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Image In Voices from the Communion, LoeRose Mbise of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania says education and awareness-raising are critical if violence against women and girls is to be tackled. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Supporting women and girls in the struggle to end violence Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania offers new gender justice program (LWI) - A new three-year gender justice program is the latest effort by the Evangelical Lutheran…
Image Members of Christ Lutheran Church worship to the sound of drums outside a church. Photo: LWF/Philip Lok A heart to train our people New LWF member: Christ Lutheran Church in India (LWI) - People struggling in poverty. Drug addicts. The unemployed. Those marginalised through no fault of their own or have fallen on hard times. One of the newest members of the…
Image LWF Council member Rev. William Flippin Jr. Photo: LWF / Albin Hillert Ecumenism is glorification and love Voices from the Communion – Rev. William Flippin Jr Rev. William Flippin Jr is a strong advocate of ecumenism. In addition to serving as a pastor at his church in Atlanta, United States, he sits on the council of the…
Image LWF Council member Bishop Dr Tuhoni Telaumbanua. Photo: LWF / Albin Hillert “God is present and suffering with the people” Voices from the Communion: LWF Council member Bishop Dr Tuhoni Telaumbanua Bishop Telaumbanua describes some of the social and environmental concerns facing The Protestant Christian…
Image LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay Living and working together as churches in ongoing reformation Balance between continuity and innovation in LWF Strategy 2019-2024 (LWI) - On the 501st anniversary of the Reformation, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is launching its new strategy…
Image Newly ordained Rev. Karla Steilmann Franco: women in the church have made progress but more victories need to be won. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert “I belong to a church where women work with equal rights” Voices from the Communion: LWF Council member Rev. Karla Steilmann Franco, Evangelical Church of the River Plate (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) (LWI) - What are the greatest challenges your church faces today?…
Image A worship service in a congregation of the Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala. Photo: ILAG New LWF member: Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala “We enjoy sharing God’s good news” (LWI) - As a small church comprising predominantly indigenous people, the Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala (ILAG) values its…
Image Ms Sally Azar, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Witnessing through dialogue, education and women’s empowerment in the Holy Land Voices from the Communion: Palestinian LWF Council member Sally Azar (LWI) - Please tell us something about yourself, and your church? I was born in…
Image A congregation of new LWF member church the United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod meets in Santiago de Cuba. The church has more female ordained leaders than male. Photo: United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod New LWF member: United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod “Being part of the LWF allows us to give and receive in every way” (LWI) - When the United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod (IEU-SL), learned it had been…
Image Ms Desri Maria Sumbayak, LWF Vice-President for Asia and Council member Ms LoeRose Mbise, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Photo. LWF/Albin Hillert The LWF Strategy in Bahasa Indonesia and Swahili A bridge between global goals and local contexts (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Strategy 2019-2024 is now available in Bahasa Indonesia and Swahili languages, thanks to…
