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Pastor, General Secretary of WACC
Country of origin
Germany/Canada

Karin Achtelstetter is General Secretary of  the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) in Toronto (Canada)  She is former Director of the Lutheran World Federation and was coordinator for the Media Relations of the World Council of Churches in Geneva (Switzerland)  She has graduated in theology, sociology and psychology and in 2010 she was ordained to the ministry of word and sacrament of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (Germany). In 2011, she was conferred Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa) by the Academy of Ecumenical Indian Theology in Chennai (India).

Current issues

At the 57th film festival Visions du Réel in Nyon the Interreligious Jury has awarded its Prize to the documentary "Dentro" by Elsa Amiel.
Jacqueline Jansen’s ‘Sechswochenamt’ won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the achtung berlin 2026 film festival. The jury awarded a Special Mention to Katrin Sikora’s documentary ‘Schwarze Häuser’.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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