Konrad Raiser

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Konrad Raiser (right) at the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag 2007 in Cologne
Konrad Raiser (right) at the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag 2007 in Cologne

Konrad Raiser (b. 25 January 1938) is a former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC). Born in Magdeburg, Germany in 1938, Konrad Raiser studied theology and started working with the World Council of Churches, first in the department for Faith and Order. He later became the Deputy General Secretary. Leaving the WCC in 1983, Raiser began to teach theology at Bochum University in Germany until he returned again to Geneva in 1992, this time elected as General Secretary of the World Council of Churches. He served the WCC in this capacity until 2004.

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