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Bishop Ivan Abrahams, WMC general secretary (left), and Rev. Dr Setri Nyomi, WCRC general secretary. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Ecumenical Guests Praise LWF Determination to Reach Out

Council Hears Ecumenical Partners

(LWI) – Ecumenical guests to The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council meeting at Medan, Indonesia, 12-17 June, thanked LWF for its determination to share the gift of friendship and work alongside…

Mami Brunah Aro Sandaniaina of the Malagasy Lutheran Church asks the Council how their churches engage young people who have taken part in LWF youth programs. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Across Generations without Fear or Different Status

Council Looks at Youth Participation in the LWF Communion

(LWI) - When The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) celebrates the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation in 2017, youth will play a confident role in the “communion…

LWF Council Adopts Statement on Conduct on Holy Sites

Calling for Respect of Spiritually Significant Places

(LWI) - The Council of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) at its 2014 meeting endorsed the Universal Code of Conduct on Holy Sites. This document, developed in consultation…

The LWF Council has endorsed a process to envision a continued sustainable LWF. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Council endorses proposal for a continued sustainable LWF

Important step in addressing long-term challenges

GENEVA, 22 June 2015 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council has endorsed proposals for a process to envision a continued sustainable LWF.

On the last day of its…

Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, South Carolina. Photo: jalexartis CC-NC-SA

LWF Council issues statement on the sin of racism

Statement refers to Charleston shooting

GENEVA, 2 July 2015 (LWI) – At its 2015 meeting, the Council of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) issued a public statement on the “sin of…

A group of refugees in Dosseye camp in southern Chad who are benefitting from LWFâs project for improved livelihood and access to land. (Photos taken before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic). All photos: LWF/OphÃ©lie Schnoebelen

Welcoming strangers, finding friendship

Conversations with host communities, returnees, refugees in Chad

“We have understood that we have to live in peace with one another. The little we have, we share”, says the village chief.

We are sitting under a tree in Mbikou…

The LWF Council meets yearly and is the highest authority of the LWF between assemblies. The 2018 LWF Council met in Geneva. Photo: Albin Hillert/LWF

Council 2021

Online meeting of the LWF Council

The Lutheran World Federation's annual governance meeting takes place online, from 18 to 23 June 2021. This will be an exceptional online meeting because of the COVID-19 pandemic. An in-person meeting is scheduled for November 2021. On 16 June the LWF Executive Committee will meet.

The LWF Council meets once a year and is responsible for LWF business between Assemblies. It consists of:

the President
the Chairperson of the Finance Committee
48 lay or ordained people, from LWF member churches in seven regions.

Members of this Council were appointed at the 2017 Twelfth Assembly.

From the Australian outback to head of operations in Geneva

As Chey Mattner ends his role as head of programs for LWF World Service, he shares insights on how his childhood in rural Australia helped to shape his professional career.