Representatives of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches at the Council meeting in Indonesia have applauded the Department for World Service (DWS) director Rev. Eberhard Hitzler for his committed service, as he prepares to resign…
Sabha is a Jordanian woman and mother of eight living in Mafraq, northern Jordan, where her family of ten shares a cramped ground-floor apartment. In the hot summer months, the apartment is so crowded that some…
“My decision not to go back to Sudan has not been in vain,” says Makuach Abraham Kuf with a big smile. “You know, had the war not broken out again maybe I would be in South Sudan applying my Early Childhood Development (ECD) knowledge, starting…
Prior to the 2014 LWF Council meeting in Medan, Indonesia, the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) in North Sumatra opened its doors for Lutherans to visit the institute and engage in a dialogical conversation on…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Senior staff members responsible for community development and training activities in the LWF Department for World Service (DWS) programs in Asia, recently participated in a capacity building course on “…
What do Justin Bieber and the cross of Christ have in common? In Mamre orphanage in the town of Pemantang Siantar, they are both very important to a group of six school girls who put both up on the wall,…
A year ago Sindimba Anafrida Mwengere and her family were suffering through Namibia’s worst drought in 30 years in their rural community of Gcwatjinga in the northern region of Rundu near the border with Angola.
I started to help working to put together the international interfaith symposium “Religious Identity and Renewal: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Explorations” shortly after the idea was conceived by Dr Simone Sinn…
