Thirty-two year old ELCA pastor convinces with her sermon “The Jesus Parade”
(LWI) Thirty-two year old Rev Lydia Posselt from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will deliver the sermon at the closing worship of the Lutheran…
“Not for Sale”: Introduction to the Assembly sub-themes
(LWI) - The theme of the Twelfth LWF Assembly – “Liberated by God’s Grace” – will be further explored in three so-called sub-themes that all focus on that which is “not for sale”.…
10,000 people expected at Sam Nujoma Stadium on 14 May
(LWI) A highlight of the Twelfth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) will be the global Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation where Assembly…
WINDHOEK, Namibia/GENEVA, 4 May 2017 (LWI) - Up to 100 women delegates to the Twelfth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), members of the LWF Women in Church and Society (WICAS) network and a local women’s working group are gathering…
LWF General Secretary addresses Youth Pre-Assembly
(“For the sake of the church, we need youth participation in leadership” said Rev Dr Martin Junge, General Secretary of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in his address to the pre-…
“I cried when I heard the Synod’s decision of April 2016,” recalls Agnieszka Godfrejow-Tarnogorska (44) of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (ECACP). Her church…
Opening worship of the Twelfth Assembly at Windhoek, Namibia
The survival of the church through tribulations is the fulfilment of God’s promise, participants in the Twelfth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) were reminded…
Women’s Pre-Assembly message to the Twelfth Assembly
Freedom from violence and the full participation of women in church and society were the key themes of the message from the Women’s Pre-Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF…
