Strengthening holistic mission and humanitarian response
GENEVA, 19 June 2015 (LWI) – The Lutheran Federation (LWF) Council has appointed Maria Immonen as the new director of the Department for World Service (DWS) and Rev. Dr…
Speaking up and acting for climate justice as people of faith
GENEVA, 23 June 2015 (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has announced that it shall be the policy of the LWF not to invest in fossil fuels. This…
Eleven students receive diploma in oncology nursing
JERUSALEM/ GENEVA, 24 June 2015 (LWI) – The first class of oncology nurses have graduated from the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem. Eleven post-graduate students received a…
GORE, Chad / GENEVA, 23 June 2015 (LWI) - The log is still lying in the yard of her home in Maro village, Chad. It's a big white chunk of wood, heavy to lift and polished from a person touching it and sitting…
LWF’s Oral Statement on Roma People at Human Rights Council
(LWI) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Ms Rita Izsak encouraged The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and other faith-based organizations to put more…
(LWI) - The leader of the United Protestant Church of France (EPUDF) Rev. Laurent Schlumberger, was among religious leaders who met French President Francois Hollande and presented a statement on the spiritual and moral challenge of climate…
GENEVA, 2 July 2015 (LWI) – The Global Young Reformer’s Network of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) will meet in Wittenberg, Germany, for a workshop on the Lutheran Reformation. From 22 August…
KATHMANDU, Nepal/GENEVA, 8 July 2015 (LWI) - While he could see everyone else run from their homes when the earthquake hit on 25 April, Dharma Lal Shrestha, 63, of Shankarapur Municipality…
LWF supports refugees with small loans to generate income
(LWI) – Her assortment includes salt, onions, Maggi flavour cubes, little yellow peppers and cooking oil. Pointy plastic bags with the yellow liquid are shining in the afternoon…
