm evaluators

Replacements for central committee members who resigned, proposed by their respective member churches, were elected. The WCC governing body also elected members of the Mid-Term Evaluation Working Group, as well as the members and co-moderators of the Assembly Planning Committee.

Co-moderators of the Assembly Planning Committee are: H.E. Metropolitan Thomas, Coptic Orthodox Church; and Miriam Weibye, Church of Scotland.

The WCC governing body also elected members and co-moderators of the Assembly Worship Planning Committee. Co-moderators are: Very Rev. Grand Archimandrite Iakovos Krochak,Ecumenical Patriarchate; and Bishop Ryscilla Shaw, Anglican Church of Canada.

Also elected were members of the Governance Review Working Group, which will review the governance structures of the WCC in relation to contextual developments and evolving needs of the fellowship.

Related to the Young People in the Ecumenical Movement Commission, the WCC central committee approved bylaw revisions that clarify roles and responsibilities, as well as provide direction for the work of the commission.

The WCC central committee elected the second executive committee, to begin in November 2026. The executive committee includes the leadership of the central committee.

The second executive committee includes the following:

Leadership of the central committee

Bishop Prof. Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator, WCC central committee
H.E. Archbishop Dr Vicken Aykazian, Armenian Apostolic Church (Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin), vice moderator, WCC central committee
Rev. Merlyn Hyde Riley, Baptist Union of Jamaica, vice-moderator, WCC central committee
Rev. Prof. Dr Neal D. Presa, Presbyterian Church (USA), finance policy moderator
Rev. Karin Van Den Broeke, Protestant Church in the Netherlands, programme moderator

Executive committee members

Rev. Dr Billy Gama (first term), Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Blantyre Synod
Mayamiko Muchombo, Church of the Province of Central Africa
Rev. Liliane Karinga, Anglican Church of Kenya
Rev. Ebenezer Joseph, Methodist Church, Sri Lanka
Jingqin Gu, China Christian Council
Karen Erina Puimera, Gereja Protestan di Indonesia Bagian Barat
Dr Theodora Issa, Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
Rev. Dr Seoyoung Kim, Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea
Rev. Dr Gordon Cowans, United Church of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
H.E. Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, Ecumenical Patriarchate
Rev. Prof. Dr Fernando Enns, Association of Mennonite Churches in Germany
Very Rev. Archimandrite Philaret, Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Bishop Ingeborg Midttomme, Church of Norway
Father Michael Tita, Romanian Orthodox Church
Pastora Mariela Alejandra Pereyra, Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Unida
Maria Yaziji, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
Dr Audeh Quawas, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Bishop Sally Dyck, United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr Karen Georgia Thompson, United Church of Christ
Rev. Dr Semisi Turagavou, Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma