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Executive Committee 2011 World Communion of Reformed Churches Executive Committee 5-12 May 2011 Geneva, Switzerland TABLE OF CONTENTS Participants iii Members of Core Groups and Committees v Timetable vii Actions of the Executive Committee 1 Narrative record Executive Committee of WCRC 9 Executive Committee of the WCRC Michigan Foundation 45 Documents 1. Address of the President 46 2. Report of the General Secretary 53 Office of Theology, Mission and Communion 3. Report of the Executive Secretary 70 Office of Justice and Partnership 4. Report of the Executive Secretary 75 Office of Communications 5. Report of the Executive Secretary 86 Finance 6. Report of the Finance Coordinator 89 6.1 Audited Accounts 93 Partnership Fund 7. Report of the Partnership Fund 110 Areas 8.1 Report of AIPRAL 118 i Executive Committee 2011 8.2 Report of the Caribbean and North American Council 122 8.3 Report of WCRC Europe 127 8.4 Report of the Northeast Asia Area Council 137 8.5 Report of the Alliance of Reformed Churches in Africa 139 Others 9. Report of the United Nations Ministry 140 10. Membership applications 143 Strategic Planning Team 11. WCRC Strategic Plan 144 Presentations 12. Communion and Justice 172 13. Being Part of a Movement 177 Reports 14. Justice and Partnership Core Group 182 15. Theology, Communion and Mission Core Group 189 16. Communications Core Group 192 17. Finance Committee 201 18. Membership, Constitution and Bylaws Committee 204 19. Partnership Fund Committee 206 20. Personnel Committee 208 21. Officers Meeting 209 Statements 22.1 On Columbia 212 22.2 On the Proliferation of Arms 213 EDITOR’S NOTE Thanks go to Páraic Réamonn, recording secretary, and all the recorders of the various group meetings, as well as to Penny Blachut for her able assistance. Kristine Greenaway, Executive Secretary for Communications ii Executive Committee 2011 PARTICIPANTS President Rev. Dr Jerry Pillay (Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa) Vice-Presidents Mr Helis Hernán Barraza Díaz (Presbyterian Church of Colombia) Ms Yueh-Wen Lu (Presbyterian Church in Taiwan) Rev. Dr Bas Plaisier (Protestant Church in the Netherlands) Treasurer Rev. Dr Gottfried Locher (Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches) Members of the Executive Committee Rev. Dr Peter Borgdorff (Christian Reformed Church in North America) Mr Allan Buckingham (United Church of Canada) Rev. Dr Peter Bukowski (Reformed Alliance, Germany) Rev. Dr Yang-En Cheng (Presbyterian Church in Taiwan) Rev. Mary Fontaine (Presbyterian Church in Canada) Dr Kobus Gerber (Dutch Reformed Church, South Africa) Ms Yael Eka Hadiputeri (Indonesian Christian Church) Rev. Jan-Gerd Heetderks (Protestant Church in the Netherlands) Mrs Najla Kassab Abou Sawan (National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon) Rev. Dr Clifton Kirkpatrick (Presbyterian Church (USA)) Rev. Clayton Leal da Silva (Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil) Rev. Subha Singh Majaw (Presbyterian Church of India) Rev. Cheryl Meban (Presbyterian Church in Ireland) Elder Cheh Liang Mok (Presbyterian Church in Malaysia) Ms Veronica Njoki Muchiri (Presbyterian Church of East Africa) Rev. Dr Elisée Musemakweli (Presbyterian Church in Rwanda) Rev. Gradye Parsons (Presbyterian Church (USA)) Rev. Neal Presa (Presbyterian Church (USA)) Rev. Carola Tron Urban (Waldensian Evangelical Church of the River Plate, Uruguay) Rev. Salome Twum Ofori Danquah (Presbyterian Church of Ghana) Advisers Ms Robyn Ellen Goodwin Rev. Yong-Kyu Kang Rev. Dr William T. Koopmans iii Executive Committee 2011 Consultants Rev. Stephen Kendall Rev. Stephens Lytch WCRC UN Representative Rev. Mark Koenig Strategic Planning Team Moderator Ms Omega Bula Representatives of some member churches and sister organizations Father Gregory Fairbanks, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Vatican Rev. Karen Thompson, United Church of Christ, USA WCRC Staff Rev. Dr Setri Nyomi, General Secretary Ms Kristine Greenaway Rev. Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth Rev. Dr Douwe Visser Mr Yueh Cho Mrs Penny Blachut Mrs Daphne Gnanadason Martin Interpreters Rev. Carlos Sintado Mr Manuel Quintero Recorder Rev. Páraic Réamonn iv Executive Committee 2011 CORE GROUPS Theology, Mission and Jan-Gerd Heetderks Communion Clifton Kirkpatrick Bas Plaisier (Moderator) Clayton Leal da Silva Peter Bukowski Veronica Muchiri Yang-en Cheng Absent (with apology) Kobus Gerber Subha Singh Majaw Yael Hadiputeri Najla Kassab Communication William T. Koopmans Peter Borgdorff (Moderator) Gottfried Locher Alan Buckingham Elisée Musemakweli Yong Kyu Kang Gradye Parsons Stephens Lytch Neal Presa Cheryl Meban Carola Tron Urban Cheh Liang Mok Salome Twum Ofori Danquah Justice and Partnership Absent (with apology) Yueh-Wen Lu (Co-moderator) Yvette Noble Bloomfield Helis Hernán Barraza Diaz (Moderator) (Co-moderator) Allen Nafuki Mary Fontaine COMMITTEES Finance Absent (with apology) Gottfried Locher (Moderator) Allen Nafuki Stephen Kendall Clifton Kirkpatrick Partnership Fund Yueh-Wen Lu Kobus Gerber (Moderator) Stephens Lytch Najla Kassab Cheh Liang Mok Clayton Leal da Silva Veronica Muchiri Bas Plaisier Salome Twum Membership, Constitution and Bylaws Personnel Cheryl Meban (Moderator) Helis Hernán Barraza Diaz Peter Borgdorff Gottfried Locher Yael Hadiputeri Yueh-Wen Lu Gradye Parsons Setri Nyomi Neal Presa Bas Plaisier Elisée Musemakweli Absent (with apology) Carola Tron Urban Yvette Noble Bloomfield v Executive Committee 2011 STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAM Facilitator Omega Bula (Canada/Zambia) Members Peter Borgdorff (USA) Allan Buckingham (Canada – Youth) Clifton Kirkpatrick (USA) Cheryl Meban (United Kingdom) Cheh Liang Mok (Malaysia) Setri Nyomi (General Secretary) Jerry Pillay (President) Bas Plaisier (The Netherlands) Carola Tron Urban (Uruguay) vi Executive Committee 2011 TIMETABLE Theme: “A Communion committed to Justice” Wednesday, May 4 19.00 – 21.00 Officers meeting Thursday, May 5 08.30 – 09.00 Opening worship 09.00 – 10.30 Opening actions and orientation to the WCRC 11.00 – 12.30 Address of the President 13.30 – 15.30 Strategic planning session 1 16.00 – 17.30 Strategic planning session 2 19:00 – 21:00 Introductions, news from churches, nations and regions, followed by a time of prayer Friday, May 6 08:30 – 08.50 Morning worship 09.00 – 10.30 Strategic planning reports to plenary 11.00 – 12.30 Core groups – briefing by executive staff: Communications, Justice, Theology 14.00 – 15.30 Core groups 16.00 – 17.30 Core groups 19:00 – 21.00 Regional caucuses Saturday, May 7 08.30 – 09.00 Worship 09.00 – 10.30 Strategic planning session 3 11:00 – 12.30 Report of the General Secretary 14.00 – 15.30 WCRC Area Council and UN reports 16:00 – 17.30 Executive Committee in closed session 19.00 – 21.00 Strategic Planning Team meeting Sunday, May 8 11.00 – 12.30 Morning worship in Church of Scotland 15.00 – 16:00 Area Council representatives meet with Officers 16.30 – 18.00 Committee meetings: Partnership Fund Membership, Constitution and Bylaws 19.00 Committee meeting: Finance vii Executive Committee 2011 Monday, May 9 08.30 – 09.00 Join Ecumenical Centre worship 09.00 Executive Committee meeting in closed session 10.00 Opportunity to visit the WCRC offices 10.30 – 12.00 Dialogue with the general secretaries of the WCC, the LWF and CEC 13.30 – 15.00 WCRC finances and fundraising 15.00 – 15.30 Core groups to firm up plans for the years 2011 to 2013 16.00 – 17.30 Core groups 19.00 – 21.00 Personnel Committee, WCRC Michigan Foundation trustees Tuesday, May 10 08:30 – 09.00 Worship 09:00 – 10.30 Reflection on communion and justice 11.00 – 12.00 Groups report back with plenary discussions 15.00 Visit to Old Town, Reformation Museum, Saint Pierre Cathedral, and Auditoire de Calvin 18.00 – 21.00 Evening with the Protestant Church of Geneva Wednesday, May 11 08.30 – 09.00 Worship 09.00 Committee meetings: Finance, Partnership Fund, Constitution, Membership and Bylaws 11.00 – 12.30 Committee meetings 14.00 – 15.30 Core groups 16.00 – 17.30 Mission and challenges of Swiss churches, with Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches 19.00 – 21.00 Officers, WCRC Michigan Foundation trustees Thursday, May 12 08.30 – 08.50 Worship 09.00 – 10.30 Committee reports 11.00 – 12.15 Executive Committee of the WCRC Michigan Foundation 12.15 – 13.00 Any other business 14.30 – 15.15 Closing worship viii Executive Committee 2011 ACTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Executive Committee 1. received the Record of Proceedings of the Uniting General Council, with no questions or corrections. 2. received the report of the President (Document 1). Strategic Plan 3. received the report of the Strategic Planning Team (Document 11), with gratitude to the facilitator and the members of the group. 4. affirmed the direction of the Strategic Plan and commended it to the member churches, regional councils, and staff of the WCRC as the guiding document for the work of the WCRC until the next General Council. 5. approved a) the vision and mission statements, b) key directions, c) our renewed way of working (methodologies) and d) programme priorities. 6. directed the General Secretary to work with staff, regions, member churches, partners and others to implement the Strategic Plan. 7. requested the regions and member churches to participate actively in implementing the Strategic Plan in their contexts. 8. directed the General Secretary to work with regions in a plan for regional empowerment, to be approved by the Officers within six months. The plan should include a) considering possibilities for adequate human and financial resources (e.g. part-time staff for some regions), b) conversations with churches on appropriate regional structures where there are no regional councils, and c) looking again at the composition of regional councils. 9. directed the core groups of the different operational offices to draw up an action plan to implement the programme priorities related to their area of responsibility. 10. directed the Officers and the Finance Committee to draw up a Financial Plan in line with the Strategic Plan. 11. referred questions of the location of the Secretariat and how it fits into the Strategic Plan to the Officers and asked them to report to the Executive Committee in 2012.