Lutheran bishop insists on tolerance amid fears of ideological division
(LWI) - Fears of ideological and religious rifts in Tanzania laid bare during recent national elections have prompted calls from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…
DOHUK, Iraq/ GENEVA, 9 November 2015 (LWI) - “We thought it would be a few days, until things calmed down”, Nadine says. “My parents said: go visit your uncle. It’s just a short field trip. That field trip has lasted a year and a half…
(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has paid tribute to Rev. Dr Yoshiro Ishida, former director of the LWF Department for Studies, who died on 4 November at the age of 87.
(LWI) - Some Salvadoran gangs responsible for much of the country’s widespread violence have announced a cessation of violence following a peace march organized by the Salvadoran Lutheran…
(LWI) – "It is one thing to tell the story,” Alexis Mendoza says, “but it’s another thing to experience it. It is difficult to lose your animals and have all your crops damaged. You already have very little and…
DOHUK, Iraq/GENEVA, 13 November 2015 (LWI) – When the Islamic State militia (IS) advanced on Asna’s (not her real name) village in the Sinjar mountains, her neighbor convinced the Yazidi family to…
Four women in historic ordination in Madhya Pradesh Lutheran church
(LWI) - After a long wait a “dream has come true,” for Rev. L. K. Khakha from Tumsar, a small town in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh. On 1 November, she and…
GENEVA, 14 November 2015 (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation(LWF) condemns in the firmest terms the despicable attacks in Beirut and Paris, this Thursday and Friday, which have caused massive loss of lives.
(LWI) - The directors of Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) and of the Anglican organization The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) have offered hopeful words about the…
Giving communities a voice on the international stage
(LWI) – The governments of Myanmar and Nepal have accepted recommendations of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) at their Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which took place at the…
