LWF Learning Platform

Welcome to the LWF Learning Platform. All resources are organized by broad themes each containing more specific topics. Feel free to use our search function to quickly find what you are looking for. Currently, we have published themes under Churches and the Sustainable Development Goals, Diakonia, Leadership, and Theology. Other themes such as Human Rights, Gender Justice, Ecumenism, etc. will be coming soon.

Learning modules

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Module 3: Transformative Readings of Scripture

This nine-module course in Lutheran theology was developed by an international working group of theologians in conjunction with LWF’s Department for Theology, Mission and Justice. Each module includes a video lecture, guided readings and discussion questions to guide group reflections. Target audience: The course is aimed at undergraduate students, and pastors or church workers who are interested in reflecting on different aspects of Lutheran theology.
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Module 4: Feminist Readings of Scriptures

This nine-module course in Lutheran theology was developed by an international working group of theologians in conjunction with LWF’s Department for Theology, Mission and Justice. Each module includes a video lecture, guided readings and discussion questions to guide group reflections. Target audience: The course is aimed at undergraduate students, and pastors or church workers who are interested in reflecting on different aspects of Lutheran theology.
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Module 4: Spirituality

Introduction: In this course, we explore themes that emerged from a 2019 consultation in Addis Ababa on Lutheran identities, and explore the creative, vibrant, life-giving diversity of what it means to be Lutheran today in different contexts around the LWF Communion. Each module includes a video of a webinar that explores the topic. Speakers present each topic, and question and answers follow.
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Module 5: Creation

This nine-module course in Lutheran theology was developed by an international working group of theologians in conjunction with LWF’s Department for Theology, Mission and Justice. Each module includes a video lecture, guided readings and discussion questions to guide group reflections. Target audience: The course is aimed at undergraduate students, and pastors or church workers who are interested in reflecting on different aspects of Lutheran theology.
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Module 5: Every call is holy: we will reflect on the concept of the priesthood of all the baptized, and how this notion equips us to live out our faith in a divided world.

Introduction: In this course, we explore themes that emerged from a 2019 consultation in Addis Ababa on Lutheran identities, and explore the creative, vibrant, life-giving diversity of what it means to be Lutheran today in different contexts around the LWF Communion. Each module includes a video of a webinar that explores the topic. Speakers present each topic, and question and answers follow.
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Module 6: Ecclesiology – Church and churches

This nine-module course in Lutheran theology was developed by an international working group of theologians in conjunction with LWF’s Department for Theology, Mission and Justice. Each module includes a video lecture, guided readings and discussion questions to guide group reflections. Target audience: The course is aimed at undergraduate students, and pastors or church workers who are interested in reflecting on different aspects of Lutheran theology.
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Module 6: Spiritual gifts and discernment

Introduction: In this course, we explore themes that emerged from a 2019 consultation in Addis Ababa on Lutheran identities, and explore the creative, vibrant, life-giving diversity of what it means to be Lutheran today in different contexts around the LWF Communion. Each module includes a video of a webinar that explores the topic. Speakers present each topic, and question and answers follow.
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Module 7: The young theologians of the Addis consultation.

Introduction: In this course, we explore themes that emerged from a 2019 consultation in Addis Ababa on Lutheran identities, and explore the creative, vibrant, life-giving diversity of what it means to be Lutheran today in different contexts around the LWF Communion. Each module includes a video of a webinar that explores the topic. Speakers present each topic, and question and answers follow.
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Module 7: Two Kingdoms and Two Regiments

This nine-module course in Lutheran theology was developed by an international working group of theologians in conjunction with LWF’s Department for Theology, Mission and Justice. Each module includes a video lecture, guided readings and discussion questions to guide group reflections. Target audience: The course is aimed at undergraduate students, and pastors or church workers who are interested in reflecting on different aspects of Lutheran theology.
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