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Kobia to step down as World Council of Churches head
The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, has announced he will not seek another term as head of the 349-member ecumenical body.The World Council of Churches central committee, which wrapped up its Geneva meeting on Monday, has approved the appointment of a search committee to appoint the next general secretary. The election of a new general secretary is expected to take place at the next central committee meeting in September 2009.
Kobia said on Monday that personal reasons were behind his decision not to seek a second term. The WCC central committee was to consider an extension to his current term, which ends 31 December 2008.
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