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AÂ member of the Bulawayo congregation receives communion during the Sunday service.Â Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Zimbabwe: Resilience amid challenging times

LWF General Secretary and high level delegation visit

(LWI) "First we prayed for you during the drought, but now we have come to see you and meet you. In our hearts the question: how are our sisters and brothers doing?” We came for a…

Awareness raising banners and posters, using LWF material, have been put up at strategic locations in Jewi refugee camp in Gambella, western Ethiopia. All photos: LWF Ethiopia

COVID-19: Protecting Ethiopia’s rural communities

World Service staff scaling up awareness raising and prevention among refugees and host communities

(LWI) - In Ethiopia, where The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) works in remote rural areas with refugees and host communities, World…

In a webinar, presenters unpack what it means to be church online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: LWF/ AlbinHillert

COVID-19: Isolated physically, engaged digitally

Webinar discusses ways churches are adapting online

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The Rev. Elitha Moyo displays a COVID-19 best practices and gender-based violence prevention poster in the Mberengwa Ward 23 area, a border community in Zimbabwe at increased risk for both. Photo: ELCZ

COVID-19: Zimbabwe church expands awareness to border community

Border town vulnerable to virus spread, rise in violence against women

(LWI) - Concerned that the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is going unchecked among unauthorized border crossings, the…

âMay your voice continue to be raised on behalf of the most vulnerable.â Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

In solidarity with people and churches of Zimbabwe

A voice “on behalf of the most vulnerable”

(LWI) - Joining in prayer with the people of Zimbabwe, the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches, the World Communion of Reformed Churches, and the World Methodist Council…

Rev. Elitha Moyo Gender Justice Coordinator for the ELCZ says, âWe need to appreciate each other regardless of gender.â Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Zimbabwe: Women and men working together for gender justice

Voices from the Communion: Rev. Elitha Moyo

(LWI) - Rev. Elitha Moyo of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe (ELCZ) feels strongly about cooperation between the…

Rohingya refugees in Coxâs Bazaar IDP camp receive a distribution of WASH kits by LWF's local partner. Photo: LWF/ B. Khanal

Partners for peace and humanitarian aid in Myanmar

LWF speaks at Canadian Parliament on human rights in Rakhine State

(LWI) - “Humanitarian needs in Rakhine, Myanmar are a complex set of vulnerabilities arising from natural disasters, ethnic tensions, armed conflict, statelessness,…

LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Unexpected joy during an unprecedented Christmas

LWF President Musa shared LWF’s 2020 Christmas Message

(LWI) – In a Christmas season marked by uncertainty and fear from the unfamiliar and unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christians are invited to trust in the promise…

Lutherâs room at the Wartburg, Germany. Photo: Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach

An “Inner dialogue” with Luther’s Bible in Wartburg

Three distinguished authors to spend a month at Wartburg Castle for a literary encounter

(LWI) - From August this year, three distinguished German authors will spend a month each at Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, Germany, following in…

A member of a Symbols of Hope Ethiopia women's self-help group in the southern region of Hosaena, sharing her experiences. Photo: LWF/M. Dölker

Stories of hope have inspired local solutions to irregular migration

Lutheran church representatives reflect on first Symbols of Hope exchange visit

(LWI) – Representatives of churches participating in the Symbols of Hope initiative have emphasized the critical role of faith communities in stopping…

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