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Bishop Dr Malasusa and Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal. Photo: LWF/I. Benesch

Tanzania’s vice-president addresses LWF interfaith conference

“Build new structures to promote peace”

(LWI) – Sixty-five religious, political and civil society leaders from Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania are currently meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 6 – 8. The…

Ordination ceremony of Hanna Schramm in April 2014. Photo: LWF/Leonardo PÃ©rez

“A genuine alternative”

Interview with Rev Hanna Schramm, the first woman minister of the Lutheran Church in Chile (Iglesia Luterana en Chile, ILCH)

(LWI) - Hanna Schramm is breaking new ground in two senses: previously the ministers of the Lutheran…

(left to right) Dialogue participants Helen Haggai and Amina Ahmed. Photo: LWF/I. Benesch

Joint Interreligious Declaration on Peace Building, Democracy and Development

Christian and Muslim Leaders Sign at Dialogue Meeting in Tanzania

(LWI) – A high-level interreligious dialogue meeting, convened by The Lutheran World Federation, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…

LWF staff provides a displaced woman in Bor with a water, sanitation and health kit. Photo: LWF/South Sudan

Calling the International Community to Action in South Sudan

NGOs Propose Seven Steps to Address Crisis, Churches Call to Prayer

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), together with other non-governmental organizations (NGOs), is calling on the international community to urgently…

LWF Communion Joins in Prayer for Abducted School Girls

Special Prayers and Fasting in Nigerian Congregations

(LWI) – The call and prayer for the 276 abducted Nigerian school girls has been shared by member churches…

Armand Yabinti, community outreach officer for the LWF emergency program in CAR, outside the ruins of his house in Bohong village, Ouham PendÃ© prefecture. Photo: LWF/P. Mumia

LWF Reaches Out to Displaced Populations in Central African Republic

Insecurity Hampers Timely Response to Enormous Needs

(LWI) - In the small village of Kbetene, along the western axis of Bohong-Bouar in Central African Republic (CAR), Yvonne Ndongoe, says she cannot recall the number of times…

Children wearing the traditional Burmese skin conditioner thanaka in a Temporary Learning Space in Ohn Taw Gyi South camp, Rakhine State. Photo: LWF Myanmar

Myanmar: LWF Resumes Implementation of Programs

Back to School for Students and Teachers in Rakhine State

(LWI) – U Kyaw Soe Aung sits with his legs crossed on a wooden floor of a Child Friendly Space in the camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) of Set Yone Su. His 10-year old…

Bishop GuÃ°mundsdÃ³ttir (third from right) and other participants of the European WICAS conference in Meissen. Photo: LWF/E. Neuenfeldt

Women are Reforming the Church

Iceland’s Bishop Guðmundsdóttir Reflects on her Leadership Journey

(LWI) – Forty years ago Solveig Lára Guðmundsdóttir attended a worship service at the Reykjavík cathedral that changed her life.

It was the ordination…

Rebecca Abbo returned to her damaged and empty house in Yongoro village, western CAR, in early May. With LWF's support, she can now access clean water. Photo: LWF/P. Mumia

LWF Joins Organizations Urging Humanitarian Access in Central African Republic

Armed Actors in Conflict Hinder Aid Delivery to Displaced Civilians

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is among 26 international non-governmental organizations in the Central African Republic (CAR) that are calling on all armed…

Participants at the 18-23 May 2014 LUCA meeting in Accra, Ghana. Photo: LUCA

African Lutheran Churches Condemn Widespread Violence by Armed Groups in the Region

Faith Leaders Urged to Engage Communities in Dialogue for Peace

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Africa, have strongly condemned the widespread violence by militant groups in the region, and urged…