LWF EleVENTH ASSEMBLY Stuttgart, Germany, 20–27 July 2010 Give Us Today Our Daily Bread Official Report The Lutheran World Federation – A Communion of Churches Give Us Today Our Daily Bread Official Report THE LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION – A COMMUNION OF CHURCHES Published by The Lutheran World Federation Office for Communication Services P.O. Box 2100 CH-1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.lutheranworld.org Parallel editions in German, French and Spanish Unser tägliches Brot gib uns heute! – Offizieller Bericht Donne-nous aujourd’hui notre pain quotidien – Rapport officiel Danos Hoy Nuestro Pan de Cada Día – Informe Oficial Editing, translation, revision, cover design and layout by LWF Office for Communication Services Other translation, revision by Elaine Griffiths, Miriam Reidy-Prost and Elizabeth Visinand Logo design by Leonhardt & Kern Agency, Ludwigsburg, Germany All Photos © LWF/Erick Coll unless otherwise indicated © 2010 The Lutheran World Federation Printed in Switzerland by SRO-Kundig on paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (www.fsc.org) ISBN 978-2-940459-08-7 Contents Foreword .......................................................................................7 Address of the LWF President .......................................................9 Address of the General Secretary ...............................................19 Report of the Treasurer ..............................................................29 Letter to the Member Churches .................................................39 Message from the Eleventh Assembly ....................................... 41 GIVE us today our daily bread .......................................................................... 41 Give US today our daily bread ..........................................................................42 Give us TODAY our daily bread ........................................................................43 Give us today our DAILY bread ........................................................................44 Give us today our daily BREAD ........................................................................45 Action on the Legacy of Lutheran Persecution of “Anabaptists” ..... 47 Mennonite World Conference Response ..................................49 3 LWF Eleventh Assembly Report Service of Repentance ................................................................ 51 The Costs of Persecution and Its Legacies ......................................................... 51 Seeds of Reconciliation and Peace ....................................................................53 Adopted Resolutions ..................................................................55 Statements ..................................................................................65 Public Statement on “Daily Bread” Instead of Greed: An LWF Call for Economic and Climate Justice ..................................................65 Public Statement on Illegitimate Debt and the International Financial Crisis ........69 Public Statement on the Deaths at the Duisburg “Love Parade” .........................70 Eleventh Assembly Matters Referred to the LWF Council ......... 71 Promoting Sustainable Practices ....................................................................... 71 LWF Visibility and the Role of Youth ..................................................................72 Renewing the Current Form of the Assembly ....................................................72 Ecumenical Conciliar Cooperation ....................................................................73 Theological Formation ......................................................................................73 A Meeting of Assembly Youth Delegates ..........................................................73 Keynote Address – Give Us Today Our Daily Bread Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams ...............................75 Responses to the Keynote Address ........................................... 81 Ms Inga Marie Nordstrand, Church of Norway .................................................. 81 Ms Jeannette Ada, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon ...........................83 Public Hearings ...........................................................................85 Call to Action on Climate Change and Food Security ........................................85 Churches Urged to Intensify Efforts in Global Response to HIV and AIDS .......... 87 Lutherans Ponder Illegitimate Foreign Debt as a Justice Issue ............................89 Message from the Women’s Pre-Assembly ................................ 91 On Reformation and Transformation ................................................................. 91 Women in Leadership ......................................................................................92 Human Trafficking ............................................................................................92 Food Justice .....................................................................................................93 Message of the Pre-Assembly Youth Conference ......................95 Sustainability ...................................................................................................96 Gender Justice ................................................................................................. 97 LWF Visibility and the Role of Youth ..................................................................98 Conclusion .......................................................................................................98 4 Acceptance Speech of LWF President-Elect ...............................99 Address of LWF General Secretary-Elect ................................. 101 Sermons ....................................................................................111 Opening Eucharistic Service ............................................................................ 111 Celebratory Worship Service ...........................................................................113 Closing Eucharistic Service .............................................................................115 Ecumenical Greetings ...............................................................117 Message from the Ecumenical Patriarch ..........................................................117 Greeting from the Roman Catholic Church ...................................................... 119 Greeting from the World Council of Churches ..................................................121 Message from the World Communion of Reformed Churches .........................123 Greeting from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists ..................125 Greeting from the LWF German National Committee ..................................... 127 Greeting from the Evangelical Church in Germany .......................................... 129 Greeting from the International Lutheran Council .............................................131 Greeting from the Pentecostal Churches ......................................................... 133 Greeting from the Organization of African Instituted Churches ....................... 135 Greeting from Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia ..................................................... 137 Greeting from the World Young Women’s Christian Association ..................... 139 Expression of Gratitude ............................................................ 141 Governing Bodies of the Lutheran World Federation ...............145 The Assembly (Art. VII) .................................................................................. 145 The Council (Art. VIII) ..................................................................................... 145 Members of the Council .................................................................................146 The Executive Committee/Meeting of Officers ............................................... 147 List of Participants By Alphabetical Order.....................................................................................151 By Category ................................................................................................... 173 Assembly Day-by-Day Day One: 20 July .............................................................................................10 Day Two: 21 July ..............................................................................................16 Day Three: 22 July ............................................................................................22 Day Four: 23 July ..............................................................................................34 Day Five: 24 July ..............................................................................................52 Day Six: 25 July ................................................................................................92 Day Seven: 26 July ......................................................................................... 102 Day Eight: 27 July ...........................................................................................106 5 LWF Eleventh Assembly Report 6 Congregants at a 23 July eucharistic service. © LWF/Ratna Leak Foreword General Secretary Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko The Lutheran World Federation’s Eleventh all may eat and celebrate responsibly God’s gifts Assembly in Stuttgart in July under the poi- intended for all. This urgent reminder by Rev. Shu- gnant theme, “Give us today our daily bread,” Chen