Poland hosts 1.5 million officially registered refugees from Ukraine. Twenty live in Betania, a holiday home of The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland in the Cieszyn Diocese near Bielsko-Biala. 

LWF cash centers help Ukrainian refugees settle in Poland

“Great hospitality and solidarity” by Lutheran churches

Commission on Unity to finalize draft report on Baptism and Growth in Communion

(LWI) Lutherans and Roman Catholics are gathering in Poland this week to complete discussions on what kind of unity might arise out of their shared…

LWF General Secretary Junge praises Lutheran-Catholic Commission at its 50th anniversary

(LWI)-The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has lauded the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity as it…

Religious leaders debate democracy and role of religions in the public space

(LWI) - Polish Protestants, Catholics, Muslims and Jews come together to discuss peace, democracy and the responsibility of religions in the public space during…

LWF President Musa shared LWF’s 2020 Christmas Message

(LWI) – In a Christmas season marked by uncertainty and fear from the unfamiliar and unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christians are invited to trust in the promise…

Committed to “stand up for those who have no voice” 

(LWI) - We have a commitment “to care for the weakest and to stand up for those who have no voice. Among those, migrants and refugees have a particular place in the Biblical message,”…

LWF leader returns from 3-day trip to Warsaw and Krakow feeling “encouraged and inspired” by planning for 2023

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt has just returned from a visit to the Polish…

Joint effort with Lutheran church in Poland brings aid to migrants and refugees

(LWI) - Diaconia Poland, the diaconal arm of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (ECACP), continues to deliver aid packages and…