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“Climate justice and interfaith dialogue should be connected”

Interview with COP23 delegate Daniel Sinaga from Indonesia

(LWI) – “Climate justice is a common challenge to all of us,” says Daniel Sinanga, a member of The Lutheran World Federation delegation to the…

LWF president Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa speaking at the VELKD General Synod in Bonn, Germany. Photo: epd/Norbert Neetz.

“The Reformation must continue”

LWF President Musa speaks to VELKD General Synod

(LWI) – “The Reformation must continue as a living experience of the people of God.” Speaking about the ongoing reformation in his morning devotion, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)…

Helena Funk, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Northern Germany, is one of ten young adults from the European and Asia region that form the COP23 delegation in Bonn, Germany. Photo: WCC/ Sean Hawkey

“My church aims to be CO₂ neutral by 2050”

Interview with COP23 delegate Helena Funk from Germany

(LWI) – “We should not stop our efforts to reach climate justice - there is still a long way to go!” says Helena Funk. She is one of ten young adults from the European regions and…

Newly arrived refugees outside the parish house of Katarina Parish, Stockholm, Sweden. Photo: Magnus Aronson /Ikon

Pleading for the rights of unaccompanied minors fleeing crisis

Church of Sweden seeks urgent government protection for vulnerable youth and children from Afghanistan

(LWI) - The Church of Sweden (CoS) and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the…

IERP General Secretary Rev. Sonia Skupch at a past LWF event. She becomes the first woman to be elected as President of the Ecumenical Commission of Christian Churches in Argentina. Photo: LWF/Eugenio Albrecht

Lutheran pastor Skupch is the first woman president of Argentine ecumenical body

A forum that strives for unity and peace in a fragmented world

(LWI) – Lutheran pastor Rev. Sonia Skupch was recently elected President of the Ecumenical Commission of Christian Churches in Argentina (CEICA), becoming the first woman…

âSeeking Conviviality: Faithful Living in Diversifying Europeâ workshop participants, BalatonszÃ¡rszÃ³, Hungary. Photo: LWF/I. Lukas

‘People on the move’ strategy for diversity

LWF’s European churches to address the “climate of fear” in new program

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Europe recently launched a process to address the growing “climate of fear” around diversity across the…

Confirmation students from the Windhoek area clasping hands as they form a Luther Rose at the Global Commemoration of the Reformation in Windhoek, Namibia on 14 May 2017. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

LWF Christmas Message: With Exceeding Joy

Archbishop Panti Filibus Musa reflects on peace

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) celebrates Christmas in 2017 with a reflection on peace. Writing from Numan, Nigeria, LWF…

Paula GÃ¶hre (left) and Tim Sonnemeyer of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria welcome their synod's decision to strengthen youth participation. Here they meet with Rebecca LÃ¼hmann of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover at the LWF Twelfth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Hearing the voice of people under 30

Two German church synods decide on more youth participation

(LWI) – Two German member churches of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) – the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…

Peace messenger training in Jerusalem. Photo: LWF/ B. Grey

Empowering young people to train LWF Peace Messengers

New manual enables participants to conduct training in local context

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has released a Peace Messenger training manual. A first draft was developed last year and used in September 2017 with…

A woman newly arrived from the DRC holds a child as they wait to be moved from the Sebagoro landing site. LWF Uganda is at the frontline of the refugee response. All Photos: LWF Uganda / S. Nalubega

Urgent support for DRC refugees needed

Over 2000 people a day crossing border to Uganda

(LWI) - The LWF in Uganda is poised to manage three entry points for refugees fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an…

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