Arusha, Tanzania, 25-30 June 2008
Day 2 - Thursday 26 June
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Churches Asked to Pray for Zimbabwe on 6 July
On the eve of the scheduled presidential run-off election in Zimbabwe on 27 June, the Council of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has called for the urgent establishment of a peace building process in the country, incorporating all national actors, regional organizations and the international community.
In a 26 June Public Statement, the Council urged the international community to exercise its legitimate role in addressing the crisis in the country.
“The world must not stand idly by, as it did during the genocide in Rwanda, and watch the unfolding of a human catastrophe,” stated the Council in a 26 June Public Statement.
The Council pointed out that the result of any presidential run-off election conducted under the current circumstances should not be recognized by the international community. More...
LWF General Secretary Urges Lutheran Communion
to Remain Focused on Food Security
 LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko. © LWF/D.-M. Grötzsch |
In a wide-ranging report to the Council of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), General Secretary emphasized the critical role of the LWF in remaining focused on the underlying causes of food security and their impact especially on the poor.
“Food security or ‘food sovereignty’ may be emerging as one of the major challenges of the 21 st century,” said Noko in his report to the Council on 27 June. While international media attention may have shifted from the current global food crisis by the time of the LWF 11 th Assembly in Stuttgart, Germany, under the theme “Give Us Today Our Daily Bread,” the underlying causes and their tragic effects will remain. More...
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Human Trafficking, Corruption and Inter-Religious Dialogue Elaborated as Delegates Discuss General Secretary Report
The crisis in Zimbabwe, corruption, human trafficking and inter-religious dialogue were some of the key issues delegates at the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council meeting in Arusha, Tanzania singled out as key concerns from the general secretary’s report.
In his report to the Council, LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko had pointed out that the meeting’s theme, “Melting Snow on Mount Kilimanjaro: A Witness of a Suffering Creation,” provoked the Lutheran church to re-examine its roles and activities in the face of a crisis. While referring to the LWF president’s address, he noted the crisis was no longer looming, but was already with the people. More...
LWF Renewal Committee Report
Outlines Theological and Governance Implications
Presenting its second draft report to the Council, committee chairperson Bishop Raymond Schultz, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, explained the renewal process aims to develop ways to organize the common life and work of the Lutheran communion so that all churches and related organizations of mission and diakonia take responsibility for these functions.
The draft report is subdivided into three sections elaborating the theological foundation; governance principles and secretariat management. It includes a summary of responses to a series of questions inviting reflection and response from the LWF member churches and related organizations. More...
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