An active lay or ordained member of one of the member churches of the WCC, the general secretary is expected to be a gifted, skilled and experienced Christian theologian and leader with deep spiritual discernment grounded in Scripture and prayer.
A full description of the position’s role, responsibilities and requirements has been sent to the council’s member churches and posted online on the organization’s Web site.
The new WCC general secretary will be elected at the council’s Central Committee meeting in Geneva, Aug. 26-Sept. 2, 2009. At the February 2008 Central Committee meeting a search committee was formed after the current general secretary, Samuel Kobia, announced he would not seek a second term in office.
Nominations of potential candidates by churches and candidates’ applications must be addressed to the moderator of the search committee, Agnes Abuom. The search committee will screen applications and short-list candidates at the beginning of April, while interviews are expected to take place in late June.
