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COVID-19 response must include ‘Health for all’

LWF joins call to world leaders to ensure that “each life is valued and every person’s right to healthcare is upheld”

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has joined other leaders of religious…

LWF General Secretary Martin Junge speaking at the farewell-event for the outgoing President of Bread for the World, Cornelia FÃ¼llkrug-Weizel. Photo: Hermann Bredehorst/Brot fÃ¼r die Welt

Compassion with a drive towards justice

LWF General Secretary speaks at a symposium on civil society engagement

(LWI) - Churches and faith-based organizations (FBO) share the public space with a range of other civil society actors. They must find a unique way to raise their…

LWF Council meeting, 2019: Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF Council to meet online, 18-23 June

Governing body to reflect on response to COVID-19, plans for 2022, elect next General Secretary

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council will hold its annual meeting online, 18-23 June. LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus…

LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

LWF President: “Be witnesses of radical hope”

Grateful for churches carrying “each other’s burdens” and providing support during pandemic

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa has urged all member churches to be witnesses of “radical…

The Lutheran World Federation Council has elected Estonian theologian Rev. Anne Burghardt as the next General Secretary of the global communion of Lutheran churches. Photo: Erik Peinar

LWF elects Estonian Anne Burghardt as new General Secretary

Election marks first woman and first Central and Eastern European pastor to head global communion of churches

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council has elected Estonian theologian Rev. Anne Burghardt as the next General…

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Junge highlights LWF’s agility, resilience, clarity of mission

In his report to Council, the General Secretary says LWF is stable and well-positioned to face post-pandemic period

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has highlighted the agility and…

Members of the LWF Council follow the finance report during the 2018 meeting in Geneva. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Finance chairperson thanks LWF’s churches and partners for “faithful support”

LWF Council receives 2020 financial results

(LWI) – Generous contributions, “faithful support” of member churches and funding partners of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and close cooperation between the governing bodies, ensured…

Malagasy Lutheran Church pioneer woman theologian HÃ©lÃ¨ne Ralivao. Photo: Gustav Steensland/VID

LWF’s Hélène Ralivao Fund awards first scholarships for women in Africa

A legacy to theological education and leadership development

(LWI) - The legacy of Malagasy Lutheran Church (MLC) pioneer woman theologian Hélène Ralivao will live on through a…

For many Indigenous people, round things in nature represent the circle of life and all creation. Often, this motive is taken up in the round shape of their dwelling places and homes. Photo: VerÃ³nica Ãlvarez via Unsplash

Season of Creation 2021: “Challenge the world to care for all creation”

Opening prayer with representatives from across the ecumenical family

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), together with ecumenical partners worldwide, opened the Season of Creation with…

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge addresses faith leaders gathered in the Vatican for the âFaith and Science: Towards COP26â meeting. Photo: Vatican Media

Plea from faith leaders: Save our common home

Lutherans join world’s faith leaders in the Vatican to sign appeal to governments ahead of COP26 climate summit

(LWI) - “We have inherited a garden: we must not leave a desert to our children.” That stark warning was at the heart of a…