(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has lauded the full communion of Canada’s Lutheran and Anglican churches, marked in an unprecedented Joint Assembly highlighting the…
LWF Reaches Out to Rural Communities in Namibia’s Worst Drought
WINDHOEK, Namibia/GENEVA, 19 September 2013(LWI) – Makala sits under one of the family’s pawpaw trees in the hot sun, her baby on her lap, and her other…
LWF Provides Life-Saving Supplies to Fleeing Congolese Families
(LWI) More than 66,000 refugees have entered Uganda in just two days after the Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked their hometown in Kamango in…
First IELU Lutheran Deaconess to Serve as a Pastor
(LWI) The United Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELU) in Argentina has for the first time called a deaconess trained in diaconal service to serve as a congregation pastor.
LWF Supports Congolese Church Contribution to NGO Shadow Report
(LWI) Growing support from churches towards initiatives addressing sexual and gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is heightening…
Remembering a Leader Who Helped Bring “New Hope and New Life”
(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has paid tribute to the life and service of Rev. Dr Eugene Ries, former director of the LWF Department for World Service, who…
