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Lack of access to humanitarian assistance for the asylum seekers at the Belarus-Poland border is a major concern. Photo: Grzegorz W. TÄÅ¼ycki via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA)

Polish church speaks out on situation at Poland-Belarus border

Committed to “stand up for those who have no voice”

(LWI) - We have a commitment “to care for the weakest and to stand up for those who have no voice. Among those, migrants and refugees have a particular place in the Biblical message,”…

Young people attending COP25 in Madrid, Spain, in 2019. The slogan â#TimeForAction is nowâ has not lost its urgency. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

COP26: Thirty-two young people to represent LWF at climate summit

Online-format ensures broad participation

(LWI) – This year, The Lutheran World Federation’s (LWF) delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) is larger than in previous years. It comprises 32 young people from…

Members of the Synod of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland vote to ordain women. Photo: Agnieszka GodfrejÃ³w-TarnogÃ³rska

Polish church votes to ordain women pastors

LWF welcomes the decision by the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has welcomed the decision by the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg…

At Ngam refugee camp, Cameroon, the LWF trains people in modern farming techniques. By keeping a strict ratio of how many seeds to sow per hectare and planting Cassava and Groundnut together, they can increase harvests and retain soil fertility over a longer time. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF joins Climate and Environment Charter

Call to COP26 decision-makers to step up climate and humanitarian efforts

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) recently signed the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian…

Bishop Johan Tyrberg, Diocese of Lund, Sweden, during a visit to the LWF Communion Office in Geneva, Switzerland, September 2021. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Lund: Celebrating “five years of a new friendship”

Voices from the Communion: Bishop Johan Tyrberg, Diocese of Lund, Sweden

(LWI) – In this Voices from the Communion interview, Bishop Johan Tyrberg, Diocese of Lund, Church of Sweden, looks back at how a historic ecumenical event that…

Rev. Martin Junge during a solidarity visit to Zimbabwe in March 2020. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Passion for the Church: in conversation with Martin Junge

LWF’s outgoing General Secretary reflects on the call to unity for member churches and the wider Christian world

(LWI) - As Lutheran churches, “let us learn from the apostles, who did not shy away from long journeys to come together, to…

LWF and partners call for leadership and immediate action for displaced people

“Bold moves are required to prevent the systemic failures we have repeatedly witnessed”

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and over twenty other international humanitarian partners have urged the UN General Secretary António…

A boy walks across a field in Adaba, Ethiopia, near an irrigation and soil conservation site built by the Lutheran World Federation in the 1970s. It remains an important resource for people in the area. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Climate crisis needs reset of global economic model

LWF joins leaders of other Christian organizations in urgent appeal to heads of G20 nations ahead of Rome summit

(LWI) - The climate crisis requires an urgent “system reset” of the world’s current development model “founded upon fossil…

Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge visits a community inhabited by Santal and Dalit (Musahar) people in Nepal. The community is supported by the Nepal Evangelical Lutheran Church and LWF World Service. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Passion for the world: in conversation with Martin Junge

LWF’s outgoing General Secretary reflects on the life-saving work to protect, support, advocate and empower

(LWI) - For the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), diakonia and advocacy - or service to neighbors in need and work to change…

New publication introduces Thirteenth Assembly and its theme

An invitation to member churches to engage with the 2023 assembly theme: “One Body, One Spirit, One Hope”

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has published the first of its Thirteenth…

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