Called to be Transformed and Transforming, Diakonia in Context
GENEVA, 2 July 2014 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation’s (LWF) second Virtual Conference on Diakonia in September will connect some 500 congregational leaders,…
Program Coordinator Diehl Talks of Learning Opportunities
(LWI) – Mr Harmut Diehl says he looks back with deep gratitude at the generous solidarity from the global Lutheran communion to thousands of Namibians, still slowly…
LWF General Secretary Junge Urges Political Solution and Support for ELCJHL
(LWI) - Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has called for an immediate and unconditional…
Conference of Central and Eastern Europe Church Leaders in Wroclaw
(LWI) – “Twenty-five years ago we only had dreams of freedom and no realistic expectations of what might come,” said Synod Leader Joel Ruml of the Evangelical Church of…
(LWI) - “You are only in middle school. Why do you need to know about HIV and AIDS?” Elisabeth Purba asks. It is late morning in the village of Desa Bulu Cina, and a group of about 40 teenagers sits in the…
DMD Supported Project Provides Health and Prevention Care
(LWI) – A project run by The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member church in Zimbabwe with support from the Department for Mission and Development (DMD) is playing an important…
LWF Member Churches Criticize Action by the U.S. Administration
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has criticized plans by the United States Administration to expand the…
GENEVA, 31 July 2014 (LWI) – Lutherans and Roman Catholics continued their dialogue on what kind of unity might arise out of their shared understanding of the Christian sacrament of Baptism in…
More than 800 Deaths in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
(LWI) - In a letter addressed to member churches in West Africa, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Martin Junge has expressed his deep appreciation for…
