Over 2000 attend Lutheran anniversary celebrations in Tanzania

MOSHI, Tanzania /GENEVA, 26 May 2015 (LWI) – The 60th anniversary celebrations of the Lutheran communion in Africa concluded with an affirmation of the continent’s strong…

LWF’s President Younan encourages African member churches in their Lutheran journey

MOSHI, Tanzania/GENEVA, 24 May 2015 (LWI) – African church representatives meeting in Moshi, Tanzania, expressed appreciation for the critical…

Marangu 1955 co-chair Emmanuel Abraham, 102: the importance of Marangu is that its aim was achieved

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia/GENEVA, 26 May 2015 (LWI) - Dr Emmanuel Abraham, former President of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church…

Need for immediate support to overcrowded camps

KIGOMA, Tanzania/GENEVA, 29 May 2015 As the situation in Burundi deteriorates progressively, Burundians continue to leave the country in droves. The Lutheran World Federation is on the…

Animals, plows and vaccination campaigns

(LWI) – “It was about time the rain came,” Genio Maidoum says. Together with three younger brothers, the 16-year-old plows the family fields in Dosseye camp, southern Chad. They have one acre - the…

Violence against women is alarming, congregations can do more

MOSHI, Tanzania/GENEVA, 2 June 2015 (LWI) - “Are we as churches sometimes unable to speak about violence against women and girls because we experience it and practice…

Nigerian Bishop Musa stresses need for critical reform in theological education, leadership, liturgy and worship

(LWI) – Ongoing renewal of the church must be a priority for African Lutheran church witness, in a context in which progress…

Family sheltering in LWF-supported camp in Tanzania

The first time, he…

“A responsibility to ensure the evidence we collect is robust”

LWF caring for the youngest survivors of war

ADJUMANI, Uganda / GENEVA, 20 June 2015 (LWI) – It’s exam time in Ayilo 1 primary school, but Nyaring’s (not her real name) smiling face indicates that maths and social science were not too…