GENEVA, 1 June 2016 (LWI) –The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council will meet from 15 to 21 June in Wittenberg, Germany under the theme, Grounded in God’s love - discerning God’s future.
More than 200 participants in the LWF Wittenberg Pilgrimage walked from the St Nicolai Church in Coswig along the Lutherweg towards Wittenberg. On the way they stopped at pilgrimage stations to sing and discuss the themes of the 2017 Reformation…
LWF Council opening worship at Wittenberg’s town church
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council meeting formally opened today, 15 June, with worship in Wittenberg’s Town Church. Bishop Gerhard Ulrich, chairperson of the LWF German…
LWF Council 2016 affirmed the ties that connect Lutherans
WITTENBERG, Germany/GENEVA 22 June 2016 – Leaders of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) said this year’s governing body meeting in Wittenberg offered delegates opportunities to…
(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) governing body has called for greater church engagement to enhance holistic life, equal citizenship, peace-building, democracy and inclusiveness.
“God’s creation is threatened,” said the Leading Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany, Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt, in her call to use Lent to consider “how we can be more frugal and mindful in our use of resources.”
What tasks and actions arise for the LWF member churches from the message and other results of the Thirteenth Assembly? Two German churches explored this together at a joint event.
In this Voices from the Communion interview, Pröpstin Astrid Kleist speaks about her leadership at the local and international levels and the characteristics of the Central Western European region. She looks back at her term of office with the…
