“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…

4,000 Christians from all over the world gather in Karlsruhe, Germany

Voices from the Communion: Uwe Steinmetz, jazz musician and composer

German youth keep the Reformation alive and global

Young reformers Lena Lothring and Julia Braband are keeping Martin Luther and the Reformation firmly planted in the lives of young Lutherans worldwide while learning about climate justice…

Two German church synods decide on more youth participation

(LWI) – Two German member churches of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) – the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…

Commemorative service marking the repatriation of mortal remains from former German Southwest Africa

(LWI) – On Wednesday, 29 August, Germany gave back to Namibia mortal remains that it had taken out of the country during the colonial…

Interview with the Namibian pastors Isak Malua and Klaus-Peter Tietz

(LWI) – Isak Malua (40) and Klaus-Peter Tietz (59) are both pastors in Namibia, serving in two different Lutheran churches in the country. They met in Wittenberg,…

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony takes up message of Twelfth Assembly

(LWI) – For the first time, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony (ELCS) has passed a law to…