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www-oikoumene-org-4313		Acceptance of election as general secretary | World Council of Churches			.html	text/html	1887	117	69	Acceptance of election as general secretary | World Council of Churches My wife, Ruth, and our daughter Nkatha, who is also here, and the rest of the family want to join me in thanking you, Moderator, and the Central Committee, for showing confidence that you believe I will be able to serve the Council as the next general secretary. I want to assure you, Konrad, that I have taken keen note of what you said in your report to the Central Committee that the ecumenical calling has become an integral part of your ministry, and that your commitment shall not end when you leave your present task. And because this is not going to be easy, we would want to call on the Central Committee to accompany us in this effort to deepen our spirituality in our lives here in this community. As general secretary, I particularly want to believe, and to call on this Central Committee not just to appoint me and leave me alone.	./cache/www-oikoumene-org-4313.html	./txt/www-oikoumene-org-4313.txt