Consortium and Structure

GlobeTheoLib Consortium

GlobeTheoLib is supported by a Consortium that includes associations of theological seminaries and theological libraries, Christian World Communions, Regional Ecumenical Organizations. Consortium members have signed a Consortium Agreement (pdf).

The founding institutions of GlobeTheoLib are Globethics.net and the World Council of Churches. GlobeTheoLib is legally a project of Globethics.net Foundation, Geneva/Grand Saconnex, Switzerland. The Foundation is exclusively non-profit in nature.

Consortium members are approved by the Globethics.net Foundation and the WCC for a period of three years. The mandate can be renewed.

Consortium members

Founding Institutions

  • World Council of Churches
  • Globethics.net

Member Institutions

  • Anglican Communion
  • Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
  • World Methodist Council (WMC)
  • World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)
  • All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC)
  • Christian Conference of Asia (CCA)
  • Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI)
  • Red Latinoamericana de Información Teológica (RLIT)
  • University Institute ISEDET (Argentina)
  • Conference of Orthodox Theological Schools (COTS)
  • World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions (WOCATI)
  • Forum of Asian Theological Librarians (ForATL)
  • Association for Theological Education in South East Asia (ATESEA)
  • Foundation for Theological Education in South East Asia (FTE)
  • The Association of Theological Institutions in the Middle East (ATIME)
  • Institut Catholique de Paris
  • University Library of Tübingen (VirTheo)
  • Volos Academy for Theological Studies
  • Mission 21 Basel
  • Senate of Serampore College (University), India

Pending Members

  • Conference of European Churches (CEC)
  • Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC)
  • International Federation of Catholic Universities (FIUC)
  • Indian Theological Library Association (ITLA)
  • Bibliothèques Européennes de Théologie (BETH)

Project Leadership

GlobeTheoLib is managed by a Project Leadership group composed of two persons from Globethics.net (one is its Executive Director) and two persons from World Council of Churches (one is the Programme Director for Ecumenical Theological Education, ETE-WCC). The current members of the Project Leadership Group are Dr Christoph Stückelberger, Amélie Vallotton Preisig (Globethics.net), Dr Dietrich Werner, Andreas Waldvogel (World Council of Churches).