LWF General Secretary’s letter urges member churches to think about what it means to be liberated by God’s grace

(LWI) – As churches move closer towards Reformation Day this year and prepare for the 500th Reformation anniversary, LWF…

Delegation from Myanmar presents human rights report report

(LWI) - Safeguarding the human rights of disadvantaged groups in Myanmar and Nepal is a prime concern of The Lutheran World Federation.

The LWF has submitted reports on the…

LWF mission assesses situation at Serbo-Croatian border

(LWI) – A fact-finding mission by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and aid agency Diakonie Hungary is looking into ways of providing joint assistance to refugees at the Serbo-…

Dialogue is essential to diffusing sectarian conflict, says Lutheran church leader Ndanga-Toué

(LWI) – When 50-year-old Rev. Dr Samuel Ndanga-Toué heard the news that he had been elected president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the…

South African Bishop Phaswana brings LWF greetings to Vatican Synod of Bishops

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) says the joy of 50 years of joint Catholic-Lutheran dialogue and witness should make the two Christian traditions…

ACT Palestine Forum statement calls for protection of civilians and access to Holy Sites

(LWI) – The ACT Palestine forum has issued a statement voicing deep concern “about the loss of life and human suffering we experience across…

KATHMANDU, Nepal/ GENEVA, 20 October 2015 (LWI) - When a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal half a year ago, it seemed to Saraswati Purkoti that life had ended. The single mother of three lost her home and chance of earning some…

BONN, Germany/GENEVA, 20 October 2015 (LWI) - As negotiators gather in Bonn this week to work on a draft text for the December 2015 United Nations climate conference in Paris, a coalition of more than 150 global faith and spiritual…

JERUSALEM/ GENEVA, 20 October 2015 (LWI) – Recently erected checkpoints in East Jerusalem have been holding up patients and staff on their way to several hospitals. “Currently, all of the hospitals within the East Jerusalem Hospital Network are…

GENEVA, 20 October 2015 (LWI) – How do theological questions that triggered the Reformation movement 500 years ago relate to the political and economic realities that face church and society in the 21st century?

The Lutheran World…