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The statement calls for social and climate justice, and support for climate change-hit countries. Climate change can affect weather severely. A tropical storm in El Salvador left devastated fields in its wake. Photo: LWF/M. Boulogne

“Fighting against the commodification of everything”

LWF and ecumenical partners urge new economic system serving all

(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) together with ecumenical partners has called for “an alternative financial system” embracing the experiences of those left out of…

The LWF Council approves seven messages, resolutions and public statements on pressing issues. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Populism, violence, family separation under spotlight

LWF Council calls for action on number of urgent issues

(LWI) - The governing body of the Lutheran World Federation has highlighted a number of issues that need the urgent attention of churches and the international community. On the…

LWF Council member Rev. William Flippin Jr. Photo: LWF / Albin Hillert

Ecumenism is glorification and love

Voices from the Communion – Rev. William Flippin Jr

Rev. William Flippin Jr is a strong advocate of ecumenism. In addition to serving as a pastor at his church in Atlanta, United States, he sits on the council of the…

Visiting the Lutheran office in New York, Helena Funk (third from left) received valuable tips on climate advocacy from Rebekka Pohlmann, Germany; Dennis Frado, LWFâs representative at the UN headquarters; and Christine Mangale, LOWC program director. Photo: Doug Hostetter

On the way to COP24 in Poland

Youth delegate Helena Funk visits UN Church Center and GreenFaith in New York

(LWI) – Last year, Helena Funk, a youth delegate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…

From left to right, Wartburg professor of pastoral theology, Rev. Nathan Frambach, LWFâs communications officer, Philippa Hitchen, 3rd year student Carrie Petersen and 2nd year student Marietta Nelson-Bitte. Photo:LWF/N. Torrecillas

USA seminarians reflect on global ecumenism and reconciliation

Iowa’s Wartburg seminary students visit LWF Communion Office

(LWI) - How much do Lutherans in the United States know and work with members of other Christian churches? What role do they see for the LWF Communion Office here in Geneva? And…

Rev Rolando Antonio Ortez, Pastor President of the ICLH, presides at the ordinations of three male and four female pastors in 2017. Photo: LWF/P. Cuyatti

Honduran church models inclusion and opportunities for young women

LWF member church works with partners offering alternatives to migration

(LWI) - While controversy continues to surround the planned building of a wall along the southern border of the United States, the…

Lutheran delegation on the first day of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 11 March, 2019. Photo: Rich Copley

Advocating for women’s access to social protection

Calling for stronger partnerships with governments to guarantee women’s rights

(LWI) - Lutheran women and men from around the world are taking part in the 63rd session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), advocating for…

Faustina Nillan, national director for women and children in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Photo: Doug Hostetter

UN side event highlights churches’ successes in furthering Sustainable Development Goals

A parallel event at UN Commission on the Status of Women highlights work of the ecumenical “Waking the Giant” initiative

(LWI) - Ecumenical development experts from around the world, meeting at the…

The University of Notre Dame in the U.S. state of Indiana where the consultation on the future of the JDDJ will take place. Photo: University of Notre Dame/Barbara Johnston

Ecumenical meeting in U.S. to follow up on Joint Declaration on Doctrine of Justification

Notre Dame consultation to discuss impact and implications for five Christian world communions

(LWI) - Leaders of five Christian World Communions meet at the Catholic University of Notre Dame in the United States next week to discuss the…

Attending the service as guests of honor: WMC President Rev. Dr JC Park; LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge; Kurt Cardinal Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (Roman Catholic Church); Very Rev. Dr Sarah Rowland Jones, Dean of St Davids Cathedral in Wales (Anglican Communion); and WCRC General Secretary Rev. Dr Chris Ferguson. Photo: Peter Ringenberg/University of Notre Dame

Ecumenical prayer service on opening day of JDDJ consultation

Leaders of five Christian World Communions attend ecumenical prayer service

(LWI) – An ecumenical prayer service in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, United States, marked the opening of a four-…