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\n\u25ba Mission Synod: Sponsoring Associations and Continental Assembly<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\u25ba Mission Synod up to date<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n\tEvelyn Borer
\n<\/strong>President of the Executive Board<\/strong>\nEvelyn Borer (b. 1960) was elected as the new President on July 26, 2024 and installed in office on September 12, 2024. She completed her second term of office as President of the Synod of the Swiss Protestant Reformed Church (EKS) in December 2024, after four years as the country's highest Reformed leader. As President of the Synodal Council, she heads the executive of the Protestant Reformed Church of the Canton of Solothurn and is also active as a leader in her parish of Dornach-Gempen-Hochwald.<\/p>\n
Evelyn Borer held a management position in the social services of the municipality of Reinach (BL) until 2019 and was politically active: For twelve years as a municipal councillor in Dornach at executive level and at parliamentary level as a member of the Solothurn Cantonal Council.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\tAnders Stokholm, Pastor<\/strong>
\nVice President of the Board<\/strong>\nAnders Stokholm (born 1966) was elected to the Executive Board at Synod 2024. He has been mayor of Frauenfeld, Thurgau, since 2015. Anders Stokholm studied theology in Zurich from 1983-1990 and completed his vicariate at the Grossm\u00fcnster. He then worked as a parish priest in Stein am Rhein from 1991-1998. From 1998-2002, he worked as an editor at the Reformed Press in Zurich and trained as a qualified journalist MAZ. From 2002-2008 he headed the Zukunft Thurgau Foundation and from 2008-2015 he was Director of the Thurgau Social Insurance Center. With Mission 21, he would like to expand his social work in a global context.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\tDr. Barbara Becker
\nMember of the Board<\/strong>\nBarbara Becker (born 1954) is a retired agricultural scientist and has been a member of the church council of the Protestant Reformed parish of Zurich since 2019. She is responsible for parish affairs and OeME (ecumenism, mission and development) and is therefore also the contact person for Mission 21. Until her retirement, she was responsible for cooperation with developing countries at ETH Zurich. She was involved in research and development projects in Africa (Kenya, Senegal) and Latin America (Peru, Colombia, Bolivia) as well as in political consulting and research management.<\/p>\n
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\n\tSandro Bugmann<\/strong>
\nMember of the Board<\/strong>\nSandro Bugmann (born 1998) was elected as a member of the Board of Directors at Synod 2024. He works as an investment advisor at a cantonal bank. He has been a member of the Council of the Swiss Protestant Reformed Church (EKS) since July 2025. He is responsible for Finance and Solidarity.<\/p>\n
From 2022 to 2025, Sandro Bugmann was a church councillor for the Evangelical Church of the Canton of Schwyz, where he was responsible for finance and insurance. He was previously active as a synod member and youth leader in his parish. He is also a member of the editorial committee of the Kirchenbote.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\tDr. Gerhard B\u00fctschi-Hassler
\n<\/strong>Member of the Board<\/strong>\nGerhard B\u00fctschi-Hassler (born 1955) is an independent management consultant in the field of marketing and communications. He has been a lecturer in communications management in Switzerland and abroad, as well as a consultant to the Tanzanian government for training courses for those responsible for communications in the presidency and ministries. Gerhard B\u00fctschi is a church councilor of the Reformed Church of Aargau and a synod member of the EKS.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\tChristoph Knoch, Pastor<\/strong>
\nMember of the Board<\/strong>\nChristoph Knoch (born 1957) was elected as a member of the Board at Synod 2024. He is a full professor of the Reformed Church of the Canton of Bern and a retired pastor. He completed his studies in T\u00fcbingen and Bern and was a theological student at Dormitio Abbey in 1979\/80. From 1986-2002 he was pastor in Langendorf (SO) and from 2002-2022 he was pastor in Muri-G\u00fcmligen near Bern. Christoph Knoch is President of the Association of Churches in the Canton of Bern and Vice President of the Interreligious Association of Switzerland (IRAS COTIS). He regularly takes photographs for church media and lives with his family in Bern.<\/p>\n
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\n\tMichal Maurer, Pastor<\/strong>
\nMember of the Board<\/strong>\nMichal Maurer Pfenninger (born 1993) worked as a pastor in the diaspora congregation in Sargans, Mels, Vilters-Wangs and since January 2024 she has been working as a hospital chaplain at Zurich City Hospital. She studied at the universities of Zurich, Basel and Strasbourg and was involved in the YMCA for a long time. Interested in languages and people, she has traveled extensively. Michal Maurer-Pfenninger is associated with Mission 21 through a trip to Cameroon and her work as a youth ambassador.<\/p>\n
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\n\tJohannes Blum-Hasler, Prof. Dr. med.<\/strong>
\nHonorary President of the Board of Directors<\/strong>\nProf. Dr. Johannes Blum-Hasler completed his term of office as President of the Board of Mission 21 on June 30, 2024. The Synod elected him Honorary President for life for his services.<\/p>\n
Johannes Blum (b. 1955) was elected by the synod on June 10, 2015, as the new president of the board of which he has been a member since 2012. Previously, he served as president of the Mission 21 supporting association Evangelical Mission in the Kwango, EMIK. Johannes Blum worked as a tropical doctor with training function at the H\u00f4pital de Vanga in the DR Congo from 1987 to 1991. Since 1991 he has been working at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, currently as senior physician and head of the polyclinic. He is a lecturer at the Medical Faculty of the University of Basel. Johannes Blum undertakes annual missions to the DR Congo and other African countries for medical training and research.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\tFrieder Vollprecht, Pastor
\nMember of the Board<\/strong>\nFrieder Vollprecht (born 1960) is pastor of the Herrnhut Societies of Basel and Bern and collaborates in the House of Religions in Bern. Frieder Vollprecht worked in parish ministries in Herrnhut, Berlin and Neuwied am Rhein. From 1997 to 2002 he was parish pastor and lecturer in church history at the theological seminary of the Brethren community in Paramaribo (Surinam). In addition, he looks back on twelve years in the Herrnhut church leadership for continental Europe. He has been associated with Mission 21 for many years, among other things as a member of the board of the supporting association \"Herrnhuter Mission\".<\/p>\n
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\n\tMarianne Wagner, Pastor<\/strong>
\nMember of the Board<\/strong>\nPastor Marianne Wagner M.A. (born 1962) was elected to the Board at Synod 2024. She has been a Senior Church Councillor of the Protestant Church of the Palatinate (Prot. Landeskirche) since 2016 and heads the personnel department of her church.
\nShe studied Protestant Theology and Romance Studies in Mainz and Valencia.
\nAfter her vicariate, she taught Protestant religion at the vocational school in Neustadt\/Weinstrasse, after which she was a pastor at the Stiftskirchen parish in Neustadt.
\nFrom 2002 to 2016, Wagner headed the Parish Office for World Mission and Ecumenism in the Missionary-Ecumenical Service of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate in Landau. She was responsible for ecumenical relations between the Palatinate regional church and partner churches and organizations in Bolivia, Ghana, South Korea and West Papua, as well as for development projects. She has been in contact with Mission 21 ever since.\n\n\t\t\tManagement\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\tJochen Kirsch, Pastor<\/strong><\/p>\n
Director<\/strong><\/p>\n
Jochen Kirsch has led Mission 21 as director since September 2019. Previously, he was head of the International Relations Department at Mission 21. From 2004 to September 2014, he held various positions in this department: team leader for Africa, program officer for Cameroon, Nigeria and South Sudan, and thematic officer for HIV and theological education. Most recently, Kirsch was also responsible for the area of religion and development.<\/p>\n
\u25ba E-mail<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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\nGaby Ullrich<\/strong><\/p>\n
Head of the \"Marketing and Communication\" department and contact person for media inquiries, Deputy Director<\/strong><\/p>\n
Gaby Ullrich has been Head of Marketing and Communications at Mission 21 since May 2019. Gaby Ullrich originally studied business administration and marketing and has many years of diverse management experience in marketing, communications and fundraising in the private sector (airlines, advertising, financial services) as well as with well-known Swiss NPOs. She completed further studies in Nonprofit Management and Law at the University of Basel in 2015 and is currently studying Ethics at the University of Zurich.<\/p>\n
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\n\tDr. Am\u00e9l\u00e9 Eku\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n
Head of the \u201eEducation Exchange Research\u201c department\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n
With a doctorate in theology and a degree in African studies, specializing in intercultural theology, ecumenical studies and ethics, she has extensive international teaching and research experience. She has headed the Department of Education, Exchange and Research since July 2025. Prior to that, she was Director of Studies at the Mission Academy, Research Assistant at the University of Hamburg and, from 2007 to 2019, Professor at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey. Most recently, she worked as academic dean at a foundation for ethics in Geneva.<\/p>\n
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\nKatharina Gfeller<\/strong><\/p>\n
Head of the \"International Relations\" Department<\/strong><\/p>\n
Katharina Gfeller has headed the International Relations department since September 2019. Prior to that, she was Team Leader Asia, responsible for projects and programs in Indonesia, Hong Kong and Malaysia. With a degree in social geography, she worked for two years as a peace specialist in Indonesia and completed an MAS course in nonprofit management.<\/p>\n
\u25ba E-mail<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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\nMyriam Pellet<\/strong><\/p>\n
Head of personnel<\/strong><\/p>\n
Myriam Pellet has been working as Head of Human Resources at Mission 21 since November 2016. In addition to training as a business economist and further training as a human resources manager, she has many years of diverse professional experience in the field of human resources in an international environment.<\/p>\n
\u25ba E-mail<\/a><\/p>\n
Daniel Tschumper<\/strong><\/p>\n
Head of Finance<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nDr. Barbara Heer<\/strong><\/p>\n
Head of Staff Office Women and Gender<\/strong><\/p>\n
Barbara Heer has been working at the Mission House since June 2021. She holds a doctorate in ethnology and has conducted research on cities in southern Africa, taught at the University of Basel, and worked in intercultural and interreligious dialogue at the parish level. As a member of parliament in the canton of Basel-Stadt, she is committed to gender justice.<\/p>\n
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\nSince Mission 21 was founded in 2001, the ministry has had a Women and Gender staff unit. Gender justice is a guiding principle for all Mission 21 development programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Attached to the Directorate Department, the staff unit therefore works in close cooperation with the International Relations Department towards a world free of gender-based discrimination and violence. The task of the staff unit is to guarantee that the concerns and living situations of women are taken into account in the planning, design and implementation of programs.<\/p>\n
\u25ba Staff unit Women and Gender<\/a><\/p>\n
Advisory Board Gender Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Advisory Board Gender Justice advises Mission 21 as an expert body. Its task is to support the strategic orientation of Mission 21 for gender justice and gender mainstreaming. The four coordinators of the Continental Assemblies, representatives of the Mission 21 Board of Directors, and external gender experts participate in the Board. The board meets online three times a year and works on a voluntary basis.
The Advisory Board is intended to further strengthen Mission 21's work for gender justice and to increase its international focus at the strategic level.<\/p>\n\u25ba Members of the Advisory Board Gender Justice<\/a><\/p>\n
Until spring 2023, the Expert Commission Women and Gender (FaKo) supported the staff unit as a dedicated body for many years. The members of the commission during the last term of office can be found at here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u25ba An appreciation of the work of the Expert Commission took place in February 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tRegional office Bern\t<\/h2>\n\t
The Berne regional office of Mission 21 is integrated into the \"Ecumenical Mission and Development Cooperation\" (OeME) department of the Reformed Churches of Berne-Jura-Solothurn. The Bern Regional Office makes the World Church tangible in Bern parishes. In particular, the focus is on educational and project work with youth and young adults.<\/p>\n
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