Angelika Selle

National Advisor

Angelika Selle, born in Pforzheim, Germany, studied Catholic Theology, German, and English at the University of Freiburg in Germany. She has worked with government officials; held the position of editor in chief of two magazines, the German-language Neue Hoffnung and Today’s World; and taught at an elementary school in Maryland. In 2001, she founded the Prayer in Action Ministry and in 2003 the Interfaith Prayer and Fellowship Ministry in Washington, D.C. In 2004, the Interreligious and International Peace Council bestowed on Mrs. Selle the Crown of Peace Award for “Exemplary Leadership in Reconciliation and Peacemaking” in a ceremony at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. She is also an ordained minister and, from 2010 to 2023, has served as president of WFWP USA and vice president of WFWP International. She now serves as WFWP USA’s National Advisor. In 1983, she settled here in the United States with her American husband, Robert Selle. They are the parents of four children and grandparents to two grandchildren.