Malagasy Lutheran Church starts year-long jubilee and Reformation anniversary
The Malagasy Lutheran church (MLC) has inaugurated round-the-year celebrations until May 2018 to mark the church’s 150th anniversary and commemorate 500 years…
Young Reformers in the United States bring youth voices to congregations
(LWI) - Young Reformers in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are working to let the voices of youth and young adults be heard in Lutheran…
Pastors Zelda Cossa and Rosa Rafael speak of new hope and dedication
MAPUTO, Mozambique/GENEVA, 30 June 2017 - Amid worldwide commemorations of 500 years of the Reformation, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mozambique (IELM) recently…
LWF gathers faith-based organizations at training around CEDAW session
(LWI) Delegates from around the world will this week explore strategies that lay and religious leaders and other civil society actors can use to increase the impact of…
Faith-based organizations affirm greater engagement in fighting for women’s rights
(LWI) - Advocacy for women’s rights and the fight against gender-based violence is not only a concern for women but crucial for the whole of humanity and…
Annual training helps to bring local concerns to the global arena
(LWI) – Testimonies by human rights’ defenders are an important component of an annual advocacy training on women’s human rights, organized by faith-based organizations (…
Presence in Heaven’s Tent and youthPointreformation
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) presence in Wittenberg at the World Reformation Exhibition in the last two weeks of July will feature the work of LWF World Service and the Global…
German youth keep the Reformation alive and global
Young reformers Lena Lothring and Julia Braband are keeping Martin Luther and the Reformation firmly planted in the lives of young Lutherans worldwide while learning about climate justice…