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December 2018, Sibiu, Romania.

"People on the Move: Creating Convivial Theology”

European diaconal actors assess church response to diversity

Theology
Communion
Churches
News
03 Nov 2020
Voters in the United States prepare to cast their ballots in the presidential election on 3 November. Photo: US Embassy in Bern (CC-BY-SA)

U.S. elections: Prayers for unity and peace

LWF General Secretary assures ELCA members of prayers from around the global Lutheran communion

Governance
Communion
Churches
News
02 Nov 2020
German Youtuber Michael Sommer presents Biblical books with Playmobil figures. Photo: GEP, Klaus Wankmiller

Presenting the Bible with Playmobil

YouTuber launches new "Bible to go" series in 66 episodes

Youth
Theology
Communion
News
02 Nov 2020
A herd of camels is trying to find its way through an invasion of locust in Ethiopia, Jijiga, December 2019. Photo: FAO/Petterik Wiggers

Aid organizations call for prevention before next locust swarm

"Alarming situation” in East Africa

Churches
Humanitarian
News
30 Oct 2020
Preparations for the joint Catholic-Lutheran commemoration of the Reformation in October 2016, in Lund, Sweden. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Witnessing together in a broken world

New publication from five signatories of Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification

Unity
Theology
Communion
News
30 Oct 2020
Notre-Dame Basilica in the southern French city of Nice. Photo: LimeWave (CC-BY)

Solidarity in wake of French terror attack

LWF leader sends condolences following killings in Nice 

Communion
Churches
News
29 Oct 2020
Mobile devices have become the key source of information, more and more replacing traditional media. Photo: Unsplash

Between faith and fake news

LWF webinar on “Truth-Telling and Resisting ‘Disinfodemic’” discusses media literacy in the church

Unity
Theology
Churches
News
29 Oct 2020
16 June 2019, Geneva, Switzerland: Gathered in Saint Peter's Cathedral in central Geneva, Emma van Dorp, a theology student from the Reformed congregation, lights five symbolic candles on the altar as the church leaders affirm the 'wish to make more visible our common witness in worship and service, on our journey together towards visible unity.' Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF youth to lead online Reformation day prayer

“‘One Body, One Spirit, One Hope’ Reformation Day Global Prayer”

Youth
Unity
Theology
News
28 Oct 2020
LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge, left, with Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, General Secretary of the Anglican Communion and the chair of the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions, Gretchen Castle, who also serves as General Secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers). Photo taken in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: LWF/Martin Junge

Ecumenical relations in times of pandemic

Leaders of Christian World Communions discuss ‘being church’ in post-COVID societies

Unity
News
27 Oct 2020
The “Women of the Reformation” commemorative stamp was designed by Susann Stefanizen and presented to the public in the Market Church in Hannover, Germany. Photo: Federal Ministry of Finance

Postage stamp honors women of the Reformation

Illustrating the contribution of courageous women

Theology
Communion
Churches
News
26 Oct 2020
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

Theology
Communion
Churches
News
23 Oct 2020
LWF president Archbishop Panti Filibus Musa visits displaced Rohingya at the Ohn Taw Gyi South IDP camp, Rakhine state, Myanmar, in 2018. Photo: LWF/ Phyo Aung Hein

“Durable and peaceful solutions” needed for displaced Rohingya

LWF World Service director Maria Immonen reflects on the situation in Myanmar and Bangladesh

Churches
Justice
Humanitarian
News
22 Oct 2020

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