The newly elected Council of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) met for the first time on 17 May in Windhoek, Namibia. The Council was elected during the Twelfth Assembly. During the meeting the Council elected seven vice-presidents and…
Danielle Dokman from Suriname was elected to the LWF Council as a youth delegate in 2010. The decision to follow this call significantly influenced her decision to become a pastor and her further life.
Living in unconditional discipleship following Christ
(LWI) - “We have much to learn from the Anabaptist churches,” said Bishop Friedrich Kramer of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany at an ecumenical service in the…
Indonesian member churches of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) have planted partner trees for the ones in the Wittenberg Luther Garden at the Ecumenical Centre of the Council of Protestant Indonesian Churches in North Sumatra on 15 June 2014.…
(Prof. Dirk Lange, currently seconded to the LWF as worship coordinator for the Twelfth Assembly and ecumenical commemoration of the 500th anniversary, reflects on the assembly theme and worship.)
Young African Lutherans take on the challenge of the Reformation
African members of the Global Young Reformers Network attending the 60th anniversary of the Lutheran communion in Africa held a one-day workshop, 19 May, to deliberate on…
Allison Westerhoff, a communications officer with the Lutheran church in Southern Africa, applauds efforts to encourage young church members in Tanzania to think green.
The Majengo Lutheran Parish in Moshi, Tanzania, is a…
The notion that creation is a treasure and not to be exploited is a major theme of the upcoming 12th assembly of the Lutheran World Federation and was discussed extensively at the recent Africa leadership conference in Marangu, Tanzania. Here,…
LWF General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge draws inspiration from the Africa leadership conference at Marangu, Tanzania, to show how collectively, churches can transform lives. He is interviewed in French by David Ben Adjia, of the Église…
