As much as it is a fact that Jantine Auguste Haumersen was the first woman pastor ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it was another woman (later to be ordained as pastor as well) who prepared the way…
Can you imagine carrying the LWF in your pocket? Or being connected to Lutherans around the world while waiting for the bus, getting ready for a youth meeting, sitting at home or being on the road somewhere far away?
One of the main issues discussed at the Asia Church Leadership Conference held in Taipei, Taiwan, 12–15 April 2015, was the need to strengthen the cooperation of Lutheran theological seminaries and colleges in Asia.…
Dr Sarah Hinlicky Wilson invites Lutherans to join a truly global community reading and discussing Luther's theology online in preparation for the Reformation jubilee in 2017.
Young African Reformers determined to emulate Martin Luther
As the Lutheran communion in Africa gathers in Moshi, Tanzania, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1955 Marangu conference when African Lutherans met for the first time as…
Young African Lutherans take on the challenge of the Reformation
African members of the Global Young Reformers Network attending the 60th anniversary of the Lutheran communion in Africa held a one-day workshop, 19 May, to deliberate on…
Allison Westerhoff, a communications officer with the Lutheran church in Southern Africa, applauds efforts to encourage young church members in Tanzania to think green.
The Majengo Lutheran Parish in Moshi, Tanzania, is a…
Josua Rian Martin Situmorang, a member of the Global Young Reformers Network in Asia, asks what impact information technology will have on young people trying to lead the way for change.
Pimpinan Brades Sijabat, a member of the Global Young Reformers Network in Asia, calls for a re-think of the kind of worship young Lutherans need to shape their lives and ministries
Paula Göhre and Kira Schall, two young reformers from Germany, describe how the Workshop Wittenberg gathering of youth from all over the world has sharpened their perspective on Lutheran identity and Christian responsibility in the world.
