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Rev. Dr Marcia Blasi standing next to a statue of Katharina von Bora at Faculdades EST, Brazil. Photo: Private

A time to teach and learn “a diakonia of solidarity”

Voices from the Communion: Rev. Dr Marcia Blasi

(LWI) – For many higher institutions of learning around the world, the coronavirus disease pandemic not only ushered in an unexpected shift from in-person to online teacher-student…

Rev. Dr. GrÃ©tar HalldÃ³r Gunnarsson is a parish pastor in suburban ReykjavÃk and initiated the website project Amen.is. Photo: Birgir Ãsleifur Gunnarsson

Online-support to pray during difficult times

Voices from the Communion: Grétar Halldór Gunnarsson, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland

(LWI) - As the latest wave of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic hit Iceland,…

Bishop Terry Kee, Lutheran Church in Singapore Photo: LWF/Romans Wong

Ministry of dialogue in the church in Singapore

Voices from the Communion: Bishop Terry Kee

(LWI) - As a young pastor in Singapore, Rev. Terry Kee discovered he had a gift for promoting dialogue within divided congregations. It is a gift he has continued to develop and use to great…

Like many of his colleagues, Social Media Coordinator Karsten Kopjar has spent a lot of time working in his home office in the past months. Photo: private

Germany: Online church “does not always have to be complicated”

Voices from the Communion: Karsten Kopjar, Social Media Coordinator of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany

(LWI) - “I enjoy the possibilities of using the internet to engage with very different people and to experience spirituality…

Pastor Vladimir Tatarnikov at the door of St. Johnâs Lutheran Church in Grodno, Belarus. Photo: Oleg Shreders

Belarus: Pastor grateful for solidarity and prayers

Voices from the Communion: Pastor Vladimir Tatarnikov

(LWI) - Vladimir Tatarnikov is the only pastor for the Evangelical-Lutheran congregations in the whole of Belarus. Since the presidential elections in…

Rev. Joann Conroy, an Oglala Sioux woman, explains how the church might learn to care for creation from Indigenous people around the world. Photo: ELCA

USA: Creation care requires Indigenous voices

Voices from the Communion: Native American, Rev. Joann Conroy says “those who live Creation” can teach the church

(LWI) - Her grandmother gave her a Sioux name, Winyan Wakan, in Sioux language meaning Holy Woman.…

Rev. Frank Mexon Mngâongâo (wearing red stole), ELCTâs new Youth Coordinator, in a photo from early 2020. Mngâongâo was ordained in Jan. 2020. Photo: ELCT

Tanzania: Youth preaching the Gospel, planting trees

Voices from the Communion: Rev. Frank Mng’ong’o

(LWI) - In 2019, Rev. Frank Mexon Mng’ong’o graduated from Tumaini University Makumira. He was ordained in January 2020 and appointed the youth coordinator for the…

Evangelical Church of the River Plate Vice President Karina Arntzen. Photo: LWF/E. Albrecht

Argentina: "I’m convinced that dialogue is always the solution”

Voices from the Communion: Ms. Karina Arntzen

(LWI) - The daughter of a Yerba Mate tree farmer and a primary school teacher, Attorney Karina Arntzen is the first layperson to serve as vice president of the…

Rev. Charlotte Frycklund serves as the Church of Swedenâs âinternet priest.â Photo by: Argument/Pierre Eriksson

Sweden: Internet pastor engages faith seekers online

Voices from the Communion: Rev. Charlotte Frycklund

(LWI) - Known as the “internet priest” Rev. Charlotte Frycklund spends her days and evenings on the Church of Sweden’s (CoS) social media…

Rev. Sebastian Bugs had chaired the Youth Committee of the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (GNC/LWF) since 2013. Photo: private

Germany: Worship and the revival of churches

Voices from the Communion: Sebastian Bugs, chair of the GNC/LWF Youth Committee

(LWI) - "What needs to change in the church? And what should not be changed?" – Rev. Sebastian Bugs has been grappling with these questions long before he…