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MWC’s member churches and conferences each send one to three delegates (based on the population of the church or conference) to General Council <\/strong>meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This group of church leaders meets every three years to shape the mandate of MWC, share concerns and insights, and worship together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mennonite World Conference: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CONSTITUTION<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Adopted by the General Council, 14 July 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Creation Care Task Force<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Executive Committee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An Executive Committee<\/strong> is elected from the General Council and meets annually. Two members from each continental region are elected from the Council; a President and Vice-President are also elected by the Council. The Treasurer and General Secretary are also members of the Executive Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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General Secretary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u00e9sar Garc\u00eda <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Colombia<\/em>\/Canada<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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President<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henk Stenvers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Netherlands<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vice-President<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lisa Carr-Pries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Canada<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Treasurer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunoko Lin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

United States\/Indonesia<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Continental Adviser<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siaka Traor\u00e9<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Burkina Faso<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Africa representatives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sindah Ngulube<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Zimbabwe<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Samson Omondi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kenya<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Asia\/Pacific representatives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Amos Chin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Myanmar<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sipra Biswas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

India<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Latin America and the Caribbean representatives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Omar P\u00e9rez Reyes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Costa Rica<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Francis P\u00e9rez de Le\u00f3n <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bolivia<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Europe representatives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Wieteke van der Molen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Netherlands<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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J\u00fcrg Br\u00e4ker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Switzerland<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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North America representatives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Linda Dibble<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

USA<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Doug Klassen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Canada<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MWC’s member churches and conferences each send one to three delegates (based on the population of the church or conference) to General Council meetings. This group of church leaders meets every three years to shape the mandate of MWC, share concerns and insights, and worship together. 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