The Executive Committee is one of the governing bodies of the LWF. It oversees the proper functioning of the LWF between Council meetings. The Executive Committee shall normally meet semiannually, with one meeting in conjunction with the Council meeting.

Vorbereitung auf die Dreizehnte Vollversammlung in Krakau 

Diese erste Vorkonferenz für männliche Delegierte der Vollversammlung bietet ihnen Zeit und Raum, um Erfahrungen aus den regionalen Vorversammlungen auszutauschen, zu erkunden, was das Vollversammlungsthema „Ein Leib, ein Geist, eine Hoffnung“ für sie bedeutet, und wie dessen praktische Umsetzung in ihrem Umfeld und ihren Gesellschaften aussehen kann.

Die Teilnehmenden an der Vorkonferenz der Männer werden außerdem an einem gemeinsamen Verständnis vom Grundsatzpapier: Gendergerechtigkeit im LWB arbeiten und dessen aktive Umsetzung und Auswirkungen in den Blick nehmen.

Ausgehend von diesen gemeinsamen Erfahrungen werden die Teilnehmer eine Botschaft entwickeln und gestalten, die den Kern der Diskussion widerspiegelt und der Dreizehnten Vollversammlung vorgelegt werden soll. 

Die Vorkonferenz der Männer ist eine wichtige neue Initiative, die das Engagement von Männern in der lutherischen Gemeinschaft auf neue, inspirierende Weise fördern will.

Zur Webseite der Dreizehnten Vollversammlung

Ein Leib, Ein Geist, Eine Hoffnung

Der Studienleitfaden (Study Guide) für die Dreizehnte Vollversammlung wurde kürzlich in englischer Sprache veröffentlicht.

Nun wird das LWB-Gemeinschaftsbüro eine Auftaktveranstaltung ausrichten, um Ihnen einen Blick hinter die Kulissen zu gewähren und Fragen dazu zu beantworten, wie der Studienleitfaden erstellt wurde, wie er aufgebaut ist und wie er in der gesamten Gemeinschaft bei der Vorbereitung auf die Vollversammlung genutzt werden kann.

Besuchen Sie die Veranstaltung im Ökumenischen Zentrum in Genf oder folgen Sie online unter

Einführung des Studienleitfadens für die Dreizehnte Vollversammlung - YouTube

Mit:

• Generalsekretärin Anne Burghardt
• stellvertretender Generalsekretär Dirk Lange
• Programmreferent Chad Rimmer
• Programmreferentin Savanna Sullivan
• Regionalsekretär Ireneusz Lukas
• Vollversammlungskoordinatorin Maryssa Camaddo.

Moderation:

• Arni Danielsson
• Philippa Hitchen

LWF and partners invite to online prayer service

Christians are called to pray and advocate for peace. In a global context where war and violence abound the practice of peace has become even more urgent. 

The war in Ukraine has entered its second year, simultaneously escalating violence in Palestine, continuing military exercises threatening peace on the Korean peninsula, state violence in Myanmar, a fragile situation in Ethiopia and war in several other parts of the world threaten peace.  

On 22 March Christians worldwide are calling for a global prayer for peace and will be jointly hosting an online prayer service at 15:00 CET. 

Register on Zoom. 

The Lutheran World Federation, The Baptist World Alliance, The Mennonite World Conference, World Methodist Council, the Conference of European Churches, World Communion of Reformed Churches, and the World Council of Churches are joining hands for the event which will gather Christians from countries all over the world and unite them in prayer and hope. 

Strengthen community and organizational resilience in Asia

This meeting will focus on building resilience, in the communities we serve and the required resilient organizational setup.

In the region where LWF works, people of concern are often marginalized because of a lack of protection and social cohesion, access to services and livelihood opportunities.

We seek to prevent the effects of poverty and injustice by building long-term resilience. During the meeting we aim to unpack the community resilience approaches for the communities we serve, through sharing experiences, best practices and future strategic directions in the Asian Context.

Together with the Management Teams from Geneva, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, and other LWF experts, we focus the first two days on programmatic and organizational aspects.

On the third day we have invited several strategic partners, to further discuss specifics around community and organizational resilience.

No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe 

No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe is the title of a new LWF report on advocacy and policy engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt will deliver the keynote address during the event hosted by the Lutheran Office for World Community at the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States. 

The report is based on interviews conducted in 2021 and 2022 with staff involved in coordinating and implementing response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among the member churches, World Service country programs and LWF’s partner organizations.  

Others who will speak at the launch include Florine de Wolf from the Joint Learning Initiative, which undertook the research on LWF’s behalf.

Follow the launch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHe71TW-MRI

The Lutheran World Federation will participate in the Commission on the Status of Women, highlighting the digital gender divide and the urgent need to increase women and girl’s access to technology for innovation, especially as it relates to women’s human rights and their ability to participate fully in society, whilst protecting them from online violence.  

LWF’s call to action at this year’s CSW includes a challenge to governments to intensify efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (including in digital contexts) through the full implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.  

LWF will also join other civil society organizations to influence the outcome document of the CSW. We will hold parallel and side events to showcase good practice on utilizing Information and Communications Technology for gender equality.

Faith-based advocacy for climate justice

Faith-based organizations have long been engaged in the climate negotiation process of the UNFCCC to bring a perspective on faith and compassion to inspire and encourage decision-makers to include human beings, Mother Earth, and other beings in their consideration. 

During UN climate conference COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, a significant number of faith-based organizations were mobilized to participate in the negotiation process and raise public awareness of the importance of having an ambitious target for climate change actions, as mandated by the Paris Agreement. 

It is the time for us, the faith-based organizations in Geneva and other key networks, to reflect and evaluate our involvement in the COP27 process to prepare for COP28. 

The event is organized by the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights (GIF). LWF is a member of this network. 

In-person participants are invited to coffee and a light lunch after the event. 

Toward a more open and diverse church  

As part of the European Diaconal Process, participants from 11 LWF member churches in Europe will attend this in-person workshop on the theme “Conviviality: Diaconal Life in Diversity” in Tallinn, Estonia.

They will produce learning materials for a handbook on diaconal practices. The resource will be offered as a learning program toward more open approaches in increasingly diverse societies. The learning program will be available to congregations, church organizations, teachers and trainees in church social work and other fields.

Topics covered include the intersection with politics, economy and work, creation and the environment.

Conviviality – the core concept of living together in society- is a central theme of the regional process carried out in collaboration with the Czech Republic-based International Academy for Diaconia and Social Action (interdiac).

Celebrating the 500th year of Luther’s New Testament translation 

This is the fourth and final webinar of the series LWF is hosting to mark the 2022 Bible Year.  

Two biblical scholars will discuss how we live out the Bible and put it into practice in ethics. How does the Bible inspire us to act?   

• Rev. Dr Antje Jackelén is archbishop emeritus of the Church of Sweden, where she served from 2014 to 2022 and is also LWF Vice-President for the Nordic region. She is also co-president of the global Religions for Peace network. 
• Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata is a New Testament scholar and ecumenical theologian from Zimbabwe, who is currently a program director for Public Witness and Diakonia at the World Council of Churches. 

Host: Rev. Szabolcs Nagy, Consultant project “Bible Year 2022”