News
3
Apr
COVID-19: Routine helps people with dementia during coronavirus isolation
3
Apr
In this Voices from the Communion spiritual counselor, Rev Kersten Storch of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, discusses how dementia disease may make it difficult for people to understand COVID-19, and why their routine visitors are no longer coming to visit.
3
Apr
COVID-19: Routine helps people with dementia during coronavirus isolation
3
Apr
In this Voices from the Communion spiritual counselor, Rev Kersten Storch of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, discusses how dementia disease may make it difficult for people to understand...
2
Apr
COVID-19: LWF steps up prevention in Kenya refugee camp
2
Apr
As the number of cases of Coronavirus disease continues to rise in Kenya, Lutheran World Federation staff in the densely populated Kakuma refugee camp are stepping up efforts to protect vulnerable...
2
Apr
COVID-19: Solidarity and cooperation should know no borders
2
Apr
In the face of a pandemic that knows no national borders, Lutheran leaders are asking churches to respond by increasing dialogue, discernment, cooperation and solidarity with the most vulnerable.
1
Apr
COVID-19: Encouraging each other in a time of need
1
Apr
A group of 20 pastors from 17 countries has developed into a stable network to share fears and concerns, encourage each other and exchange new ideas for church work, especially now because of the...
31
Mar
HRC: LWF advocates for the rights of the most vulnerable
31
Mar
At the 43rd session of the UNHRC, the LWF organized a side event on access to health and delivered oral statements on climate change and human rights, two issues which LWF has identified as being of...
30
Mar
Leave no one behind in fight against COVID-19
30
Mar
As the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread around the world, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has called for a rapid and inclusive response that protects the human rights...
27
Mar
COVID-19: Churches in U.S. call for end to Middle East sanctions
27
Mar
In light of the growing crisis because of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, an ecumenical coalition of U.S. based Christian churches and agencies working in the Middle East has written to...
26
Mar
COVID-19: LWF calls for donations to support member churches’ response
26
Mar
The LWF is calling for donations to support its member churches in their response to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
25
Mar
COVID-19: LWF joins global UN appeal to help the most vulnerable
25
Mar
The LWF together with other organizations is joining the global appeal of the United Nations (UN) for donations to respond to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The UN is calling for 2...
25
Mar
COVID-19: Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem makes room for emergency
25
Mar
Like hospitals around the world, the Lutheran World Federation LWF Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem has been preparing for the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The hospital...
24
Mar
United in the Lord's Prayer across the globe
24
Mar
LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has joined Pope Francis in a call that Christians worldwide pray the Lord's Prayer simultaneously on Wednesday, 25 March...
20
Mar
COVID-19: Saving lives at Protestant Hospital in Naples, Italy
20
Mar
Italy remains on lockdown following the highest number of infections and deaths from the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak outside of China, where it began.
19
Mar
COVID-19: Being fully the church in times of Coronavirus
19
Mar
As restrictions to contain the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak spread to countries around the globe, LWF leaders have written to all member churches reflecting on the best ways of responding...
18
Mar
COVID-19: LWF World Service calls for donations
18
Mar
In light of the worldwide Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, the LWF humanitarian arm World Service is calling for donations to mitigate the effects in the communities it serves, and to protect...
17
Mar
Women’s Day activities highlighted global gender justice work
17
Mar
Despite difficulties due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, International Women’s Day activities worldwide this month marked a special celebration of the struggle for equal rights and an end to...
16
Mar
Channeling the voices of those most affected by climate change
16
Mar
The Lutheran World Federation has been granted accreditation as an observer to the governing body of the United Nations Environment Programme.
13
Mar
Malawi: Youth wake us up and women keep us moving
13
Mar
The creativity of the The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi (ELCM) youth, the action of its women and the faithfulness of its members is the reason for the church’s record growth over the past 39...
12
Mar
COVID-19: Love and self-discipline needed to protect the vulnerable
12
Mar
LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa and General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge have written to all member churches offering prayers, support and encouragement as they face up to the...
11
Mar
Lutheran and Catholic leaders call on EU to support refugees
11
Mar
Lutheran and Catholic bishops in the Nordic countries have issued an unprecedented joint statement urging Europe’s leaders to act responsibly towards refugees fleeing from violence and conflict...
10
Mar
Molotov Bomb Thrown into Congregation In Chile
10
Mar
On 27 February, the Congregation La Paz of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile was the victim of an attack during a discussion of an upcoming referendum on reforming the national Constitution of...
10
Mar
Recalling Europe’s responsibility to protect refugees
10
Mar
LWF leader, Rev. Dr Martin Junge, has written to European Union heads of state reminding them of their responsibilities under the Geneva Refugee Convention.
9
Mar
Strengthen efforts for gender justice and women’s empowerment
9
Mar
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the LWF, is urgently calling on the international community, governments and its member churches to step up their work towards gender justice and women’s...
6
Mar
Men's voices vital in quest for gender justice
6
Mar
Gender Justice is “a matter of life or death”, so both men and women must work together “to break the silence” about gender-based violence and commit to work toward gender justice. In a message for...
5
Mar
Churches called to combat exclusion, discrimination
5
Mar
Churches around the world today are called to combat “exclusionary, discriminatory narratives and policies”, modelling instead “inclusion as Jesus taught it.” That message was at the heart of a...
4
Mar
LWF General Secretary on solidarity visit to Zimbabwe
4
Mar
Zimbabwe has been suffering from drought in previous years, which has affected food production, putting corn and grain crops at risk, and destroying cattle and livestock. Close to 8 million of its...
3
Mar
LWF Jerusalem centralizes its vocational training in Ramallah
3
Mar
The new LWF vocational training center in Ramallah, Palestine, is about to take shape: On Sunday, 1 March Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and...
28
Feb
Malagasy church mourns loss of pioneer for women’s rights and dignity
28
Feb
Lutheran churches around the globe are mourning the loss of one of Madagascar’s leading theologians and gender justice advocates, Ms Hélène Ralivao, who was murdered on Sunday, 23 February, in the...
