The Primate of The Church of the Lord (TCL) Worldwide – His Holiness, The Most Rev. Dr. Rufus Okikiola Olubiyi OSITELU has been elected as the President of the World Council of Churches (WCC) for Africa by delegates at the 11th WCC General Assembly on September 5th, 2022 in Karlsruhe Germany.
Dr. Ositelu is the first African from an African Instituted Church and the first head of Church in Nigeria to occupy the exalted and esteemed position of WCC President for Africa since it was formed in Amsterdam Netherlands in 1948.
He is the incumbent and fourth Primate of The Church of the Lord (TCL) Worldwide, a great ecumenist, he was the former Vice President of the Christian Council of Nigeria.(CCN).
He has also served successfully as a member of WCC central committee – the highest decision making body of the WCC.
The Church of The Lord was one of the very first African Instituted Churches to be admitted as a member of WCC about six decades ago.
The WCC is a fellowship of 352 member churches in over one hundred and twenty (120) countries representing over five hundred and sixty (560) million Christians all over the world.
It was formed to work for the reunion of all Christian churches and to establish a united Christian presence in the world.
The 11th General Assembly with the theme: “Christ love moves the world to reconciliation and unity” started on August 31st 2022 and ends on September 8th 2022 in Karlsruhe, Germany.