LWF's response to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
Latest updates, available resource, and information on how to support the LWF‘s efforts to reduce its impact
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LWF elects Estonian Anne Burghardt as new General Secretary
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Election marks first woman and first Central and Eastern European pastor to head global communion of churches
Office of the General Secretary
The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ) was a historic agreement signed by Lutherans and Catholics in 1999, effectively resolving one of the key theological conflicts of the Reformation. Initially a Catholic-Lutheran agreement, it has since been joined and affirmed by three other Christian World Communions, namely the Methodist, Anglican and Reformed churches.
The Thirteenth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation will be held 13 to 19 September 2023 in Poland. The theme of the Assembly will be "One Body, One Spirit, One Hope." It will be hosted by the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland.
LWF welcomes decision by Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland to ordain women
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