News
22
Oct
COVID-19: LWF launches second phase of Rapid Response Fund
22
Oct
The Lutheran World Federation has launched a second phase of the communion’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund (RRF) to continue supporting its member churches that are still dealing with the social, spiritual and economic challenges of the coronavirus disease pandemic.
22
Oct
COVID-19: LWF launches second phase of Rapid Response Fund
22
Oct
The Lutheran World Federation has launched a second phase of the communion’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund (RRF) to continue supporting its member churches that are still dealing with the social,...
15
Oct
COVID-19: DRC church keeps students and their families protected
15
Oct
The ELCCo COVID-19 response initiative is supported by the LWF Rapid Response Fund (RRF), through which requesting churches received an amount of up to EUR 5,000 toward efforts aimed at reducing the...
12
Oct
Debt cancellation: a moral imperative during pandemic
12
Oct
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary, Rev. Dr Martin Junge has written to the heads of global financial institutions urging them to consider the moral imperative of debt cancellation...
5
Oct
COVID-19: Responding when social distancing isn’t an option
5
Oct
Unparalleled cooperation, resilience and commitment, but also an enormous challenge for field staff and the communities we serve – this is what a global health emergency has meant for humanitarian...
2
Oct
Zimbabwe: Women and men working together for gender justice
2
Oct
In this Voices from the Communion, Rev. Elitha Moyo Gender Justice Coordinator for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe talks about the importance of men and women being involved in the...
25
Sep
COVID-19: Belarus church responds to schools needs
25
Sep
While the Lutheran Church in Grodno, Belarus sheltered demonstrators and rings its bells daily in civil resistance, schools in the country have opened for a new school year. Some are unable to afford...
25
Sep
Digitalization offers opportunities, raises theological questions
25
Sep
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic accelerated developments and changes that European churches and societies had been facing in the past years. Being church online raises new questions for...
14
Sep
COVID-19: Latin America and the Caribbean Lutheran leaders issue pastoral letter
14
Sep
The Lutheran World Federation Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) church leaders have issued a joint pastoral letter of solidarity to the people and churches of LAC that are devastated by the...
11
Sep
LWF calls for health care without discrimination for Palestinians in Gaza
11
Sep
The LWF is again raising the alarm on the difficult health care situation for Palestinians living in the Gaza strip. LWF has signed onto a statement with, the Association of International Development...
2
Sep
COVID-19: Challenged to a new spiritual language and more efficient diakonia
2
Sep
The Lutheran Church in Chile has responded to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic by switching from in-person church meetings to online versions, using several tools and platforms to do so...
1
Sep
Economic independence, spiritual gifts: breaking the chain of COVID-19
1
Sep
The objective of the Women’s Skills Training Center of Huria Kristen Indonesia (HKI), an LWF church, is to help low-income, at-risk women find ways to increase family income, a means of economic...
21
Aug
Economy of life in a time of inequality
21
Aug
The Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life offered a public webinar on Wednesday 19 August.
18
Aug
Hospital humanitarian workers continue with passion
18
Aug
Every day, the staff of Augusta Victoria Hospital on the campus of the Lutheran World Federation – Jerusalem, works around restrictions in movement and access to people who need lifesaving treatments...
14
Aug
Myanmar: Churches engaged in humanitarian aid
14
Aug
In this Voices from the Communion Rev. Martin Lalthangliana discusses why the Federation of Lutheran Churches in Myanmar makes humanitarian work in the Myanmar regions a top objective.
7
Aug
COVID-19: New awareness of social cohesion growing in the crisis
7
Aug
In this Voices from the Communion interview, Bishop Ralf Meister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover reflects on the transitional phase, from handling the acute crisis to the “new normality...
6
Aug
COVID-19: Support from partner churches immensely important
6
Aug
Through its center for partnership, development and mission, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria is supporting its partner churches around the world to assist people whose livelihoods are at...
4
Aug
LWF among organizations urging more time for UN panel on internal displacement
4
Aug
The LWF is among faith-based, non-governmental and civil society organizations calling on the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General to extend the timeframe of the High-Level Panel on Internal...
24
Jul
COVID-19: Female leadership and livelihood opportunities in Myanmar
24
Jul
Micro-enterprises set up by the LWF in Myanmar are scaling up their production to meet the increased demand for reusable face masks in the camps for internally displaced people and other communities...
23
Jul
COVID-19: Keeping in contact and breaking new ground
23
Jul
The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia, a member church of the LWF in the Central Eastern Europe Region, found that one reply to questions raised during COVID-19 to remain...
17
Jul
COVID-19: Being church in times of Coronavirus
17
Jul
In this Voices from the Communion, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus asks the communion to continue praying for all churches during this time of COVID-19.
16
Jul
COVID-19: Youth “frontline warriors” in relief efforts
16
Jul
In the fight against the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India found themselves also in a fight against a “social and economic...
13
Jul
G20 urged to take ambitious action in the wake of the COVID-19 and economic crises
13
Jul
The LWF, together with the World Council of Churches, World Communion of Reformed Churches and Council for World Mission, calls on the Group of 20 to utilize the “unprecedented opening to...
10
Jul
COVID-19: Storms batter El Salvador, worsen food insecurities
10
Jul
Two tropical storms in El Salvador further exacerbates food insecurities already experienced by residents due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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8
Jul
COVID-19: Interfaith forum calls for protection of human rights
8
Jul
The global pandemic of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and climate change are both heavily affecting those already vulnerable, and aggravating the human rights situations in many countries. To...
7
Jul
Lutheran leader shares spiritual insights on pandemic
7
Jul
Church of Sweden Archbishop Antje Jackelén is among several dozen leaders of different religious traditions who offer personal insights from the Coronavirus pandemic as part of an online project...
2
Jul
COVID-19: "Push for digital engagement” in Denmark
2
Jul
The Interchurch Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark shared its “Learnings for churches and organizations in digitalization during COVID-19 lockdown”, summarizing first findings and...
1
Jul
COVID-19: Villages self-isolate to protect against coronavirus
1
Jul
The Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala safely completed a 12-day mission delivering food to remote villages on a three-month, self-imposed quarantine and curfew to avoid contracting Coronavirus...
