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Mayerlis serves woman leader Aida a meal of sarapa â rice and chicken wrapped in a Cachibou leaf. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Churches accompany ex-combatant communities through delicate peace process

FARC ex-combatants live fragile peace in Colombia

(LWI) In the far northwest – long one of the country’s most precarious regions – the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia IELCO) supports communities through a difficult and slow-moving…

Young pilgrims gather in Taize to share their faith and advocate for environmental protection. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Youth in Taizé: Be builders of hospitality and hope

LWF General Secretary sends message to young people at European Encounter in Madrid

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation General Secretary has invited young people to be builders of a new world order marked by hospitality and Christian…

From left to right, Wartburg professor of pastoral theology, Rev. Nathan Frambach, LWFâs communications officer, Philippa Hitchen, 3rd year student Carrie Petersen and 2nd year student Marietta Nelson-Bitte. Photo:LWF/N. Torrecillas

USA seminarians reflect on global ecumenism and reconciliation

Iowa’s Wartburg seminary students visit LWF Communion Office

(LWI) - How much do Lutherans in the United States know and work with members of other Christian churches? What role do they see for the LWF Communion Office here in Geneva? And…

Rev. Dr Miriam Haar, LWFâs Theological Assistant. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Deeply Committed to Christian unity

A new LWF publication spells out six ecumenical commitments in relations with other churches

(LWI) - It is Christian unity week again from January 18-25, but this year marks a special reason for celebrating the progress in relations…

From left: Lutheran Bishop Jerzy Samiec, President of the Polish Ecumencial Council and Orthodox Archbishop Abel, Diocese of Lublin-CheÅm of the Church of Poland. Photo: PEC

Churches in Poland call for tolerance after killing of Gdansk mayor

Lutheran Bishop Samiec underscores actions that promote reconciliation

(LWI) - The Polish Ecumenical Council (PEC), headed by Lutheran Bishop Jerzy Samiec, has urged…

Bhagwati Tamang lays bricks in Jogimara village in central Nepal after the devastating earthquake of April 2015. Following the disaster, the LWF worked jointly with Islamic Relief Worldwide and other partners to provide shelter in remote villages where thousands lost homes and livelihoods. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT

LWF highlights value of interfaith collaboration with the United Nations

World Interfaith Harmony Week: an opportunity to promote common human values

(LWI) - A broad-based interfaith group mandated to work on human rights, sustainable development, peace and security issues has pledged its support to the United…

The Tamrazyan family arrived in the Netherlands from Armenia nine years ago. Photo: Peter Wassing

Dutch pastor praises faith of refugee family

The family spent 97 days inside a Protestant church before being granted right to remain in the Netherlands

(LWI) - The head of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN) has praised the faith of a…

Thanks to collaboration between the LWF and IRW, locals have a fountain that provides safe drinking water. Photo: LWF/IRW

Nepal: Building better houses and promoting interfaith harmony

Earthquake-resilient buildings and sustainable livelihoods, thanks to the LWF and IRW

(LWI) – Women in Nepal’s Langbu village have gained both privacy and dignity with the public bathing cubicles built collaboratively by the…

Msgr Matthias TÃ¼rk, outgoing head of the Lutheran Catholic desk at the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, addresses participants at the LWF Council meeting in June 2018. Photo:Albin Hillert/LWF

"You cannot be Christian without working hard for church unity"

Msgr Matthias Türk reflects on two decades of Lutheran-Catholic dialogue

(LWI) - One of the key figures in Lutheran-Catholic dialogue over the last two decades is leaving his desk at the…

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr. Martin Junge speaks at an interfaith panel on the opening day of the Vatican conference on Religions and the Sustainable Development Goals. Photo: GCCM

Faith-based organizations are “uniquely placed to support” UN’s 2030 Agenda

LWF General Secretary speaks at international conference in the Vatican on ‘Religions and the SDGs’

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary, Rev. Dr Martin Junge addressed an international conference in the Vatican…