► Bishop of the Central Conference of Central and Southern Europe - Stefan Emanuel Zürcher
He has been bishop of the Central Conference of Central and Southern Europe since 2022. He was born in Solothurn, Switzerland, and grew up on a farm in Rüttenen. He studied at ETH Zurich and at the Methodist Theological School in Reutlingen. He served as pastor from 2000 to 2015 and was appointed superintendent for Northwest Switzerland from 2015 to 2022. Stefan Zürcher is married to Valerie Allenbach and they have four children together.
DISTRICT COUNCIL
► Superintendent, Chair of the ECM District Council, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
She has served as a parish priest in the parish of Prague 2 (2012-2017), the parish of Pilsen 3 (2010) and the parish of Pilsen 1 (1999-2004). Since 2010, she has been involved in the education of lay and clergy within the Institute of Education. She is married and has three adult children.
► Vice-Chairman of the District Council This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., clergy member of the District Council
He confessed Jesus as Lord and has been in the church since 1990. He received spiritual direction and served in the ECM parish in Jihlava. He has been in diaconal ministry since 1999 and in pastoral ministry since 2012. He currently serves in the parish of Jihlava. He is married and has two sons.
► District lay leader This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., lay member of the District Council
As a confessing member of the church he is active in the parish of ECM Pilsen 3, Maranatha congregation. In 2015, he was elected regional leader of the laity. He came to faith in Jesus Christ at the age of 20. He works in Plzeň at Skoda JS a.s. as a technologist. He is married and has three children.
► Bc. Milan Mrázek, clergy member of the District Council
He came to faith in Plzeň in 1992. He worked as a prison chaplain in Plzeň na Borech for 11 years. He started as an assistant preacher in ECM Plzeň 1, then he was a preacher in Tachov and Jihlava. From January 2021 he took over the parish of ECM Prague Strašnice. He is married and has two adult children.
► Mgr. Martina Chlupáčková, lay member of the District Council
She came to faith in 1990 while studying at the Faculty of Law of Charles University. She is a member of the ECM Jihlava and works as a judge. She is married and has two daughters.
THE SECRETARIES OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
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