News
15
Jul
Protect civic space in post-pandemic recovery
15
Jul
The 47th session of the UNHRC ended on 13 July, adopting resolutions which include a key commitment to protecting the “essential role of civil society” in the post-pandemic period. The LWF has been working with other civil-society organizations to ensure that basic human rights and freedoms are respected, as governments seek to recover from the global COVID-19 crisis and to “build back better.”
15
Jul
Protect civic space in post-pandemic recovery
15
Jul
The 47th session of the UNHRC ended on 13 July, adopting resolutions which include a key commitment to protecting the “essential role of civil society” in the post-pandemic period. The LWF has been...
14
Jul
Hope and healing for survivors of South Sudan conflict
14
Jul
Over the past decade, thousands of South Sudanese refugees have fled into neighboring Uganda to escape from violent conflicts throughout the country. Many suffer from despair after losing relatives...
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...
22
Jun
Finance chairperson thanks LWF’s churches and partners for “faithful support”
22
Jun
LWF Council receives 2020 financial results
21
Jun
Junge highlights LWF’s agility, resilience, clarity of mission
21
Jun
The LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has highlighted the agility and resilience of the organization in responding to the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. The creativity and commitment...
18
Jun
LWF President: “Be witnesses of radical hope”
18
Jun
The LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa has urged all member churches to be witnesses of “radical hope” as they look forward to the next Assembly to be held in Krakow, Poland in 2023. In...
11
Jun
Global Young Reformers Network: A place to connect with the wider church
11
Jun
The Global Young Reformers Network 2.0 is “a place for youth to organize and connect with the wider church,” said the LWF LWF Program Executive for Youth Ms. Savanna Sullivan where she shared her...
9
Jun
COVID-19: Faith leaders urge G7 to end vaccine inequality
9
Jun
Faith leaders from the around the world have written an open letter to Boris Johnson and G7 leaders ahead of their summit on Friday calling for vaccine patents to be waived and an increase in funding...
8
Jun
Allow medical and humanitarian access to Gaza
8
Jun
The ACT Palestine Forum, an ecumenical coalition of Christian churches and aid organizations, is calling on the Israeli government to allow humanitarian access for medical staff in the Gaza Strip to...
28
May
Sowing seeds of hope in soil of online conversation
28
May
Churches have a responsibility to educate, equip and engage on social media to promote a culture of respect, counter hate speech and sow seeds of hope. That was the message from panelists at a...
24
May
COVID-19 response must include ‘Health for all’
24
May
The LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has joined other leaders of religious and humanitarian organizations in calling for a global ‘Health for All’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
21
May
COVID-19: Nepal needs additional support for ‘people in distress’
21
May
Amid a new countrywide lockdown to avert the spread of a second wave of COVID-19, the Nepal Evangelical Lutheran Church (NELC) has requested prayers and support to continue offering hope to...
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...
28
Apr
Religious leaders call on G7 for vaccine equity
28
Apr
LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has joined almost one hundred and fifty faith leaders from around the globe in calling on the world’s richest nations to ensure more equitable access to...
26
Apr
COVID-19: Indian Churches lose two leaders in same week
26
Apr
The Lutheran World Federation joins with the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India to mourn the loss of two leaders in the same week. Their deaths, one from COVID-19, come as the nation is...
9
Apr
LWF welcomes plans for restoration of U.S. assistance for East Jerusalem hospitals
9
Apr
The LWF welcomes plans for the restoration of U.S. funding to the Palestinians, which will include much needed support for the East Jerusalem Hospital Network. The funding had been cut in 2018,...
7
Apr
COVID-19: “Tree of Life” initiative launched by Palestinian bishop
7
Apr
Prompted to remember those who have died of the virus, Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land launched a memorial to plant an olive or native tree for...
30
Mar
COVID-19: LWF intensifies rapid response to include long-term recovery
30
Mar
The LWF is shifting its COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund from the current short-term emergency framework to focus more on recovery and livelihood projects. The objective is to address the long-lasting...
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...
22
Mar
On World Water Day, LWF calls for access to safe water
22
Mar
One year after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic; many people still live without access to clean and safe water. "Access to water is still a problem in many places where we work," said...
19
Mar
COVID-19: Christians around the globe join ecumenical Week of Prayer
19
Mar
One year on from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christian churches and ecumenical organizations across the world are coming together for a Week of Prayer to remember all those affected by the...
19
Mar
Sweden: Internet pastor engages faith seekers online
19
Mar
In this Voices from the Communion Rev. Charlotte Frycklund talks about her work as the Church of Sweden’s first “internet priest” and the request of the people for access to their questions via...
18
Mar
LWF offers condolences to church and people of Tanzania following President Magufuli’s death
18
Mar
The Lutheran World Federation has offered condolences and prayers to the people and church in Tanzania following the death of President John Magufuli.
12
Mar
Gender-just lens needed for COVID-19 recovery
12
Mar
The LWF will be taking part in the 65th session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) from 15 to 26 March 2021. A delegation of over seventy lay and ordained women and men...
9
Mar
Freedom of a Christian: a compass for contemporary church
9
Mar
Luther’s 500-year-old treatise ‘On the Freedom of a Christian’ provides a compass for the churches today as they seek to navigate the complex challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the...
26
Feb
COVID-19: Cuban Lutheran church extends food and psychosocial aid
26
Feb
The LWF is supporting its member church in Cuba to continue offering assistance through the communion’s COVID-19 RRF, now in its second phase. Churches that apply for funding receive up to EUR 5,000...
23
Feb
Guatemalan church assists families recovering from hurricane impact amid COVID-19
23
Feb
For Gregorio Pérez, a leader of the indigenous Maya Chortí in Guatemala’s southeastern department of Chiquimula, the rising number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases is not the only crisis worrying him...
22
Feb
COVID-19: “We must be a part of the healing process”
22
Feb
The Lutheran Church in Osorno, a congregation of the Lutheran Church in Chile, opened its doors to the Osorno Health Department as an official Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site.
