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Cover photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano
10 Jun
Highlights of LWF’s work in a unique year of COVID-19 solidarity
Annual Report/Report, Lutheran theology, Theology, Ecumenical, ecumenism, Interfaith, LWF member churches, Communion Building, Diakonia, Advocacy, Youth, Women, Climate, Communion Office, member church
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 impact on the member churches and communities that LWF serves around the world.
Cover photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano
10 Jun
Highlights of LWF’s work in a unique year of COVID-19 solidarity
Annual Report/Report, Lutheran theology, Theology, Ecumenical, ecumenism, Interfaith, LWF member churches, Communion Building, Diakonia, Advocacy, Youth, Women, Climate, Communion Office, member church
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 impact on the member churches and communities that LWF serves around the world.
Cover photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano
10 Jun
Highlights of LWF’s work in a unique year of COVID-19 solidarity
Annual Report/Report, Lutheran theology, Theology, Ecumenical, ecumenism, Interfaith, LWF member churches, Communion Building, Diakonia, Advocacy, Youth, Women, Climate, Communion Office, member church
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...
In the Salvadoran Lutheran Church, the Stewards of Creation, play a key role in promoting climate justice and creation care in church and society. Here they enjoy lunch during a workshop. Photo: SLS
29 Mar
El Salvador: Climate education and climate action go hand in hand
Youth, Climate, Climate Justice, LWF member churches, member church, COVID19, MC/COVID19
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...
Photo: Ecumenical Information Centre of Dresden
22 Mar
Germany: Exhibition connects lifestyles to Christian roots and responsibility
LWF member churches, member church, Diakonia, Climate, Climate Justice
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...
Participants of the 2019 Retreat of Newly Elected Leaders with LWF General Secretary Rev Dr Martin Junge and LWF Area Secretaries. Photo: LWF/C. Kästner
9 Sep
Being “a church for others”
Ronel, LWF member churches, member church, Member Churches, ELCA, Evangelical Church of the River Plate (IERP), Lutheran Church in Korea, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ghana, Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
9 Sep
(LWI) - To be the church is to care for people in need. This was one of the main observations when eleven recently elected Lutheran church leaders met in Geneva and Wittenberg, to exchange about...
Bishop Patricia Davenport, ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod. Photo: Bob Fisher-SEPAComm
31 May
Bishop Patricia Davenport: Ministry on the front lines
Women in Chuch and Society, women in leadership, Voices from the Communion, member church, racism, Interfaith, ELCA
31 May
The first black woman bishop in the ELCA reflects on her church’s work to combat racism and build a ‘beloved community’
Rev. Dr Frank Otfried July, LWF Council member and Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg. Photo: EMH/Gottfried Stoppel
17 May
Getting to know the diversity of a denominational family
Voices from the Communion, cooperation, member church, Peace, Creation, Menonite-Lutheran relations, Pentecostal-Lutheran relations, church growth and sustainability, Orthodox Lutheran relations, Lutheran-Roman Catholic relations, church unity
17 May
Rev. Dr Frank Otfried July talks about perspectives gained from his multiple engagements for the Lutheran communion, as well as the situation of the churches in Germany, especially the Evangelical...
An app developed by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover strives to interrupt busy daily routines with spiritual impulses. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
18 Feb
Germany: Attention and space for God’s presence
Germany, information technology, God, member church, LWF member churches, Communications, church
18 Feb
An app developed by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover strives to interrupt busy daily routines with spiritual impulses.
A congregation of new LWF member church the United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod meets in Santiago de Cuba. The church has more female ordained leaders than male. Photo: United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod
23 Jan
New LWF member: United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod
member church, LWF member churches, council, Council 2018, music, Women, bible, Women in Ordained Ministry, development, Member Churches
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...
Participating in the e-mobility pilot project, from left: Jan Westphal (director, Horizonte gGmbH Altenburg), Dietmar Wiegand (deputy head, Altenburger Land church district), Rev. Christian Sparsbrod ( Rudolstadt-Saalfeld church district) and Rev. Jens Bechtloff ( Kindelbrück pastorate) with the new cars. Photo: EKM/Diana Steinbauer
23 Jan
Speed limit, electric cars and a forest towards a climate-friendly church
Climate Change, Climate, Advocacy, member church, pollution, environment
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...
A worship service in a congregation of the Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala. Photo: ILAG
16 Nov
New LWF member: Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala
Peace-building, Peace, member church, LWF member churches, Women, development, Education, women in leadership, indigenous people, council, Council 2018
16 Nov
As a small church comprising predominantly indigenous people, the Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala values its focus on education, peace and justice, because these are relevant issues for many...
A participant offers insight at the LWF International Seminar on Prevention, Conflict Management and Peacebuilding. Photo: Scheila Dillenburg
2 Oct
LWF seminar on conflict resolution
Conflict resolution, peacebuilding, conflict transformation, prevention, sustainability, peace building, Peace-building, conflict, Peace, LWF member churches, member church
2 Oct
With the aim of equipping member churches to prevent or resolve conflict, the LWF International Seminar on Prevention, Conflict Management and Peacebuilding was held from September 17 to 21 in São...
Members of Christ Lutheran Church worship to the sound of drums outside a church. Photo: LWF/Philip Lok
20 Sep
A heart to train our people
Member Churches, member church, LWF member churches, India, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Vocational Training Center, Poverty, transgender, council, LWF Council, Council 2018
20 Sep
One of the newest members of the Lutheran World Federation sees the potential in people struggling in poverty, drug addicts, the unemployed, and has pragmatic solutions to overcome discrimination and...
Participants in the LWF Peace Messenger Training tour the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Friday September 22, 2017 while visiting holy sites in the Old City. Photo: ELCJHL/Ben Gray
7 Aug
Lutherans concerned about Jewish nation-state law
Israel, Palestine, Palestinian Territories, member church, Jerusalem, Peace-building, AVH, East Jerusalem
7 Aug
ELCJHL Bishop Azar: law excludes other religious groups ...
ELCCo Presiding Bishop René Mwamba Sumaili offers a gift to Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania General Secretary Brighton Killewa (left). Third from right is ELCCo General Secretary, Gilbert Ilunga Nkasa Talwa. Photo: LWF/Gracia Rubona
2 Aug
Thanksgiving and prayers for Evangelical Lutheran Church in Congo
member church, Mission, DRC, Congo, Africa, Martin Junge, General Secretary, visit, Anniversary
2 Aug
50th jubilee marked with weekend of festivities
LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge presents a cross painted by El Salvadoran artist Christian Chavarría. Photo: LWF/Gracia Rubango
25 Jul
Through Christ you can do all things
ELCCo, church, member church, Gender Justice, Communion, ecumenism, Ecumenical
25 Jul
At a special jubilee Sunday service in Lubumbashi, the second largest city in the DRC, Rev. Dr Junge joined ecumenical guests to give thanks for the presence and witness of ELCCo.
Refugee children demonstrating playcards for their rights on the World Refugee Day 2018. Photo: LWF Nepal.
20 Jun
World Refugee Day: Children must be protected
Refugees, refugee camp, IDP, emergency, Advocacy, member church
20 Jun
Gratitude for compassion and solidarity of member churches
The installation of Archbishop Tapio Luoma in Turku cathedral, Finland. Photo: Timo Jakonen
4 Jun
Tapio Luoma installed Archbishop in Finland
Finland, Award, General Secretary, Archbishop, installation, member church
4 Jun
LWF General Secretary receives St Henry’s cross, highest honour of Finnish church
Rev Dr Elaine Neuenfeldt holding a bible study at the CEC General Assembly. Photo: Mladen Trkulja/CEC
4 Jun
Finding justice in context
CEC, DTPW, member church, Serbia, WICAS, bible, Bible Study
4 Jun
Bible study at CEC assembly highlights issues of justice and the responsibility of the church
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