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Rev. Bertha Godfrey Munkhondya is the first woman ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi. Photo: David Mang’enda/ALCINET
28 Sep
First woman ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi
Women Ordination, Women, Member Churches
28 Sep
The Lutheran World Federation communion of churches celebrates the ordination of Rev. Bertha Godfrey Munkhondya, first woman ordained to the ministry of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran...
German Youth Committee working on the podcast “With Body and Soul”. Photo: GNC/LWF
27 Sep
Germany: Podcast “With Body and Soul” launched
Member Churches, Communion Building
27 Sep
“With Body and Soul” (Mit Leib und Seele) is the name of the new podcast produced by the Youth Committee of the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (GNC/LWF).
Diocese of Lund Bishop Johan Tyrberg and a delegation of pastors and deans visiting the LWF Communion Office, hosted by General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
24 Sep
Lund ecumenical commemoration has inspired local initiatives
Lund, Ecumenical, LWF member churches, Communion Building, ecumenical rel, Joint Ecumenical Commemoration, Welcoming the Stranger
24 Sep
Almost five years since the historic commemoration of 500 years of the Reformation in Sweden, there is a growing spirit of ecumenism and commitment among Catholics and Lutherans to work for peace and...
LWF Council 2018. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
23 Sep
Lutheran communicators share how their tasks changed during the pandemic
Member Churches, Communications
23 Sep
Communicators from the Lutheran World Federation member churches and related agencies, representing 18 member churches, strengthened relations and welcomed new communicators in four online meetings...
People queuing outside St. Pers Church in Uppsala, Sweden, to cast their vote in the church elections. Photo: Magnus Aronson/Ikon
22 Sep
Sweden: Inclusive and democratic church elections
LWF member churches, Communion Building
22 Sep
The Church of Sweden, a member church of the LWF, held its last church elections from 6 to 19 September. Having been a state church until 2000, this largest faith community in the country now...
Children behind an onion tank to filter drinking water in Minawao refugee camp. Cameroon, December 2017. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner
22 Sep
“An unequivocal ‘no’ to violence against children”
Child Protection, Protection, Children's rights, rights of children, Children, Violence, LWF member churches
22 Sep
On 16 September 2021, as part of the Together to #EndViolence Solutions Summit Series, the LWF pledged to raise awareness and strengthen advocacy on how to prevent violence against children with the...
At the 2019 Peace Messengers international training workshop in Tallinn, Estonia, Juan Carlos Orantes Rodríguez (left) and Oneyda Elizabeth Fuentes Rivera, sharing about the church’s role in peacebuilding in El Salvador. Photo: LWF/S. Kit
21 Sep
International Day of Peace: LWF calls for proposals of youth-led projects
Interfaith, LWF member churches, peace building, Youth, Public theology
21 Sep
The LWF has invited young people in its member churches to propose projects that advance the promotion of peace in their communities and build societies where all people are included. Youth—under 30...
Participants in the online training included Lillian W. Kantai, LWF Kenya-Somali Program (left) and Sabrina Senger, Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil. Photos courtesy
17 Sep
A new phase in faith-based advocacy for gender justice
Action for Justice, Human Rights, Gender Justice, LWF member churches, Advocacy, faith-based organizations, Gender Justice & Women’s Empowerment, women's advocacy, women's human rights
17 Sep
At this year's annual women’s human rights training by faith-based organizations, which after six years of international gatherings is shifting to a more regional-based approach, utilizing the...
Rev. Rebecca Maduley Kurubai, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Photo: Courtesy
17 Sep
Tanzania: The journey of a woman pastor with her indigenous community
Voices from the Communion, LWF member churches, Communion Building, Women, Member Churches, Ordained Ministry, Women in Ordained Ministry, women in leadership, indigenous people, Minorities and Indigenous People
17 Sep
In this Voices from the Communion Rev. Rebecca Maduley Kurubai, the first ordained Maasai woman pastor in the Southern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, talks about her passion...
A group of nursery gardeners, themselves Nigerian refugees, work in a tree nursery in the Minawao camp for Nigerian refugees in Cameroon in 2019. Planted across 20 so-called ‘green spaces’, a five-year planting and harvest cycle provides firewood, vines for building roofs, and a step in alleviating environmental impact in and around Minawao. The refugees are supported by the LWF, together with a range of partners. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
15 Sep
Human Rights Council: LWF calls for Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change
Human Rights, human rights council, Climate Change, Interfaith, Advocacy
15 Sep
As part of the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights, the LWF has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish a Special Rapporteur mandate on...
Rev. Dr Bruk Ayele Asale, president of the Mekane Yesus Seminary, on the ground level stairway to a dormitory floor. The walls bear the stained marks of the height that flooding waters had reached. All Photos: LWF/M. Dölker
14 Sep
Ethiopia: Support critical to rebuild lives and community of church seminary
Diakonia, LWF member churches
14 Sep
Nearly a month after deadly flash floods caused deaths and destruction at the Mekane Yesus Seminary campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the institution requires assistance not only to rebuild...
Scholars in the LWF ‘Coming together meetings’ included, from left: Emmanuel Lanbon (Ghana), Hans-Christoph Thapelo Lange (South Africa) and Haihong Lin (Hong Kong). Photo: Courtesy
13 Sep
New platforms for LWF scholars
Theology, Member Churches, Diakonia, Scholarships
13 Sep
Participants in two new platforms that connect scholarship holders from Lutheran churches across the world have welcomed the initiative as a space where students can empower and inspire each other,...
Initiative to bring awareness of violence against displaced children in collaboration with faith-based actors and LWF country program staff. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
10 Sep
Committed to prevent violence against children
Protection, LWF member churches, Child Protection, Violence
10 Sep
The LWF and the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children (ENDviolence), will join hands to promote awareness of violence against children. A public event on 16 September will showcase the...
Photo: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona/Unsplash
8 Sep
Advocacy at local level a key focus of annual women’s human rights training
advocacy training, women's human rights, Ecumenical
8 Sep
Nearly 60 delegates from faith-based organizations around the world are meeting online for the annual training on advocacy for women’s human rights, 7-9 September.
The LWF and EVA publishing house have jointly produced several publications. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
7 Sep
LWF congratulates EVA publishing house on 75th anniversary
Lutheran theology, Public theology, LWF Publications
7 Sep
The LWF has congratulated the Evangelische Verlagsanstalt (EVA), based in Leipzig, Germany, on its 75th anniversary. In a letter, the LWF acknowledged the longstanding cooperation in producing many...
With LWF’s support, the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren runs the DOOR diaconal project to raise awareness about welcoming refugees and migrants in the Czech Republic. In this photo, a children’s day, organized by the Teplice congregation as part of DOOR’s integration activities. Photo: Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
6 Sep
Call for proposals: Member church projects and COVID-19 response
LWF member churches, Rapid Response Fund, COVID19, MC/COVID19, Member Churches, Diakonia, Capacity development
6 Sep
The LWF has issued an open call to its member churches to submit proposals for new long-term projects starting in 2023 and for the fourth phase of its ongoing COVID-19 RRF.
Ms Kathryn Mary Lohre, Executive for Ecumenical and Inter-religious Relations & Theological Discernment for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Photo: ELCA
3 Sep
USA:  "We are part of this, together”
Voices from the Communion, LWF member churches, Communion, Communion Building
3 Sep
In this Voices from the Communion, Ms Kathryn Mary Lohre, Executive for Ecumenical and Inter-religious Relations & Theological Discernment for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)...
For many Indigenous people, round things in nature represent the circle of life and all creation. Often, this motive is taken up in the round shape of their dwelling places and homes. Photo: Verónica Álvarez via Unsplash
2 Sep
Season of Creation 2021: “Challenge the world to care for all creation”
Season of Creation, Creation - Not for Sale, Creation, Climate Justice, ecotheology, Ecumenical
2 Sep
For many Indigenous people, round things in nature represent the circle of life and all creation. Often, this motive is taken up in the round shape of their dwelling places and homes. Photo: Verónica...
Bobby Waddell, serving as LWF’s Country Representative in Kenya and South Sudan, taken during a Field Directors’ meeting in Geneva in October 2000. Photo: LWF/C. Rothenbuhler 
1 Sep
Humanitarian adventures of a globetrotting Scotsman
Communion Building, Diakonia, Advocacy
1 Sep
At first sight, the position of Global Funding Coordinator with The Lutheran World Federation does not seem like a very exciting or dramatic career option. Nor does the softly-spoken Scotsman, who...
Lighting a candle during a “Prayer for the Rainforest” as part of the Cumbre Social por el Clima, during COP25 that took place in Madrid, Spain, in 2019. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
27 Aug
Christians around the world invited to celebrate Season of Creation
Theology, Ecumenical, Season of Creation, Advocacy, Climate
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.
DKH/LWF/NCA office staff distribute emergency shelter kits for 300 families in Camp Perrin in the south of Haiti. Photo: DKH
26 Aug
Buried under rubble: Haiti’s earthquake survivors
World Humanitarian Day, DWS Haiti and the Caribbean, earthquake recovery
26 Aug
On the morning of Saturday 14 August, Prospery Raymond, director of the Lutheran World Federation country program in Haiti, was driving in his car when he felt the vehicle lurch and worried that he...
Recipients of the honorary degree from Faculdades EST: from left to right, Dr Maricel Mena-López, Dr Nancy Cardoso, Rev. Dr Lori Altmann, Rev. Dr Mercedes Garcia Bachmann and Dr Wanda Deifelt. Photos: Private
25 Aug
Latin American women honored for theological research
Ecumenical, Gender Studies, women's empowerment, Theology
25 Aug
Five renowned Latin American women from different Christian traditions will be awarded an honorary degree by Faculdades EST, one of Brazil’s leading centers of education and research.
Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
24 Aug
New SDGs training manual for faith-based actors
Ecumenical, Interfaith, Diakonia, Waking the Giant
24 Aug
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has published a manual for trainers to help churches increase their participation in implementing the United Nations (UN) Agenda 2030 for sustainable development.
Bishop Jaroslav Javornik from the Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia. Photo: SEAVC
20 Aug
Serbia: Passing on the Slovak language and the message of faith
Voices from the Communion, Communion, Communion Building, LWF member churches
20 Aug
In this Voices from the Communion, Dr. Jaroslav Javornik, Bishop of the Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia, talks about the power of faith, his church’s dynamic history,...
LWF’s Josef Pfattner stands with a group working on strengthening resilience and self-sufficiency for women in Chad. Photo: LWF/Chad
19 Aug
World Humanitarian Day: Inspiration from the heart of conflict
World Humanitarian Day, Diakonia, Advocacy
19 Aug
The annual observance of World Humanitarian Day on 19 August has a particular resonance for Josef Pfattner. He works as the LWF Interim Regional Program Coordinator for Kenya-Djibouti-Somalia, but in...
With the LWF Rapid Response Fund, 35 women living in poverty in the UELCI member church areas have regained their livelihoods. A tiffin owner serves lunch. UELCI
17 Aug
COVID-19: India’s churches help women achieve economic independence
Rapid Response Fund, MC/COVID19, COVID19, LWF member churches, Communion Building, Women, Gender Justice, Livelihoods
17 Aug
As tailoring requests from the Lutheran congregation in the Chindwara region of India began to pour in, other women took notice of the formerly impoverished mother of five daughters, now, an...
Houses and other buildings destroyed by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake which hit the south-west of the country on 14 August 2021. Photos: KORAL/MR Batismé
16 Aug
LWF appeals for funds for Haiti earthquake
emergency, earthquake, Diakonia
16 Aug
The LWF is working together with other humanitarian aid agencies to respond to the urgent needs of thousands of Haitians affected by a powerful earthquake that struck the Caribbean island nation on...
Central Riga with St Peter’s Church tower visible on the left-hand side. Photo: Unsplash/Martin Kleppe
12 Aug
LWF responds to decision by Lutheran church in Latvia
Lutheran theology, Theology, ILC, LWF member churches
12 Aug
The LWF has issued a statement in response to the decision of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia to join the International Lutheran Council.
LWF trains members of a Farmer’s Association in Angola’s drought-prone Cunene province in resilient farming methods. Photo: LWF Angola/Benny Fulayi
12 Aug
Food insecurity worsening in resource-rich Angola
World Humanitarian Day, Diakonia, Advocacy, Climate, Climate Change, Food Security
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...
Bishop Dr David W. Preus, Vice-President of the LWF, February 1987. Photo: LWF/Emily Demuth
11 Aug
Remembering Bishop Dr David W. Preus
Obituary, Communion Building, LWF member churches, condolences
11 Aug
The LWF joins the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in giving thanks for the life and service of Bishop Dr David Walter Preus, a former LWF Vice-President who died in the United States on...
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