The Lutheran World Federation's annual governance meeting takes place online, from 18 to 23 June 2021. This will be an exceptional online meeting because of the COVID-19 pandemic. An in-person meeting is scheduled for November 2021. On 16 June the LWF Executive Committee will meet.
The LWF Council meets once a year and is responsible for LWF business between Assemblies. It consists of:
the President
the Chairperson of the Finance Committee
48 lay or ordained people, from LWF member churches in seven regions.
Members of this Council were appointed at the 2017 Twelfth Assembly.
As part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, the LWF has established a Communion Solidarity Fund to which all member churches are invited to contribute to support each other in challenging times.
Viele Familien mussten sich in den vergangenen zwei Monaten mit Verlusten infolge schwerer Regenfälle und Überflutungen auseinandersetzen. Schnelle Nothilfemaßnahmen der Kirchen unterstützen in erster Linie die Menschen, die am schwersten getroffen wurden.
(LWI) “Lamento con ustedes la pérdida de más de 100 personas, fallecidas o desaparecidas, y por los muchos que han sufrido lesiones, perdido sus hogares o han sido desplazados”, escribe la Reverenda Dra. Anne Burghardt, Secretaria General de la...
