The 48th Ordinary Assembly of the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE) was held virtually on Tuesday 8 June in a gathering of the current board (2019-2021 triennial), the Executive Board, delegates, and invited representatives of associate churches and partner organizations.
At the meeting, the assembly elected its Institutional Board for the next three years, composed of: President – Pastor Helivete Ribeiro Pinto Bezerra from the Alliance of Baptists of Brazil (Aliança de Batistas do Brasil: ABB) and Vice-President, Presbyter Eleni Rodrigues Mender Rangel (Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil/Igreja Presbiteriana Independente do Brasil: IPIB). Pastor Cláudio Márcio Rebouças da Silva (United Presbyterian Church of Brazil/Igreja Presbiteriana Unida do Brasil: IPU) will take the role of First Secretary while Deacon Luciano Lima Santana (Roman Apostolic Catholic Church/Igreja Católica Apostólica Romana: ICAR) will occupy the post of Second Secretary.
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Institutional Board for 2021-2024 triennial
Bishop João Câncio Peixoto Filho (Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil/Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil: IEAB) remains with the CESE Board, now as First Treasurer, with Pastor Renato Küntzer (Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil/Igreja Evangélica de Confissão Luterana do Brasil: IECLB) as Second Treasurer. Josileide José dos Santos (Alliance of Baptists of Brazil/Aliança de Batistas do Brasil: ABB) is a newly elected member of the Oversight Committee, alongside Carmem Andréa Blaas Rodrigues (Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil/Igreja EpiscopalAnglicana do Brasil: IEAB), while Júlia Taís Campos Ribeiro de Oliveira (Roman Apostolic Catholic Church/ Igreja Católica Apostólica Romana: ICAR) takes the role of substitute for the committee over this period.