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LMC, P.O. Box 483, Arusha, Tel: +255 (0) 27 250 7603 Tanzania +255 (0) 27 250 7637 Boma Road, Lutheran Centre Fax: +255 (0) 27 254 8107 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lmc.or.tz EDITORS REMARKS Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ our Lord, We are glad to be able to present the LMC Manual 2015. The manual contains everything that you may need concerning the LMC operations in 2015. First, we present the LMC Address page with contact information and information on LMC bank accounts. We want to make you aware of the change of name on our German bank, Evangelische Bank eG (former EKK) but all other information as account number, BIC and IBAN are the same. Then we have the Memorandum of Understanding for easy reference and the minutes of the 11th LMC Round Table in Karagwe. Following section, 6 – 11, you find the much appreciated bible studies and keynote address followed by other addresses and speeches. In the section 12 – 24 we have collected matters concerning finance and policy. We start with the LMC Audited report, budget, reports on funds, projects and bilateral support. New for this year is the BDF (Bachelor of Divinity Fund) Policy and a list of BD students. To conclude this section we have the LMC Financial Manual. Next section, 25 – 27, concerns missionaries, house rent policy and immigration requirements for resident permits. In 28 – 31 we have collected information from ELCT Investments, Audit division report and the ELCT Strategic plan for 2015 – 2025. In the last section we have names of our board members and a list of names and addresses of LMC members and other related organizations. We hope that you will find this manual useful and in accordance with your needs. Arusha, December 2014 Peter Karlsson LMC Secretary LMC MANUAL 2015 1 Table of Contents 1 LMC Address page 3 2 LMC Acronyms & Term Used 4 3 Memorandum of Understanding 5 4 11th Round Table Minutes 9 5 Roll Call 14 6 Bible Studies – Rev Rolf Steffansson 15 7 Key Note Address – Rev Aaron Urio 24 8 Group Discussions 31 9 Welcome Address Presiding Bishop 36 10 Chairperson’s Opening Speech 39 11 LMC Secretary Report 41 12 LMC Audited Report 2013 43 13 Post Audit Report & Management 72 14 LMC Budget 2015 86 15 ELCT Units – Programme Subsidy Budget 2015 92 16 Programme Fund Policy 118 17 CBF Policy 121 18 CBF 2014 Report 123 19 BDF Policy 125 20 BD Students 2014/2015 128 21 LMC Vehicle Fund Policy 131 22 Project Reports 2014 132 23 Bilateral Support 140 24 LMC Financial Manual 148 25 Missionary Personnel 163 26 Missionary House Policy 166 27 Immi on Requirements for Resident Permits 168 28 ELCT Investments and Other M 185 29 ELCT Audit Division Report 189 30 ELCT Strategic Plan 2015 – 2025 203 31 LMC History 1998 – 2014 (Abstract and Summary) 235 32 LMC Board Members 249 33 List of Names and Addresses 250 LMC MANULMCAL 2015 MANUAL 2015 2 2 LMC – LUTHERAN MISSION COOPERATION TANZANIA A joint instrument of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania and her partners Address: LMC P.O. Box 483 Arusha, Tanzania Office Telephones: +255 27 2507603; +255 27 2507637 Telefax: +255 27 2548107 Web Site: www.lmc.or.tz E-mail and mobile phones: Mr. Peter Karlsson, mobile +255 766 85 93 91; +255 684 85 93 91 LMC Secretary E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Sirieli Pallangyo, mobile +255 755 88 00 49 Administrative Officer E-mail: [email protected] Sr. Flaviana Mathew Temba, mobile +255 755 66 68 70 Financial Officer E-mail: [email protected] LMC BANK ACCOUNTS Evangelische Bank eG (EUR Account) Account Name: Seidlerstrasse 6 Lutheran Mission Cooperation Tanzania D-34117 Kassel, Germany Account Number: 5185955 BLZ: 52060410 BIC: GENODEF1EK1 IBAN: DE14520604100005185955 Citibank (USD Account) Account Name: Attention: Baltimore Branch No. 721 Lutheran Mission Cooperation Tanzania 6 St. Paul Street Account Number: 17586378 Baltimore, MD 21202, USA ABA: 254070116 NBC (TZS Account) Account Name: National Bank of Commerce Lutheran Mission Cooperation Tanzania Uhuru Road Branch Account Number: 014103004050 P.O. Box 3004 Arusha, Tanzania SWIFT: NLCBTZTX0T4 KCB Account Name: KCB Bank Tanzania Limited Lutheran Mission Cooperation Arusha Branch Account Number (EUR): 3300546893 P.O.Box 4605, Arusha, Tanzania Account Number (USD): 3300766427 SWIFT: KCBLTZTZ Account Number (TZS): 3301047688 LMC Manual 2015: p 1 LMC MANUAL 2015 3 LMC Acronyms BMW Berliner Missionswerk MGD Morogoro Diocese BDF Bachelor of Devinity Fund MOU Memorandum of Understanding CBF Capacity Building Fund MSD Mwanga School for the Deaf CD Central Diocese NCD North Central Diocese COS Church of Sweden ND Northern Diocese CSSC Christian Social Services Commission NED North‐Eastern Diocese CW Commonwork NLM Norwegian Lutheran Mission DAF Detailed Activity Form NM Northern Member DANM Danmission NMZ North‐Elbian Mission Centre DLM Danish Lutheran Mission NSD Njombe School for the Deaf DME Diocese of Meru NSH New Safari Hotel DMR Diocess in Mara Region NWD North‐Western Diocese DOD Dodoma Diocese ODF Organisational Development Fund ECD Eastern and Coastal Diocese PD Pare Diocese EKM Evangelical Church in Middle Germany RT Round Table ELCA Evangelical Lutheran Church in America SCD South Central Diocese ELVD East of Lake Victoria Diocsese SD Southern Diocese FELM Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission SFGS Scholarship Fund for General Studies IRD Iringa Diocese SWD South Western Diocese KAD Karagwe Diocese TCRS Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service KOD Konde Diocese TUMA Tumaini University Makumira LJS Luterhan Junior Seminary UEM United Evangelical Mission LMW Leipzig Mission UKD Ulanga‐Kilombero Diocese LRC Lutheran Radio Centre VELKD United Evangel Lutheran Churches in Germany MD Mbulu Diocese ZMOe Evangelical Luthera Church in Northern Germany MEW Bavarian Mission Centre for Global Ministries and Ecumenical Relations Terms used at LMC Term Explanation Bilateral support Support to ELCT but not in the LMC budget. Planning, negotiations and reporting is done between involved partners. Designated funds Designated contribution through LMC budget like vehicle fund, CBF and retirement scheme Capacity Building Fund (CBF) Scholarship programme for ELCT employees aiming at offering professional education at certificate, diploma, bachelor or masters level with exeption of Bachelor of Divinity (BD). Each ELCT unit have one candidate each time studing under CBF. Training of church ministers Training of pastors in Bachelor of Divinity (BD) at Tumaini University Makumira (TUMA). Programme Fund Support to core programmes and operations Core programmes ELCT core activities that are financed through LMC. They include Mission & Evangelism, Training Clergy, Women and Children, Diaonia and Christian Education. Operations Support to administrative expenditure (less than 12% of the total programme fund allocation) Joint plans projects Projects with high priority from each unit, needed designated support or allocation from LMC. With the revised MoU the projects are listed for bilateral support. No more Joint plans. Ongoing projects Projects in joint plans that are functioning according to plans Pending projects Project in joint plans that are not going according to the plan. Vehicle fund Plan to renew one vehicles during six year period ODF/EEPRO Funds for organisational development in the ELCT units LMC ManualLMC MANUAL 2015: 2015 p 2 4 Lutheran Mission Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding Between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) and Cooperating Churches, Mission Societies and Agencies 1. Preamble Coordination and cooperation of the work of Tanzanian, American and European partners in God´s Mission have a long history. They are rooted in the mandate of the Great Commission (Mathew 28:18 – 20) and in the understanding that Christ has called us and will accompany us while we participate in His Mission to the World. (Luke 24:13-35). This Memorandum of Understanding defines the cooperation of the partners of Lutheran Mission Cooperation whose legal standing is scheduled to the ELCT constitution. 2. Name The name of the joint forum shall be LUTHERAN MISSION COOPERATION. The abbreviation shall be LMC. 3. Vision The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania and partners united and empowered in God´s Mission. 4. Mission The Lutheran Mission Cooperation shall provide a forum for the ELCT and its partners for mutual sharing of what is necessary to fulfil their call to mission to promote the proclamation of the holistic Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ by word and deed. It shall strengthen the unity between the ELCT units and the partners in God´s Mission, taking into account that we are one body in Christ sharing God’s gifts. 5. Purpose The purpose of the Lutheran Mission Cooperation shall be: 5.1. To coordinate and facilitate cooperation and engagement in God´s Mission 5.2. To provide a forum to meet and to discuss matters of common concern 5.3. To promote mutuality and transparency 6. Membership The membership of churches, mission societies and agencies, which signed the first Memorandum of Understanding of 2006, shall continue unless otherwise indicated. 6.1. A new ELCT diocese, arising from a diocese or mission area, will automatically become a member of LMC 6.2. A church, mission society or agency wishing to be a new member must apply to the LMC Board and be accepted by the Round Table by three quarters of the votes 6.3. Application for membership shall be given to the LMC Board at least one hundred and eighty days prior to the annual LMC Round Table 6.4. Contribution of resources to LMC and signing this MoU are obligations of membership. 6.5. Members shall have the right to speak and vote and should be represented at the Round Table. If a member cannot be present at the RT the vote may be delegated in writing to their appointed representative.