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…
(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…
Coping with Church Growth in World’s Most Populated Country
(LWI) – “I am impressed by the dynamic developments that are taking place in the church in China,” said The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge…
LWF President at Inauguration of Bishop Ulrich in Northern Germany
SCHWERIN, Germany/GENEVA, 2 September 2013 (LWI) – The strong emphasis that Bishop Gerhard Ulrich has already demonstrated in listening to the different voices in…
Focus on Baptism in New Phase of Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue
KYOTO, Japan/GENEVA, 4 September 2013 (LWI) - Lutherans and Roman Catholics have entered a new phase of dialogue that focuses on discovering what kind of unity…
GENEVA, 19 September 2013 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is responding to the urgent challenge of climate change by engaging and training youth through an online game, “The LWF…
Thousands Attend National Church Gathering in Madagascar
(LWI) – Fifteen thousand women attended the 14th National Women’s Gathering of the Malagasy Lutheran Church (FLM) at the end of August in the central highlands city of Antsirabe,…
LWF President Younan Lauds Australian Lutheran Church Schools
BRISBANE, Australia/GENEVA, 2 October 2013 (LWI) - Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan, President of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), has told Lutheran educators from across…
