Voices from the Communion: Palestinian LWF Council member Sally Azar

(LWI) - Please tell us something about yourself, and your church?

I was born in…

Iowa’s Wartburg seminary students visit LWF Communion Office

(LWI) - How much do Lutherans in the United States know and work with members of other Christian churches? What role do they see for the LWF Communion Office here in Geneva? And…

Interview with Rev. Inken Wöhlbrand, director of the LWF Center Wittenberg

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Center in Wittenberg, Germany, makes the LWF present in this historical city and offers programs that connect Lutherans…

A new LWF publication spells out six ecumenical commitments in relations with other churches

(LWI) - It is Christian unity week again from January 18-25, but this year marks a special reason for celebrating the progress in relations…

Statement says the country’s crisis can only be resolved through dialogue and consensus building

(LWI) - The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has appealed for an end to the violence which erupted in…

Brazilian church leader was dedicated to the ecumenical movement

(LWI) – Brazilian church leader Rev. Huberto Kirchheim, former Vice-President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), died on 14 January at the age of 80.

Kirchheim…

Colombian human rights advocate talks about an increasingly dangerous task

(LWI) - Despite continued threats on her life, María Ruth Sanabria remains undeterred in the struggle for the rights of marginalized people. This includes a…

Lutheran Bishop Samiec underscores actions that promote reconciliation

(LWI) - The Polish Ecumenical Council (PEC), headed by Lutheran Bishop Jerzy Samiec, has urged…

Church leaders say Christians cannot ‘look the other way’

(LWI) - The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Italy (CELI) has called for greater solidarity and compassion to end the…