(LWI) - Women and youth members of the LWF Council had their Pre-Council meetings on the morning of 16 June. Among the issues discussed at the meetings were the preparation of future Council members for their role in governance, the role of youth…

LWF Council statement on women in the ordained ministry

The annual governing body of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) today said it was “deeply saddened and concerned” over a recent decision prohibiting women’s ordination in the…

‘More positive examples needed from the CAR’, says LWF team leader

The president of the AFUDES women’s group in the Central African Republic (CAR) could have fled during the bitter 2013 conflict but she instead decided to stay in her…