LWF Reaches Out to Rural Communities in Namibia’s Worst Drought
WINDHOEK, Namibia/GENEVA, 19 September 2013(LWI) – Makala sits under one of the family’s pawpaw trees in the hot sun, her baby on her lap, and her other…
LWF Provides Life-Saving Supplies to Fleeing Congolese Families
(LWI) More than 66,000 refugees have entered Uganda in just two days after the Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked their hometown in Kamango in…
First IELU Lutheran Deaconess to Serve as a Pastor
(LWI) The United Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELU) in Argentina has for the first time called a deaconess trained in diaconal service to serve as a congregation pastor.
LWF Supports Congolese Church Contribution to NGO Shadow Report
(LWI) Growing support from churches towards initiatives addressing sexual and gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is heightening…
Remembering a Leader Who Helped Bring “New Hope and New Life”
(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has paid tribute to the life and service of Rev. Dr Eugene Ries, former director of the LWF Department for World Service, who…
(LWI) – Reconciliation between Lutherans and Mennonites initiated at the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Eleventh Assembly has brought the two traditions closer on peace issues, says the…
PITTSBURG (USA)/GENEVA, 15 August 2013 (LWI) – The 2013 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly has elected Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton to be its 4th…
GENEVA, 19 August 2013 (LWI) - On World Humanitarian Day 2013, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) celebrates the vocation of its many humanitarian workers serving the neighbor.…
