Leaders in
the Church
Governing the Church
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana is governed first by its Annual Convention which meets in May of each year with delegates coming from each parish. The Convention elects a President of the Church, who is a pastor who also serves one of the parishes. They also elect other officers and members of the Executive Council which governs the church in the interim between Conventions.
In May, 2010 the following persons were elected to the Executive Council:
| President: | The Rev. Paul D. Moonu, Pastor of Ebenezer Parish |
| Vice-President: | Ms. Sandra Kurtzious, attorney, member of Redeemer Parish |
| Secretary: | Mr. Samuel J. Goolsarran, member of Redeemer Parish |
| Treasurer: | Michael Davy Ram, member of St. Andrew ParishMr |
| Member: | The Rev. Leroy Nicholson, Pastor of Advent Parish |
| Member: | The Rev. Diana Liverpool, Pastor of Transfiguration Parish |
| Member: | Mr. Joseph Bedessie, member of Transfiguration Parish |
| Member: | The Rev. Sugrim Joseph Gobin, pastor of St. Matthew Parish |
| Member: | Dyanand Mohandatt, member of Ebenezer Parish |
How the ELCG is organized
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana consists of 14 parishes. A parish is a geographical region of the church. Most parishes have several congregations in them with one pastor or acting pastor. Currently there are six Guyanese pastors and one missionary pastor serving the church which means that some pastors are having to serve as Acting Pastors in parishes without a resident pastor. There are three parishes which have a single congregation because the parish is of sufficient size to warrant having one pastor. Those parishes are Ebenezer, Calvary and Redeemer.
In the parishes there are deacons, deaconesses and lay preachers who assist the pastors by conducting services and have other responsibilities in the parish, keeping the pastor informed of any critical situations.
Parishes and Pastors of the ELCG
More detailed information about the pastors can be found at: http://www.elcguyana.org
CALVARY PARISH ASCENSION PARISH The Parish includes: REDEEMER PARISH ST. ANDREW PARISH The Parish includes: ST. MATTHEW PARISH The Parish includes: ADVENT PARISH The Parish includes: GOOD SHEPHERD PARISH The Parish includes: | REFORMATION PARISH EBENEZER PARISH TRANSFIGURATION PARISH The Parish includes: ST. JOHN PARISH The Parish includes: ST. MICHAEL PARISH EMMANUEL PARISH The Parish includes:
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