What are the strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and opportunities for Lutheran theology and the Lutheran church in a global context? Contributors from around the world explore issues of helping leaders in the contemporary church understand the shifting ground of Lutheranism in the twenty-first century.
Africa
Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, General Secretary World YWCA
Dr. Elewani Bethuel Farisani, School of Relgion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Rev. Peri Rasolondraibe, Malagasy Lutheran Church, former director LWF Department for Mission and Development
Asia
Rev. Pongsak Limthongviratn, Director for Asian and Pacific Islander Ministries, ELCA Commission for Multicultural Ministries
Dr. J. Paul Rajashekar, Dean, Lutheran Theological Seminary Philadelphia (India)
Central and South America
Rev. Dr. Winston Persaud, Professor of Systematic Theology, Wartburg Theological Seminary (Guyana and the Caribbean)
Rev. Victoria Cortez Rodriguez, Bishop Iglesia Luterana de Nicaragua "Fe y Esperanza" and LWF Vice-President for Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East
Rev. Munib Younan, Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land
Europe
Rev. Maria Jepsen, Bishop, North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Germany)
Rev. Per Lonning, Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church Norway
North America
Rev. Dr. Phyllis Anderson, President, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Rev. Mark Hanson, Presiding Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Rev. Raymond Schulz, National Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Professor Jan Pranger, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota