As the global community marks 2016 World AIDS Day today, 1 December, hundreds of church workers throughout The Lutheran World Federation communion in local congregations, communities and at global level, are raising awareness of the need to fight…

A program offering love and care to children orphaned by HIV and AIDS in South Africa

(LWI) – The notion of family in southern Africa is changing. The prevailing definition of a contemporary family now includes single-parent families,…

Government to adapt Lutheran gender policy to fit school curriculum - 16 Days of Activism

(LWI) – Child marriage remains a critical social problem in Zimbabwe but a new Lutheran program aims to address the issue.

“Polygamy is still…

Consultation in Zimbabwe calls for strengthened church capacity for peace building

(LWI) - Religious leaders and peace building practitioners should be actively involved in peace building processes. That was the conclusion of a recent…

Common Prayer service in Strasbourg

(LWI) A joint ecumenical service commemorating the Reformation last week was one of a number of ecumenical events convened by Catholics and Lutherans in France.

The December 6 service was hosted…

Interview with Eyob Yishak, participant in LWF consultation on “Faith-based engagement in conflict transformation”

(LWI) – Faith-based actors can bring about a significant reduction in the level of conflict and contribute to its…

LWF President Younan and Jerusalem delegation visit Cairo, denounce killings at Coptic Cathedral

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Bishop Dr Munib Younan and Palestinian Muslim and Christian leaders from Jerusalem…

LWF General Secretary Junge welcomes theme of 2017 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

(LWI) – God’s unconditional grace liberates us to work towards the unity of the church, and to be tireless ambassadors of peace and reconciliation in a…

ELCJHL important for Middle East

(LWI) – The Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has elected Rev. Ibrahim Azar to be a bishop of the church.

Bishop-elect Azar,…

Program makes “significant contribution” to churches

(LWI) – Theologians from Malaysia and Rwanda, a diaconal worker specializing in HIV and AIDS from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and an education administrator from Colombia are…