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14 May
African pastors serving Lutherans in Thailand
Member Churches, member relations, cross-regional relationships, south-south cooperation
14 May
Two Lutheran World Federation churches are breaking the traditional mission partnership mold.
14 May
African pastors serving Lutherans in Thailand
Member Churches, member relations, cross-regional relationships, south-south cooperation
14 May
Two Lutheran World Federation churches are breaking the traditional mission partnership mold.
14 May
African pastors serving Lutherans in Thailand
Member Churches, member relations, cross-regional relationships, south-south cooperation
14 May
Two Lutheran World Federation churches are breaking the traditional mission partnership mold.
9 May
“Encourage the churches to be churches for others”
church, Finland, development, Tanzania
9 May
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (Felm as it is known abroad) will celebrate its 160th anniversary next year. With 100 staff abroad and 100 in Finland, FELM works in 30 countries worldwide.
2 May
Thailand: First Lutheran women ordained into ministry
WICAS, Women in Church and Society, Women's Ordination, church, Gender, Women
2 May
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thailand, a member church of the LWF, has called its first women into the ordained ministry of word and sacrament.
27 Apr
“Despite all our differences we are one”
Scholarships, Communion, church, ecumenical relations
27 Apr
GNC/LWF scholarship-holders meet in Hanover
19 Apr
Be the voices and hands of hope!
church, Refugees, Syria, Syria Crisis, Syria Crisis. Refugees, refugee camp, internally displaced people, IDP
19 Apr
The Church of Norway has issued a striking plea to the country’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg to show courage by offering a concrete welcome to refugees to the Scandinavian nation.
17 Apr
Young Germans urged to run for congregation councils
election, Elections, Youth, Youth Participation
17 Apr
“Young, Protestant, with something to say?
11 Apr
LWF youth call for revival of churches
Youth, Youth Participation, Global Young Reformers Network, Twelfth Assembly, LWF Twelfth Assembly, Assembly, Youth pre-Assembly
11 Apr
Lutheran youth have started the discussion on revival in the church.
10 Apr
Lutherans in Russia assist people with disabilities
Diakonia, People with Disabilities, disability, psychosocial support
10 Apr
A small Lutheran congregation in Tolyatti, west Russia, has taken up the challenge of being an inclusive congregation, providing vital support for disabled young adults.
9 Apr
DMD director Fidon Mwombeki elected general secretary of All Africa Conference of Churches
Rev. Dr Fidon Mwombeki, All Africa Conference of Churches
9 Apr
Rev.
5 Apr
Church in Paraguay pledges to support new anti-violence law
gender-based violence, faith and women’s empowerment, Gender Justice & Women’s Empowerment, Network of Women and Gender Justice of the Lutheran churches in Latin America and the Caribbean
5 Apr
Paraguay has brought into force new measures to curb violence against women and girls, a move the Evangelical Church of the River Plate says it supports.
28 Mar
Icelandic Youth collect for Uganda
HIV/AIDS, HIV, HIV and AIDS, Uganda, development, Children, Youth
28 Mar
Solidarity from the northernmost country of the world to sub-Saharan Africa: Young Lutherans from Iceland have raised 500,000 IKR (5,000 USD) to support a program of the LWF World Service in Uganda.
28 Mar
Renewed optimism for Costa Rican church
Lutheran Costa Rican Church, Governance, Assembly
28 Mar
The Costa Rican church has new governance and renewed optimism for the future.
27 Mar
Young people against gun violence
peace building, Peace-building, peacebuilding, Youth, United States, ELCA, Bishop, Violence, Peace
27 Mar
Young Lutherans were among the many coming together and lending their voices to the March for Our Lives in Washington D.C. and other cities across the United States.
26 Mar
“From the cross comes life”
Lund Cross, Cross, El Salvador
26 Mar
Artist Christian Chavarría explains the symbolism of Salvadoran crosses
23 Mar
Finding interpretations of the Bible for today
Lutheran identity, Bible Study, Wittenberg, LWB-Zentrum Wittenberg
23 Mar
Two weeks with other Lutheran theologians from around the world, studying biblical texts, as well as the writings of Luther and discovering their relevance for theology in the 21st century.
20 Mar
Churches in France open “Humanitarian Corridors”
refugees protection, Refugees, Refugees. Displaced person, civil war, Humanitarian space, Advocacy
20 Mar
Churches in France, among them the LWF member church, have united to welcome refugees to the country. The “Humanitarian Corridors” project follows a similar example from Italy.
19 Mar
Reading the Bible with Luther in different cultural contexts
Lutheran identity, Bible Study, Wittenberg, LWB-Zentrum Wittenberg
19 Mar
“Martin Luther’s approach to the Bible follows a long-standing tradition among scholars, but in a number of ways it is unique for his time,” Prof.
13 Mar
LWF Center remains in Wittenberg after reformation anniversary
LWB-Zentrum Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Reformation, German National Committee, Lutheranism
13 Mar
The Lutheran World Federation will remain in Wittenberg for the coming ten years.
27 Feb
Strengthen communion by working more closely together
LWF Vice-President, Women, Women in Ordained Ministry, Ordained Ministry, Africa, Cameroon
27 Feb
The Lutheran communion in Cameroon would be strengthened if its two member churches worked more closely together, say LWF Vice President for Africa, Rev.
16 Feb
Proud to be Lutherans in the Middle East
Holy Land, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, Middle East, AVH, church, LWF member churches, Bishop, Jerusalem, Palestine, Palestinian homes, Jordan
16 Feb
Bishop Ibrahim Azar has been installed as the new bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land , following the departure of Bishop Munib A. Younan from the post.
15 Feb
Together, we can do so much
LWF member churches, humanitarian support, humanitarian relief, Interfaith, Ecumenical, IDP, internally displaced people, emergency, Rakhine Crisis, Muslim, Buddhism, Myanmar, President Myanmar 2018, DWS Myanmar, Lutheran Church of Myanmar, Myanmar Lutheran Church, Asia, World Service, Peace, peace building, Peace-building, peacebuilding, LWF President
15 Feb
The LWF has proved itself an organization recognised for high quality work and for networking with diverse groups of people, Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa says.
12 Feb
Empowering young people to train LWF Peace Messengers
Peace Messengers, Peace, peace building, Peace-building, peacebuilding, Youth, Interfaith, Muslim, Christian, Jerusalem, inter-religious dialogue, Interreligious Dialogue
12 Feb
The Lutheran World Federation has released a Peace Messenger training manual.
9 Feb
Humanitarian aid should not be politicized
Advocacy, United States
9 Feb
In a letter sent this week to U.S. President Donald Trump, Christian denominations and organizations in the United States of America, urge the U.S. government to release $65 million in U.S.
7 Feb
LWF president urges member churches to stand united in Myanmar
LWF President, LWF member churches, Member Churches, peace building, peacebuilding, President Myanmar 2018
7 Feb
On his visit to Myanmar, Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa, president of the Lutheran World Federation, called upon the LWF member churches in Myanmar to stand united against the forces that seek to is
6 Feb
Diakonia and dialogue for peace
Diakonia, Interfaith, refugee, IDP, refugee camp, Livelihoods, emergency
6 Feb
Rev Robert Goyek Daga, in front of the millennium Cathedral that his church is building in the center of Garoua town. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner
26 Jan
Czech Protestants raise 18,000 EUR for rape survivors in DR Congo
12th Assembly, Keynote speaker, gender-based violence, Gender, Violence, conflict, Women
26 Jan
The Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, a member church of The Lutheran World Federation in the Czech Republic, has raised money for the Panzi foundation which supports medical treatment for raped w
22 Jan
Tribute to Rev. Carlos Duarte, Pastor President of the Evangelical Church of the River Plate
tribute, Obituary, Evangelical Church of the River Plate (IERP), human rights defender, Climate Justice, Advocacy
22 Jan
The Lutheran World Federation has extended its condolences upon the death of Reverend Carlos Alfredo Duarte Voelker, Pastor President of the Evangelical Church of the River Plate in Argentina, Paragua
1 Jan
Water without cost
New Years Message, General Secretary Martin Junge, Martin Luther
1 Jan
2018 New Year Message from the LWF General Secretary
19 Dec
Ethiopian Church Marks Reformation Anniversary, Urging Peace, Love and Equality
Reformation 2017, Reformation 500
19 Dec
The healing mission of the church must remain paramount as it marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the president of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Rev.
18 Dec
Hearing the voice of people under 30
DMD, Youth Participation, 12th Assembly, Assembly 2017, LWF Council
18 Dec
Two German member churches of The Lutheran World Federation - the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony – passed resolutions during their synods in Novem
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