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Celebrating creation’s ‘Web of Life’

2019 Season of Creation guide now available

(LWI) - The 2019 guide for the annual Season of Creation campaign…

LWF Youth secretary Ms Pranita Biswasi, addressing the side-event on a human rightsâ perspective in climate action processes at the UN Office in Geneva. Photo: LWF/F. Wilches

Call for human rights-based climate action

LWF Youth secretary says climate change disproportionately impacts women, youth, indigenous communities

(LWI) – Meaningful climate policies and action must address the human rights perspective of the disproportionate impact of climate…

Human rights defenders have expressed concern about the partiality of justice in handling the situation. Photo: ILUGUA

Guatemalan church defends right to peaceful protest

Church stands with human rights defenders, calls for criminal investigations into destruction of water conduits

(LWI) - The Guatemala Lutheran Church (ILUGUA) has called on the…

The leadership of the Honduran church presenting the 2019 general assembly statement in front of the Martin Luther bust in Tegucigalpaâs public square. Photo: Roger Rivas

Church solidarity with Hondurans demanding justice and human rights

Lutheran church supports protests against privatization of health and education

(LWI) - The Christian Lutheran Church of Honduras (ICLH) has declared its solidarity with…

The LWF was part of a delegation that recxently met with survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Mukwege Foundation

Call for state responsibility in fight against sexual violence in DRC

Survivors’ voices at the center of shadow report to CEDAW committee

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is among five civil society organizations calling on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government to urgently assume its…

LWF and ecumenical partners launch Zacchaeus campaign for tax justice

Educating churches locally and advocating for justice and reparations at the highest level

(LWI) - A new, ecumenical campaign advocating for tax justice was launched on 11 July at the United Nations in New York City. The “Zacchaeus…

LWF Third International Lay Leadersâ Seminar, held from 27 June to 6 July in Geneva and Wittenberg. Participants Mabel Ngee-fui Ho (Malaysia), Melkion Panuaitan (Indonesia) and Anna Christine Ursula Unruh-lungfiel (Germany). Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Reinforcing the contribution of lay people to the church

LWF International Lay Leaders’ Seminar takes place in Geneva and Wittenberg

(LWI) - “The seminar is a life-changing unique event that has widened my world view,” says Elizabeth Brennan Burgess from the…

Signatories of a new Spiritual Alliance for the Climate gather in Santiago, Chile on 21 July. Photo: Monserrat Madariaga/Lutheran Church in Chile

Faith groups in Chile launch spiritual climate alliance

Ecumenical and interfaith networks plan non-stop shared celebration, reflection and advocacy during COP25

(LWI) - Christians and Muslims, Buddhists and Bahais, members of indigenous and interfaith organizations have come together in…

As part of the events to mark the tenth anniversary of the coup, Lutherans held a public prayer service at the spot where the first fatal victim of the coup was killed. Riot police and army surrounded the event as a memorial cross was carried to the center of the capital city afterwards. All photos: LWF/S.Hawkey

Lutherans support struggle against repression, violence and poverty in Honduras

Ten years of searching for justice, peace and equality

(LWI) - Ten years on from the military coup against President Mel Zelaya in Honduras, the Lutheran church in the Central American nation continues to raise its voice for justice and…

Participants at the LWF advocacy training workshop in San JosÃ©, Costa Rica, 14-16 July. Photo: LWF/F. Wilches

LWF rolls out Advocacy Handbook in Central America

Strengthening local and national advocacy

(LWI) - The persecution and killing of human rights defenders in Central America, as well as obstacles to the exercise of religious freedom in the region were under the spotlight at an advocacy…