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LWF Honduras representative Carlos Rivera (with white face mask) visits Chamelecón, Honduras, to see the damage done by hurricanes Eta and Iota. As the flooding came unexpectedly fast, many people lost all their belongings. Photo: Sean Hawkey
25 Jan
The climate crisis is a humanitarian crisis
Diakonia, Climate, Climate Change, Advocacy
25 Jan
Joining UN bodies and international humanitarian organizations, the LWF is calling for accelerated climate adaptation to mitigate and prevent risks for disaster that disproportionately affect the...
Showkat and her sister, who takes care of her most of the time. All photos: LWF/ S. Thandar
22 Jan
Myanmar: Education for students with special needs
quality services, refugees protection, Protection, Education, Diakonia, Rakhine Crisis, Rohingya, IDP, internally displaced people, refugee camp, disability, Child Protection
22 Jan
Going to school is difficult for the about 30,000 internally displaced Rohingya children in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Even more, if the child is living with a disability: Teachers lack special...
The Evangelical Lutheran School of Aszód. Photo, ELCH
21 Jan
Raising hope, raising spirits
LWF member churches, Communion Building, Diakonia, Youth
21 Jan
In a fundraising campaign to support a fellow Lutheran church school, The Evangelical Lutheran School of Aszód, a school of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary has raised USD 2,700 for the...
Bishop em. Sumoward E. Harris, Lutheran Church in Liberia. Photo: LCL
19 Jan
Tribute to former Liberian Bishop Sumoward Harris, a voice for justice and peace
condolences, Obituary, LWF General Secretary Martin Junge, LWF General Secretary, LWF member churches, Communion Building, peace building, reconciliation
19 Jan
The LWF has paid tribute to Bishop emeritus Sumoward Harris of the Lutheran Church in Liberia, describing him as a leader who offered a “ministry of justice, peace and reconciliation” during...
Grandchamp sisters join hands with visitors to the community before the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. Photo: All photos by Grandchamp Community
18 Jan
Christian unity: way of life for Grandchamp sisters
Theology, Ecumenical, Women, PCPCU, WCC, World Council of Churches, Ecumenical Centre, Lund, Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
18 Jan
Working for Christian unity means being grounded in your own identity and thereby being open to other people’s opinions. That’s not simply a slogan for the 2021 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity,...
The Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB) writes a manifesto after COVID death tolls reach 200,000. “Agility and efficiency will be the difference between life and death.” Photo by Unsplash/Zoran Kokanovic
15 Jan
COVID deaths reach 200,000, Lutheran church in Brazil issues manifesto
COVID19, coronavirus, Member Churches, Communion Building, Advocacy
15 Jan
In Brazil, the new year began with the number of Coronavirus deaths reaching 200,000 sparking the Presidency of the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil to issue a manifesto...
Pastor Vladimir Tatarnikov at the door of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Grodno, Belarus. Photo: Oleg Shreders
15 Jan
Belarus: Pastor grateful for solidarity and prayers
Communion Building, Member Churches, Voices from the Communion
15 Jan
Vladimir Tatarnikov is the only pastor for the Evangelical-Lutheran congregations in the whole of Belarus. Looking back on the past months, Tatarnikov shares his experiences and insights into the...
Young Lutherans gathered at the global consultation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in October 2019 on the theme of 'We believe in the Holy Spirit: Global Perspectives on Lutheran Identities'. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
14 Jan
Being Lutheran: Lifting up voices of youth
theological formation, Youth, Youth Participation, Being Lutheran, Lutheran identity
14 Jan
How can young Lutherans ensure that their views and voices are seen and heard in the church today?
29-year-old Jihad Albaba, from the Am'ari Camp, repairs the wifi functionality of a mobile phone in a small shop in Ramallah, after graduating from studies in Telecommunication at the LWF vocational training center in Ramallah. The GRIT project aims to increase the number of Palestinian women in technical and other non-traditional professions, which often offer better paid jobs. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
12 Jan
LWF project opens new doors for Palestinian women
refugees protection, Protection, Livelihoods, Diakonia, Women, LWF Jerusalem, Palestine, vocational training, Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR), CLWR
12 Jan
Increase women’s employment in the Palestinian Territories, and improve their access to technical and vocational training programs: A project in the LWF Jerusalem program seeks to empower Palestinian...
Students at Mansfield College, Great Britain. Photo: Greg Smolonski © Photovibe
11 Jan
Lutherans in Great Britain support higher education of refugees and migrants
Scholarships, Youth, LWF member churches, Communion Building, Refugees, Education
11 Jan
The Council of Lutheran Churches recently announced a scholarship for a refugee or migrant to Great Britain, giving them an opportunity for higher education at Mansfield College. The Lutheran Church...
We stand with you in prayer and solidarity, wrote general secretary Junge to presiding bishop Eaton. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano
7 Jan
Lutheran communion stands with church in U.S.
LWF member churches, Communion Building, Advocacy, ELCA, LWF General Secretary Martin Junge, Lutheran Engagement in the Public Space
7 Jan
The global Lutheran family stands with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America as it seeks to accompany, reconcile and work for justice and peace during this critical moment in the nation’s...
A young refugee paints a house during the retreat. Photo: LWF/ H. Lehto
7 Jan
Refugee teens talk mental health
Uganda, Youth, Protection, psychosocial support, mental health, refugee, refugee camp, South Sudan
7 Jan
LWF is running a pilot project focused on the mental health of teenager refugees in Uganda, offering them a way to process trauma and equipping them for the future.
AVH staff carry out the vaccinations themselves. The immunizations will enable them to better protect their high-risk patients. Photos: LWF/ E.Shaheen
6 Jan
Augusta Victoria Hospital starts COVID-19 vaccinations
Jerusalem, Palestine, Israel, AVH, Palestinian, health, COVID19
6 Jan
Vaccinations against COVID-19 have started at the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem. The first vaccines were administered on 31 December 2020 to staff at...
Young people from the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church lead a tree-planting campaign. Photo: KELC Youth
5 Jan
Young Reformers in Africa ‘make things happen’ with limited resources
Global Young Reformers Network, gender-based violence, mental health, environment, peace building, peacebuilding
5 Jan
Over three days in December, Young Reformers from 31 LWF member churches in Africa met online to assess their work since 2018 and agree on an action plan for the next two years.
“We cannot erase our history of division, but we can make it part of our story of reconciliation,” write the President of the PCPCU, Cardinal Kurt Koch, and the General Secretary of the LWF, Reverend Dr Martin Junge, in a joint foreword to the Italian edition of the JDDJ. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
4 Jan
Reaffirmed commitment to path from conflict to communion
JDDJ, ecumenical relations, PCPCU, LWF
4 Jan
“We cannot erase our history of division, but we can make it part of our story of reconciliation,” write the President of the PCPCU, Cardinal Kurt Koch, and the General Secretary of the LWF, Reverend...
Children in the Beldangi refugee camp in Jhapa district, Nepal, where the LWF provides care and maintenance support to Bhutanese refugees. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
1 Jan
Mercy as watchword for post-pandemic world
LWF General Secretary, COVID19, Theology, New Years Message
1 Jan
In a New Year message to all LWF member churches, General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge looks ahead at the challenges that individuals and communities will face because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photo: Thomas Galler (CC0)
23 Dec
A silent night, filled with song
23 Dec
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany has invited its members to “give hope a voice” by singing the cherished Christmas hymn Silent Night at 8pm on Christmas Eve.
The LWF World Service Central America team, performing a hymn in the main office in San Salvador. Photo: LWF Central America
22 Dec
Singing and Dancing for Christmas 
Central America, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda, LWF World Service, refugee, Staff, IDP, refugee camp
22 Dec
Singing and dancing together, despite challenging circumstances: With messages of hope, LWF World Service country programs have contributed to this year's LWF advent hymns campaign...
Oumarou Baba (left) and LWF interim representative Joseph Pfattner in central Baoro. Photo: LWF CAR
21 Dec
Hope for a future without violence
Central African Republic, Cameroon, Livelihoods, Refugees, Returnees
21 Dec
The shop of Oumarou Baba has merely a fridge size: A small wooden cabinet filled with bottles of soft drinks. Every night, Baba closes it with a padlock. To him, this little shop means a new...
Sakina Khatun holds her youngest child in front of the family home, which needs a better roof and sanitation. All photos: LWF/ Y. Gautam
18 Dec
COVID-19: Build back lives and resilience in Nepal
Diakonia, Livelihoods
18 Dec
The LWF in Nepal supports 4,300 families like these with income-generating activities, access to clean water and sanitation, and actions that help improve their legal status and to claim their rights.
Youth playing at the bank of the Río Pogue, Atrato. Photo: LWF Columbia
18 Dec
Colombia: Ethnic communities guard rights of Atrato River
Advocacy, Climate Justice
18 Dec
In 2016, the Colombian Constitutional Court ruled that the Atrato River in the country’s northwestern Departamento del Chocó needs better care and is “subject to the rights that implicate its...
Like many of his colleagues, Social Media Coordinator Karsten Kopjar has spent a lot of time working in his home office in the past months. Photo: private
18 Dec
Germany: Online church “does not always have to be complicated”
Voices from the Communion, Communion Building, Theology, LWF member churches
18 Dec
In this Voices from the Communion Dr. Karsten Kopjar, Social Media Coordinator of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany, talks about ways and means of being a church digitally in times of the...
The Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Murye, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Kajo – Keji, South Sudan, talks to South Sudanese refugees in Uganda during in a road drive campaign with LWF to inform them about COVID-19 and hygiene measures. Photo: LWF/ K. Logi
17 Dec
Dealing with COVID-19 in a faith context
General Secretary Martin Junge, Interfaith, Advocacy, COVID19, Islamic Relief Worldwide, dialogue, Protection
17 Dec
In the webinar, "Dialogue despite distance," representatives from different faith communities shared how they have used interreligious dialogue to address the challenges of the COVID-19...
LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
17 Dec
Unexpected joy during an unprecedented Christmas
Christmas message, Christmas, LWF President, President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa, COVID19
17 Dec
In a Christmas season marked by uncertainty and fear from the unfamiliar and unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christians are invited to trust in the promise of “God’s coming into...
Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazaar IDP camp receive a distribution of WASH kits by LWF's local partner. Photo: LWF/ B. Khanal
15 Dec
Partners for peace and humanitarian aid in Myanmar
quality services, Protection, Human Rights, Diakonia, Women, Rohingya, WASH, Education, Advocacy
15 Dec
The LWF provided a testimony on the status of human rights in Myanmar in front of the Canadian’s House of Commons’ Subcommittee on International Human Rights, which held a session focusing on of...
An Afghan refugee family in a Greek refugee camp, 2015. Photo: LWF/ J. Schreier
15 Dec
"Blessing and opportunity for Europe”
Diakonia, Advocacy, Youth, Refugees, Migrants, Children, Protection, Child Protection, refugees protection, Interfaith, faith-based organizations
15 Dec
Two weeks before the Christian world celebrates a God who comes into the world as a refugee child, a two-day conference “From faith to action“, brought together faith-based organizations such as the...
Rev. Dr. Gibson Ezekiel Lesmore (left), AACC director for Peace, Diakonia and Development, presents the Patron of Gender Justice Champion in Africa award to LWF President Archbishop Dr. Panti Filibus Musa. On the right is Ms Rhoda Ezekiel. Photo: ALCINET/Felix Samari
15 Dec
LWF President Musa receives 'Patron of Gender Justice Champion' award
Advocacy, Gender Justice, LWF President, President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa, 16 Days of Activism to end gender-based violence
15 Dec
The Lutheran World Federation President Archbishop Dr. Panti Filibus Musa has received the "'Patron of Gender Justice Champion in Africa" award for his leadership "in the fight...
The Palais des Nations in Geneva, where the Human Rights Council meets. Because of sanitary measures, the webinar took place online. Photo: LWF/C. Kästner
14 Dec
A faith imperative for human rights
Advocacy, Women
14 Dec
Faith communities and faith leaders need to advocate more strongly for human rights and also to be accountable for human rights violations and extremist teachings in their context.
This year’s LWF Christmas card features an indigenous mother and child from Guyana. Photo: Cleveland Bradford/Eclipse Digitalphoto Studio
11 Dec
LWF Christmas card: “A representation of hope”
Christmas, Christmas message, LWF President, LWF General Secretary, LWF member churches
11 Dec
The 2020 Christmas card of The Lutheran World Federation depicts a mother and child in the dress of the indigenous people in Guyana and Suriname.
Madam Martha Abugri was among 13 needy widows who received food supplies at the ELCG Grace Lutheran Church in Narango, in the Upper Eastern region. Photo: ELCG/Prosper Atiiga
10 Dec
COVID-19: A time to “look out for the most vulnerable” in Ghana
LWF member churches, Diakonia, Elderly, Rapid Response Fund, COVID19, MC/COVID19
10 Dec
When the government imposed a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease in March, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana was concerned that some of its members would have...
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