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âSeeking Conviviality: Faithful Living in Diversifying Europeâ workshop participants, BalatonszÃ¡rszÃ³, Hungary. Photo: LWF/I. Lukas

‘People on the move’ strategy for diversity

LWF’s European churches to address the “climate of fear” in new program

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Europe recently launched a process to address the growing “climate of fear” around diversity across the…

North-East Mosul was occupied by the Islamic State. The population fled leaving behind destroyed houses, churches, schools and other buildings. Photo: Hungarian Interchurch Aid

A thriving church beside the devastation of war

Hungarian church leader reflects on Advent among Christians in Northern Iraq

(LWI) The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary (ELCH) supports persecuted Christians in Northern Iraq who are returning to the homes they forcibly fled nearly…

Ukrainian refugee woman Alona looks at supplies at one of the aid workersâ stands at Nyugati train station in Budapest. Alona, her 1.5-year-old son, and her mother arrived from Ukraine on 6 March, following a 26-hour long journey from the capital city Kyiv. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert

Hungary: Mobilizing support for Ukrainian refugees

“I am proud of the people of my church,” says Bishop Fabiny

(LWI) – Since Russian troops launched their invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Hungary has seen more than 200,000 refugees cross its border from Ukraine by 8 March, seeking…

Emmanuel, a Nigerian student who fled from Ukraine and has been welcomed in Budapest by staff and students at the Theological Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary. All photos: LWF/A. Hillert

Ukraine: “One minute we’re in school, the next we’re running for our lives”

Nigerians fleeing Ukraine welcomed by students and faculty of Hungary’s Theological Institute

(LWI) - In Budapest, the Theological Institute of The Evangelical Lutheran…