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South Sudanese refugees receive a hot meal at Palorinya refugee camp, Uganda. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

“Don’t reconvert plowshares into swords”

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge about the famine alert in East Africa and Nigeria, the arms race and migration

(LWI) On March 16, the United Nations issued an alert, drawing attention to the famine in South Sudan, Somalia,…

The news of the peace agreement âcomes like a gentle rain falling down on people around the world thirsting for a message of peaceâ, LWF General Secretary Junge writes. Photo: LWF/ C.KÃ¤stner

A powerful message of peace

LWF General Secretary Junge congratulates church leaders in Ethiopia and Eritrea on peace agreement

(LWI) - The news of the peace agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia is “a powerful message of peace to the world,” writes the Lutheran…

PM Abiy Ahmed at an inauguration event in Addis Ababa. Photo: Office of the Prime Minister â Ethiopia

Ethiopian Prime Minister wins Nobel Peace Prize

LWF hails “powerful and daring story of peace building” and hope

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) congratulates the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has been awarded the 2019 Nobel peace prize for his role in resolving the long…

Congregants gather in prayer at the Finfinne Oromo Mekane Yesus Congregation of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus on the first Sunday following the unrest in Ethiopia, which also affected Mekane Yesus members directly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Ethiopian church calls for sustainable peace

Congregations to gather in prayer and fasting

(LWI) - The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) has called for sustainable peace in the country and…

2020 New Year Message: So that all have life in abundance

“In times of exclusionary populism, silence is never an option”

(LWI) - In his New Year message, the General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Rev. Dr Martin Junge calls on churches to bear witness to the gospel message…

Supplies of hand sanitizers, masks and other hygiene products ready for distribution by volunteers of the Eternal Life Lutheran Church in Hong Kong. Photo: ELCHK

COVID-19: Health and faith partnership to promote factual information and reduce fear

LWF welcomes a WHO guide on religious leaders’ critical role in slowing the pandemic

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) welcomes a recent guide by the …

Working together for justice, peace and reconciliation

LWF publishes 2019 Annual Report

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Annual Report for the work carried out in…

EECMY President Rev. Yonas Yigezu Dibisa and other congregants during Sunday worship in one of the church's congregations in the capital Addis Ababa. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Lutheran communion solidarity as Ethiopian church appeals for peace in the country

Junge reminds EECMY of its “pivotal role in preventing more loss of lives”

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has expressed gratitude to the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) for its consistent appeal for…

Landscape in Amhara province, the state bordering Tigray, Ethiopia. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

Churches express deep solidarity with Ethiopia

Ecumenical organizations send pastoral letter to churches and people of Ethiopia facing multiple challenges

(LWI) - Ecumenical organizations have sent a pastoral letter of solidarity to the churches and people of Ethiopia, expressing…

Worship in an EECMY congregation. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Ethiopia: LWF in solidarity with church and people yearning for peace

General Secretary Anne Burghardt sends message of encouragement to EECMY President

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has expressed the communion’s “deep concern” over the recent developments in Ethiopia and “solidarity with our…