WCC letter to Rev. Dr Hoerschelmann on her appointment as the new General Secretary of the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag

WCC letter to Rev. Dr Hoerschelmann on her appointment as the new General Secretary of the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag

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Tue, 09/29/2026 - 08:00

Geneva, 23 September 2026

Dear Rev. Dr Hoerschelmann,

We learned recently of your appointment as the new General Secretary of the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag, and we write to convey our genuine joy at this good news. We send our hearty congratulations!

We take special pleasure in your long association with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Ecumenical Institute Bossey, as well as your deep knowledge of the global fellowship of churches in Germany and beyond. We are certain that your ecumenical commitments will continue to animate and inspire your work in this important post.

Of course, your appointment speaks well of all the gifts and skills and convictions that you bring to this new post. But it also attests to the promise of renewal and further flourishing of the Kirchentag for the future.

Kirchentag has been for generations a wonderful annual celebration of the gifts of Christian faith, the joys of Christian fellowship, and the great potential for Christian engagement in the…