“Peace must prevail,” say four global Christian communions who will host online prayer service on Ash Wednesday 

(LWI) - Five Christian World Communions are strongly condemning the advance of the Russian military into Ukraine and…

Online ecumenical service on Ash Wednesday features testimonies from Ukrainian towns and cities under attack

(LWI) - On Ash Wednesday, 2 March, Christians from around the globe joined in a powerful prayer service of lament and…

Protecting the safety and security of minorities

(LWI) - At the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in partnership with the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC)…

Protecting the safety and security of minorities

(LWI) - At the 49th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and its interfaith partners welcomed the appointment of the first UN…

15 April deadline to submit applications endorsed by an LWF member church 

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has invited youth from its member churches around the world to apply for this year’s training on peacebuilding under…

LWF’s Rev Anne Burghardt joins Muslim and Jewish leaders to showcase shared response to global refugee crises

(LWI) - Faith communities are regularly the first responders when conflicts or emergencies strike and often they are the last…

Lutheran and Jewish experts highlight urgency of renewing and strengthening relationships in times of polarization

(LWI) - In times of hostility and polarization, the biggest challenge facing people of faith is “to raise up leaders”…

Delegates from LWF’s seven regions meet in-person for third international training

(LWI) – Youth representing all seven regions of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) continue to promote 2022 as the Global Young Reformers’ Year of…

In this Voices from the Communion, Khadijah Islam discusses her interfaith upbringing, her volunteering work in Rwanda and her priorities as an LWF youth Council member

LWF unequivocally condemns attacks on hospitals and medical infrastructure, following Russian missile strike that hit Kyiv children’s hospital, and the forced closure of Gaza hospital after Israeli Defense Forces’ evacuation order.