(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) will partner with the UN refugee agency UNHCR to assist refugees in Cameroon. After conducting an assessment in 2014, LWF developed a concept note for…
Solidarity for Reconciliation and Peace in Ukraine
(LWI) – Archbishop Dietrich Brauer, recently consecrated as head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia (ELCR) says the archbishop’s role is critical in connecting two parts of a…
LWF International Working Group Launches Three-Year Process
(LWI) – An international working group of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) will launch the communion’s “Women on the Move” process on 22 February as part of the preparations…
Commission Studies Baptismal Practices and Traditions
(LWI) – The five-year trilateral dialogue between Lutherans, Roman Catholics and Mennonites focusing on baptism has reached its halfway point, with the continued study on “Baptism and…
TALLINN, Estonia /GENEVA, 27 February 2015 (LWI) - When Rev. Avo Üprus became pastor of the Peeteli congregation in Tallinn, northwestern Estonia in 1995, he and his congregation began working with prisoners, homeless children and drug…
WITTENBERG, Germany/GENEVA, 27 February 2015 (LWI) – At its first meeting, 22 - 25 February in Wittenberg, Germany, the LWF working group on the “Women on the Move”…
(LWI) – “What is science?” the teacher asks. In front of him are about 40 teenagers dressed in light purple school uniforms. “It’s the study of living and not living things. How do you know a living…
Students in a South Sudanese refugee camp embrace education
(LWI) – “I came here to learn”. 18-year-old Mobarak Habil Ibrahim introduces himself. He fled the conflict in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan, and left his parents. His temporary home…
(LWI) - “In most cases the mouse is green and the keyboard purple,” the teacher explains. 27 men and women stretch their necks and inspect the back frame of their PCs to find the connector ports the young…
Teachers Graduate in Ali Addeh refugee camp, Djibouti
(LWI) – “My dream of being role model for my three daughters has finally come to pass," says Alemsahay with a smile. She is one of 40 refugees in Djibouti who have just graduated with…
