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Selling waffles, a favorite dish, after worship was one way to raise to money for children in Uganda. Photo: Stefan Mar Gunnlaugsson / The Evangelical Church of Iceland

Icelandic Youth collect for Uganda

Youth Day of Icelandic church to support orphans of HIV and AIDS

(LWI) - Solidarity from the northernmost country of the world to sub-Saharan Africa: Young Lutherans from Iceland have raised 500,000 IKR (5,000 USD) to support a program of…

Rev. Inken WÃ¶hlbrand will take up the position of Director of the LWF Center Wittenberg in October this year. Photo: VELKD

Inken Wöhlbrand to become new director of LWF Center Wittenberg

The presence of the Lutheran World Federation in Wittenberg

(LWI) – The next director of the LWF Center in Wittenberg, Germany, will be Rev. Inken Wöhlbrand. The German…

Prayer to overcome violence. Photo: Eugenio Albrecht

Church in Paraguay pledges to support new anti-violence law

“As a church, we cannot remain silent.”

(LWI) - Paraguay has brought into force new measures to curb violence against women and girls, a move the Evangelical Church of the River…

Motivation and renewal inspired by the Reformation Anniversary

LWF vice-presidents look back at the Reformation Anniversary

(LWI) - The Reformation is ongoing. Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation has made an impact on LWF member churches. Across the communion, they marked the…

A man plays football with his children in the Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan, while another man, wounded in fighting in Syria, looks on. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT

LWF and ecumenical partners link to #WithRefugees solidarity tour

Faith organizations join hands with UN in campaign for refugees

(LWI) - The #WithRefugees World Tour kicks off today with a sports day in the Za’atari Refugee Camp in Jordan. The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), World Council of Churches…

Rev. Dr. Fidon Mwombeki, new general secretary elect of the All Africa Conference of Churches. Photo: LWF/S.Gallay

DMD director Fidon Mwombeki elected general secretary of All Africa Conference of Churches

“A heart for mission and for Africa”

LWI - Rev. Dr Fidon Mwombeki, director of the Department for Mission and Development (DMD) at The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), has been…

Young people with disabilities receive support and therapy, such as painting lessons, by a small Lutheran congregation in Tolyatti, Russia. Photo: Marcus Mockler, epd -Bild

Lutherans in Russia assist people with disabilities

Diaconal initiative brings joy, challenges stereotypes

(LWI) - A small Lutheran congregation in Tolyatti, west Russia, has taken up the challenge of being an inclusive congregation, providing vital support for disabled young adults.

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Youth present their pre-Assembly message to the first plenary of the Twelfth Assembly, Namibia, May 2017. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF youth call for revival of churches

Join online discussion and share thoughts and ideas

(LWI) - Lutheran youth have started the discussion on revival in the church.

On 13 April the Global Young Reformers’ Network…

The LWF Council has repeatedly advocated for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Syria. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

LWF pushes for peaceful resolution of conflict in Syria and respect for international law

Strengthen the international instruments of justice and peace

(LWI) - Expressing “grave concern over the dangerous escalation of the conflict in Syria” The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) condemns any use of chemical weapons in…

From left to right: Prof. Rudolf Von Sinner (EST), Rev. Dr Chad Rimmer (Study Secretary for Lutheran Theology and Practice) and and Prof. AmÃ©lÃ© EkuÃ© (Bossey) at the GlobeTheoLib Consortium on 13 April in Geneva, Switzerland.

Faith stories help equip church to reform oppressive systems

“Help the faithful critique unjust discourses”

(LWI) - The church must continue telling faith stories, including those of differently abled, indigenous or marginalised Christians, to keep from “domesticating” the gospel, Lutheran educator…