News
21
Feb
The LWF Strategy in Bahasa Indonesia and Swahili
21
Feb
The LWF Strategy 2019-2024 is now available in Bahasa Indonesia and Swahili languages, thanks to translation coordinated by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania and the LWF National Committee...
20
Feb
Honduran church models inclusion and opportunities for young women
20
Feb
While controversy continues to surround the planned building of a wall along the southern border of the United States, the Christian Lutheran Church of Honduras is working hard to support young...
15
Feb
India: Sharing the gospel and working for social justice in Tamil Nadu
15
Feb
The Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church is marking two major milestones this year—its 100th anniversary as an independent church body in India, and the consecration of a newly elected leader Bishop...
13
Feb
Germany: The long road to equal rights for women in leadership
13
Feb
The year 2019 marks 100 years since women obtained the right to vote in Germany. While celebrating this significant anniversary, a new study has shown that the country’s Protestant churches still...
5
Feb
Dutch pastor praises faith of refugee family
5
Feb
The family spent 97 days inside a Protestant church before being granted right to remain in the Netherlands
1
Feb
Ethiopia: Symbols of Hope help rebuild lives of young people
1
Feb
The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and the LWF are helping young migrant returnees rebuild their lives through a project called Symbols of Hope
1
Feb
Mexican Lutheran church leader shares his vision of a healing community of believers
1
Feb
Rev. RTH Roberto Trejo Haager, Pastor President of the Mexican Lutheran Church, envisages the Lutheran church in Mexican society today as a healing community of believers
23
Jan
New LWF member: United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod
23
Jan
“Being part of the Lutheran communion allows us to give and receive in every way. We can learn from others and at the same time can offer the gifts the Holy Spirit gave us,” says Bishop Ismael...
23
Jan
Speed limit, electric cars and a forest towards a climate-friendly church
23
Jan
A petition to introduce a 130 km-per-hour speed limit on the German highway is one of the steps the Evangelical Church in Central Germany envisages in an ambitious campaign promoting care for the...
22
Jan
Lutherans in Italy call for compassion to end migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea
22
Jan
The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Italy has called for greater solidarity and compassion to end the tragedy of migrants dying in the Mediterranean Sea.
18
Jan
Churches in Poland call for tolerance after killing of Gdansk mayor
18
Jan
The Polish Ecumenical Council, has urged the country to “stop the spiral of hate” following the brutal murder of the mayor of Gdansk, Pawel Adamowicz.
17
Jan
Tribute to former LWF Vice-President Huberto Kirchheim (1938-2019)
17
Jan
Brazilian church leader Rev. Huberto Kirchheim, former Vice-President of the LWF, died on 14 January at the age of 80.
17
Jan
Zimbabwe Council of Churches calls for end to violence
17
Jan
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches has appealed for an end to the violence which erupted in the capital Harare and the southwestern city of Bulawayo on 14 January, following protests against steep...
16
Jan
A home that connects Lutherans around the world
16
Jan
Rev. Inken Wöhlbrand, the new director of the LWF center, discusses about the center’s work, the potential of ecumenical and international encounters, and how the Luther Garden has woven a worldwide...
15
Jan
USA seminarians reflect on global ecumenism and reconciliation
15
Jan
A group of students and professors from the Wartburg Theological Seminary in Iowa (USA) visited the LWF headquarters in Geneva.
11
Jan
Witnessing through dialogue, education and women’s empowerment in the Holy Land
11
Jan
LWF Council member Ms Sally Azar, from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, explains how much she values the education provided to Christians and Muslims by her church and...
19
Dec
Hospital in Naples marks half century of ‘open arms’
19
Dec
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy, a member of the LWF, has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of a hospital in Naples that provides high quality care for some of the city’s most...
18
Dec
A strong basis to implement climate agreement but the poor have been left behind
18
Dec
Negotiations at the United Nations climate conference in Katowice, Poland, have resulted in guidelines that provide a strong basis to implement the Paris Agreement.
13
Dec
Liberia’s Thursdays in Black campaign amplifies efforts to end gender-based violence
13
Dec
...The launch of a Thursdays in Black campaign by the Lutheran Church in Liberia recently was a public call for action against violence directed at women and girls.
12
Dec
A thriving church beside the devastation of war
12
Dec
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary supports persecuted Christians in Northern Iraq who are returning to the homes they forcibly fled nearly two years ago, following attacks by the Islamic...
7
Dec
Climate change destroys livelihoods and ecosystems, LWF delegates remind world leaders
7
Dec
The planet’s future lies in the balance as world leaders, civil society and climate activists meet in Katowice, a coal mining town in Poland, to figure out how to implement the Paris Agreement on...
6
Dec
Christ at the center of Strasbourg Christmas market
6
Dec
Protestant and Roman Catholic leaders in Strasbourg, France, are working together to remind the nearly 2 million visitors to the city’s famous Christmas market of the true meaning of the holiday...
5
Dec
Government thanks Liberia’s faith-based organizations for education and peacebuilding
5
Dec
The Liberian government has commended faith-based organizations for their critical role in providing education and enhancing peace building in the country.
4
Dec
European church leaders call for welcome of migrants in Christmas statement
4
Dec
The Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe has issued a statement calling on political leaders, churches and European citizens to work toward a more inclusive and welcoming society.
3
Dec
LWF welcomes Bishop July’s election as chairperson of the German National Committee
3
Dec
The LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa welcomes the election of Württemberg Bishop Frank O. July as the new chairperson of the GNC, and thanked the GNC for its vital role of facilitating...
3
Dec
Care for creation and future generations key issues for LWF delegation at COP 24
3
Dec
Ms Pranita Biswasi, LWF’s youth secretary, believes that young people are key agents of change. Reson why it is very significant that the LWF is again sending a youth delegation to COP 24.
30
Nov
COP24: Global church bodies urge transformative action to protect the most vulnerable
30
Nov
Global church organizations WCC, the LWF and ACT Alliance have called for renewed global solidarity and urgency of action to support the communities at the frontline of climate change impacts.
29
Nov
A long tradition of training lay and ordained church workers
29
Nov
Dr. Nikola Schmutzler a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony, reports on theological formation and education for non-theologians, Lutheran worship and the value of international...
29
Nov
Participation of women and men is a theological issue
29
Nov
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony has passed a law to recognize the fundamental issue of gender justice in the composition of church governing bodies.
