Public Awareness Training and Protective Equipment for Health Workers to Contain Spread

(LWI) – The current outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa has killed more than 140 people, according to the World Health Organization (…

A Callous Disregard for Civilian Life

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined 50 non-governmental organizations in expressing concern over the recent escalation of violence in South Sudan, which has resulted in…

“Build new structures to promote peace”

(LWI) – Sixty-five religious, political and civil society leaders from Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania are currently meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 6 – 8. The…

Interview with Rev Hanna Schramm, the first woman minister of the Lutheran Church in Chile (Iglesia Luterana en Chile, ILCH)

(LWI) - Hanna Schramm is breaking new ground in two senses: previously the ministers of the Lutheran…

Christian and Muslim Leaders Sign at Dialogue Meeting in Tanzania

(LWI) – A high-level interreligious dialogue meeting, convened by The Lutheran World Federation, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…

Special Prayers and Fasting in Nigerian Congregations

(LWI) – The call and prayer for the 276 abducted Nigerian school girls has been shared by member churches…

Iceland’s Bishop Guðmundsdóttir Reflects on her Leadership Journey

(LWI) – Forty years ago Solveig Lára Guðmundsdóttir attended a worship service at the Reykjavík cathedral that changed her life.

It was the ordination…

Faith Leaders Urged to Engage Communities in Dialogue for Peace

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Africa, have strongly condemned the widespread violence by militant groups in the region, and urged…

A Moment of Kairos

(LWI) - The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Costa Rica (ILCO) has expressed its joy over the appointment of its president, Bishop Melvin Jimenez, as prime minister in the new Costa Rican government following…

Creative Witness of the Church

(LWI) – LWF Vice President Rev. Dr Gloria Rojas Vargas has been appointed chaplain to the presidential palace in Chile. The appointment was issued by Chile President Michelle Bachelet on 14 May.…