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Image Cover: Liturgy for the 25th Anniversary of the JDDJ – Reformation 2024 Liturgy for the 25th Anniversary of the JDDJ LWF encourages churches to celebrate in an ecumenical manner
Image The Liturgy for the 25th Anniversary of the JDDJ is available in English, more languages (German, Spanish and French) will follow soon. Photo: LWF/N.Torrecillas LWF publishes liturgy to mark 25th anniversary of JDDJ On Reformation Day churches worldwide are encouraged to draw from “rich heritage” in the LWF and involve other Christian traditions (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has published a special…
Image Prof. Dirk Lange holds a candle during the 11 October Ecumenical Vigil with Synod participants. Photo: CatholicPressPhoto/A. Giuliani Reflections on a relational church Reflections after the second week of the 2024 Synod of Bishops During this second week at the Synod of Bishops in Rome – the Synod on synodality – the hard work of discernment continued in our many small groups. Table discussions were…
Image Global Lutheran Songbook Cover Global Lutheran Songbook A singing communion: Pilgrimage, Freedom, Belonging
Image Baptism and Incorporation into the Body of Christ, the Church Lutheran-Mennonite-Roman Catholic Trilateral Conversations 2012–2017
Image LWF Communion Prayer for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign The 16 Days Liturgical resources gather us together in prayer in order to manifest and reaffirm our faith commitment to end Sexual and Gender Based
Image Press Release: The journey from conflict to communion is irreversible The Lutheran World Federation President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa today met with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
Image LWF Membership Statistics 2015 These excerpts from LWI 02/2016 summarize results from the 2015 statistical survey of Lutheran World Federation membership worldwide.