Prayers for safety, advocacy for additional support

GENEVA, 15 September 2015 (LWI)—The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches outside Europe are expressing their solidarity with churches receiving refugees in the region through…

A committed and caring leader

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has extended its condolences upon the death of Reverend Carlos Alfredo Duarte Voelker, Pastor President of the…

Voices from the Communion: LWF Council member Rev. Karla Steilmann Franco, Evangelical Church of the River Plate (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay)

(LWI) - What are the greatest challenges your church faces today?…

“In times of exclusionary populism, silence is never an option”

(LWI) - In his New Year message, the General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Rev. Dr Martin Junge calls on churches to bear witness to the gospel message…

Voices from the Communion: President Leonardo Schindler of the Evangelical Church of the River Plate

(LWI) - One year ago, Rev. Leonardo Schindler took up the position as pastor president of the…

Church mission launches campaign to plant 180 thousand trees

(LWI) - Aiming to reforest over 3 square kilometers of forest regions with 180 thousand native trees along streams and other desecrated areas of Argentina, the…

Human rights, food security and environmental protection among indigenous Mbya Guaraní

(LWI) – From its beginnings as a department for diakonia in the Evangelical Church of the…

En el marco del Sínodo de la Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata (IERP), el jueves 10 de octubre se celebraron los 40 años del Ministerio Femenino en la IERP, un hito fundamental en la historia de la iglesia. La conmemoración se realizó...

Rev. Dr Mercedes García Bachmann was among the first women to be ordained in the United Evangelical Lutheran Church

(LWI) - Mercedes García Bachmann was in her last year of high school when she first felt a call to become a pastor in the…

BUENOS AIRES / Argentina (LWI) - Organismos ecuménicos que trabajan en defensa de las personas con discapacidad, realizaron este 27 de agosto una oración interreligiosa “por una sociedad más justa en reclamo urgente hacia las personas con...