News
27
Aug
Christians around the world invited to celebrate Season of Creation
27
Aug
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), together with ecumenical partners worldwide, opens the Season of Creation with an online global prayer on Wednesday, 1 September.
27
Aug
Christians around the world invited to celebrate Season of Creation
27
Aug
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), together with ecumenical partners worldwide, opens the Season of Creation with an online global prayer on Wednesday, 1 September.
12
Aug
Food insecurity worsening in resource-rich Angola
12
Aug
On World Humanitarian Day, 19 August, Abraham Mushivi is in no doubt about the impact that climate change is having on people’s lives in Angola, where he has been working with the LWF for the past 15...
11
Aug
Palestine: Teaching youth how to care for the earth
11
Aug
The Environmental Education Center of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land educates youth to be stewards of creation through learning programs and practical activities such as...
10
Aug
LWF welcomes new UN climate report, urges ambitious action to protect the most vulnerable
10
Aug
The LWF welcomes the latest scientific report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In the report, the UN body observes that the Earth’s climate is changing in every region and across the...
5
Aug
COP26: Call for nominations to LWF youth delegation
5
Aug
The Lutheran World Federation is calling on its member churches to nominate young people under 30 as delegates to the upcoming 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland.
28
Jul
Brazil: Solar panels to produce power for pastoral work
28
Jul
By generating solar power, a congregation of the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil in the city of Pelotas has reduced its environmental impact and will generate funds for its...
19
Jul
Indonesia: Encouraging spiritual awareness on climate justice among youth
19
Jul
Encouraging young people to become advocators and campaigners for climate justice was one of the goals of a project recently undertaken by the National Committee of The Lutheran World Federation in...
16
Jul
Churches raise prophetic voice for justice and inclusion
16
Jul
Lutheran churches in Colombia, Indonesia and Namibia have launched new reports reviewing their countries’ performance toward achieving the United Nations SDGs. At a webinar on 14 July, held as a side...
6
Jul
Churches appeal to G20: Fix our broken global tax system
6
Jul
The LWF has joined Christian churches and ecumenical organizations in urging the G20 group of wealthy nations to adopt a radical reform of the international taxation system. In a letter addressed to...
5
Jul
Romania: Protecting and preserving God’s creation
5
Jul
Young people from the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Romania recently participated in a youth climate project dealing with climate action and advocacy and included a three-day mountain trip.
17
Jun
Youth delegates observe negotiations on the road to COP26
17
Jun
Four young delegates of the LWF who had attended the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid, Spain, had the opportunity to observe negotiations earlier this month. The LWF has observer...
10
Jun
Highlights of LWF’s work in a unique year of COVID-19 solidarity
10
Jun
The LWF Annual Report 2020 is available online. Under the theme, “Leave no one behind” it gives an overview of the organization’s work in an unprecedented year marked mostly by the COVID-19 pandemic...
3
Jun
Philippines: Lutheran church holds Youth Climate Action Summit
3
Jun
Ecosystem Restoration is the theme for this year’s World Environment Day on 5 June. Young members of the Lutheran Church in the Philippines and the Philippine Lutheran Youth League have taken it to...
27
May
Season of Creation: Launch of celebration guide and theme
27
May
Christian communities worldwide are invited to begin planning their Season of Creation celebrations with the new Season of Creation Celebration Guide titled “A home for all? Renewing the Oikos of God...
20
May
New study: Critical to rethink risk, resilience, and debt relief
20
May
A new study titled “Climate change, Debt and COVID-19”, analyzes a vicious cycle: climate change and COVID-19 are producing massive costs, exacerbating debt in the poorest countries. The study...
7
May
“Churches have to raise awareness for global justice”
7
May
For twenty years before her retirement in March 2021, Rev. Dr Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel served as president of Bread for the World (Brot für die Welt), the development and relief agency of the...
19
Apr
LWF partners to offer online course on climate justice and faith
19
Apr
The LWF, in partnership with the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS), has developed an online course on climate justice and faith. Interested persons from LWF member churches, both lay and...
12
Apr
Encouraging youth engagement for climate justice action
12
Apr
The LWF has issued a call for small-scale climate projects initiated and led by young people. The deadline for proposals is 16 May. Each project should be initiated and led by young people, aged 30...
29
Mar
El Salvador: Climate education and climate action go hand in hand
29
Mar
Rev. Maritza Albertina Carrillo Herrera, a pastor of the Salvadoran Lutheran Church, as a member of the youth coordinating group of the church’s Stewards of Creation, the 26-year-old launched several...
25
Mar
Faith leaders prepare for COP26: Urgent climate action needed
25
Mar
Forty-four percent of the LWF's constituency, equaling 33 million people, live in the countries facing the greatest challenges, requiring urgent action. He affirmed LWF's long-standing...
22
Mar
Germany: Exhibition connects lifestyles to Christian roots and responsibility
22
Mar
“Damit die Saat aufgeht” (So that the seeds may grow), an exhibition that opened its doors to the public on 14 March in Saxony, Germany, invites Christians to reflect on how everyday lifestyles can...
15
Mar
Serbia: Apple trees as a sign of faith and creation
15
Mar
“Even if I knew that the world was to collapse tomorrow, I would still plant an apple tree today.” This hope-filled quote, attributed to the reformer Martin Luther, inspired Miroslav Ponjičan, a...
8
Mar
LWF calls for recognition of human right to safe, clean, sustainable environment
8
Mar
At the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, The Lutheran World Federation has called for the legal recognition of the human right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
19
Feb
Tanzania: Youth preaching the Gospel, planting trees
19
Feb
In this Voices from the Communion ELCT Youth Coordinator, Rev. Frank Mexon Mng’ong’o shares his plans to engage more ELCT youth in the life of the church and to continue supporting creation care...
24
Nov
Praying and acting for climate justice in the months until COP26
24
Nov
The Lutheran World Federation hosted an online prayer service on 22 November. Faith actors and ecumenical partners encouraged participants to continue praying and acting for climate justice in the...
13
Nov
Small-scale climate justice projects: Call to youth in member churches
13
Nov
The LWF calls for small-scale climate projects initiated and led by youth, i.e. persons aged 30 or younger. Proposals are invited until 6 December. Each project should be initiated and led by young...
20
Oct
Argentina: LWF Youth leads reforestation mission
20
Oct
Aiming to reforest over 3 square kilometers of forest regions with 180 thousand native trees along streams and other desecrated areas of Argentina, the Evangelical Church of the River Plate diaconal...
19
Oct
Webinar series: Visions for transformative climate action
19
Oct
The Interfaith Liaison Committee to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which the LWF is part of, is planning a series of webinars in October and November – around the...
