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A traditional meal is served in Hadiya, south central Ethiopia. Photo: Albin Hillert/LWF

"People are not starving, they are being starved”

LWF joins interagency call to fight famine

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined more than 200 aid organizations in a call to fight hunger and famine worldwide. In an…

IELCO pastoral body. Photo by Melissa GÃ³mez Yepes/ IELCO

Colombia: Church calls on government to protect life, peacefully listen

Violence against demonstrators must be stopped, human rights violations investigated

(LWI) - The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia (IELCO) National Ministerial…

Anti-government protesters in the Colombian city of Cali on 1 May 2021. Photo: Remux / Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA)

Stop the spiral of violence in Colombia

Christian organizations call on President Duque to end repression and address root causes of popular protests

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined with other global Christian communions and ecumenical organizations in an…

Rev. Anne Burghardt and Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata. Photo: Composite

Two candidates for next LWF general secretary

Election to take place on 19 June

(LWI) - Candidates from Estonia and Zimbabwe have been proposed for the position of general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation. The search for a new leader of the communion of churches has been…

Youth playing on the banks of RÃo Pogue in Atrato, northwestern Colombia. The LWF supports local communities to uphold their rights and protect the Atrato River, which has been polluted by material from extractive industries for decades. Photo: LWF/G. A. Moreno Clavijo

Supporting marginalized people to organize and empower themselves

Report on LWF’s rights-based approach work in 2020

(LWI) – Through its local-to-global methodology, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) continues to work with refugees, internally displaced people, indigenous communities, ethnic…

In Colombia’s Arauca region, where extractive industries have destroyed entire ecosystems, local farmers participate in an LWF-supported reforestation and land recovery project. Photo: LWF Colombia

LWF and ecumenical partners urge global action for biodiversity and climate justice

LWF, ACT, and WCC issue joint statement following COP16 in Colombia

(LWI) –The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) joined its global ecumenical partners in urging governments to address the interconnected crises of biodiversity loss and…