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Leadership Structures of ELCSA (N-T)


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Church Synod
The Bishop and other Members of Church Council ex officio
Members of Ecclesiastical Council ex officio
52 elected lay members
12 elected ordained members
Up to 6 members appointed by Church Council

Synod Council           I
President of Synod Mr Wolfgang Fechter

Deputy to the President Mr Heino Küsel
Secretaries Ms Yvette Mellis and Ms Buyisiwe Matema
Deputy Secretaries Dr Jens von Delft and P Anja Spiske

Church Council (CC)
Bishop Horst Müller                                       III
Deputy to the Bishop P Theo Jäckel              III
President of Synod Mr Wolfgang Fechter  I
Treasurer Mr Ron Küsel                                 I
One ordained member P Petra Röhrs          I
Four lay members            
Dr Hans Schütte                Eastern Circuit   
II
Ms Ann Mokhine                Central Circuit    II
Ms Annette Pfeiffer           Southern Circuit II
Ms Renate Wittenberg      Northern Circuit II

Ecclesiastical Council Bishop Horst Müller                                       III
Deputy to the Bishop Dean Theo Jäckel     III
Dean Ron Küsel            (Southern Circuit)           I
Dean Hugo Filter           (Eastern Circuit)             I
Dean Theo Jäckel         (Northern Circuit)            I
Dean Edwin Dedekind   (Central Circuit)              I

Full time staff of ELCSA (N-T)
Administration
Personal Assistant to the Bishop Ms Liselotte Knöcklein
Bookkeeper Ms Yolanda Killian

Programme Facilitator
vacant

Current Circuit Councils

Northern Circuit Council
Dean Theo Jäckel

Deputy to Dean P Mark Meier
Lay member of Church Council Ms Renate Wittenberg
Deputy to lay member CC Ms Thea Thiele

Central Circuit Council
Dean Edwin Dedekind

Deputy to Dean P Olaf Gieseke
Lay member of Church Council Ms Ann Mokhine
Deputy to lay member CC Mr Alec Gumbie

Eastern Circuit Council
Dean Hugo Filter
Deputy to Dean (Anja Spiske)
Lay member of Church Council Dr Hans Schütte
Deputy to lay member CC Mr Johann Engelbrecht

Southern Circuit Council
Dean Ron Küsel

Deputy to Dean P Manfred Müller- Nedebock
Lay member of Church Council Ms Annette Pfeiffer
Deputy to lay member CC Dr Jens von Delft

Note: I, II and III refers to election by Church Synod for a period of 6 years in the following manner:

I             First meeting of Synod period        (2011)

II            Second meeting of Synod period   (2013)

III          Third meeting of Synod period      (2015)