Refugee athlete to give testimony at Ecumenical Commemoration

(LWI) – Olympic athlete and refugee Rose Nathike Lokonyen will be one of the speakers at the Joint Lutheran-Catholic Commemoration in Sweden on 31 October.

At Malmö arena…

LWF human resource management training for churches in Central and East Africa

At a recent workshop focusing on empowerment, transformation and innovative ways of carrying out diaconal work, participants from LWF member churches in…

Refugees speak about the importance of education for girls

“Education is light, ignorance is darkness,” says Fatuma Aden Siyad. If this would be be applied literally, the young woman from Somalia lived in darkness for the first eleven…

16 days of activism to overcome gender based violence

(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is encouraging church leaders to speak up publicly against gender-based violence. Joining the…

KELC promotes theological foundations for gender justice 

(LWI) - Rev. Catherine Ngina Musau, head of the Gender Justice Program in the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church (KELC…

LWF welcomes a WHO guide on religious leaders’ critical role in slowing the pandemic

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) welcomes a recent guide by the …

LWF publishes 2019 Annual Report

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Annual Report for the work carried out in…

"Junge has personified LWF's passion for the church and for the world"

(LWI) – LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge announced today that he will be stepping down from his position on 31 October 2021, three years before his term ends…

One body, one spirit, one hope 

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation has put out a call for proposals to develop the Thirteenth LWF Assembly logo and visual identity. The meeting of the highest LWF decision-making body takes place in…