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Image Faustina Nillan, national director for women and children in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Photo: Doug Hostetter UN side event highlights churches’ successes in furthering Sustainable Development Goals A parallel event at UN Commission on the Status of Women highlights work of the ecumenical “Waking the Giant” initiative (LWI) - Ecumenical development experts from around the world, meeting at the…
Image Prof. Ansu Sonii, Liberian Minister of Education launched the study. All photos: LWF/ Albin Hillert LWF launches SDGs’ mapping for Liberia ‘Waking the Giant’ tool to help faith communities track contribution to sustainable development (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has launched a process to help faith-based actors in Liberia track their contribution to …
Image A young boy receives emergency treatment at the Ganta United Methodist Hospital in Liberia. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert Liberia: Called to bring healing, even when times are tough Waking the Giant implementation strengthens church ministry in Liberia (LWI) – It’s early November, and the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) has just hosted a global summit on the…
Image Illustration by Volha Prankevich on behalf of Annenkirche (the Church of St. Anna), Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia. 2019 LWF Christmas message: Light in the darkness Invitation to Christians to make "the light of Christ visible and transformational" (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa invites Christians to make “the…
Image Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert 2020 New Year Message: So that all have life in abundance “In times of exclusionary populism, silence is never an option” (LWI) - In his New Year message, the General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Rev. Dr Martin Junge calls on churches to bear witness to the gospel message…
Image Bishop em. Sumoward E. Harris, Lutheran Church in Liberia. Photo: LCL Tribute to former Liberian Bishop Sumoward Harris, a voice for justice and peace LWF’s condolences and prayers of support to the Lutheran Church in Liberia (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has paid tribute to Bishop emeritus Sumoward Harris of the Lutheran…
Image The Lutheran Church in Liberia initiates an ecumenical joint project to alleviate hunger through national rice farming. All photos: Rev. Linda Seyenkulo/LCL/ELCA Church in Liberia follows Gospel: “You give them something to eat” Lutheran Church in Liberia, ecumenical partners implement rice farming initiative (LWI) - The Liberian Initiative for Feeding Everyone (LIFE-Liberia), a collaborative project envisioned by the…
