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Maryssa Camaddo, Assembly coordinator — Maryssa Camaddo, LWF Assembly Coordinator, presents the upcoming Thirteenth LWF Assembly in Krakow 2023. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

LWF Assembly: “looking forward with so much to celebrate”

The LWF Assembly is eight months away and there is growing excitement as preparations progress. Assembly Coordinator Maryssa Camaddo met with Lutheran World Information to share an update on the Assembly.

Brazil message — Violence and destruction, “are never acceptable ways of expressing political differences," said LWF general secretary Burghardt. Photo: LWF/Eugenio Albrecht

Brazil: Be relentless in the work for peace

Violence and destruction are never acceptable ways of expressing political differences, says LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt in a message of support to leaders of the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil.

Panel on the situation of minority churches in the Central and Western Europe region. (From left) Michael Martin (moderator), Andreas Wöhle (Protestant Church in the Netherlands), Anna Krauss (Lutheran Council of Great Britain), Renate Dienst (Federation of Evangelical-Lutheran Churches in Switzerland and in the Principality of Liechtenstein), Michael Chalupka (Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria), and Ulrich Rüsen-Weinhold (United Protestant Church of France). Photo: LWF/A. Weyermüller

European Churches called to be messengers of hope and reconciliation

The Church Leadership Consultation of the Central and Western Europe Region focused on global challenges and the role of diaspora churches in the LWF communion.

Vice-President Urmas Viilma during the June 2022 LWF Council meeting in Geneva. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Estonia: The church, a treasure for future generations

In this Voices from the Communion, LWF Vice President Archbishop Urmas Viilma reflects on his childhood in Soviet-occupied Estonia, his discovery of the Christian faith and his journey to become the youngest church leader in the region.

At the end of the May 2017 LWF Twelfth Assembly in Windhoek, Namibia, stewards and volunteers received diplomas as a token of gratitude from the LWF leadership. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF invites young people to join Thirteenth Assembly as stewards

Young people 18-30 invited to apply, deadline is 30 September

Abu Dis, Palestine, 2020 — Eine Frau geht in Richtung der Al-Quds-Universität in Abu Dis, Palästina, während im Hintergrund die von den israelischen Behörden errichtete Trennmauer zu sehen ist. Foto: LWB/Albin Hillert

Israel-Palestine conflict: A lasting solution must include ending the occupation

LWF Council statement insists on international human rights instruments

Looking forward to the Thirteenth Assembly: (from left) Anna Wrzesińska, Chairperson of the Local Assembly Planning Committee, Jerzy Samiec, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, LWF President Panti Filibus Musa and LWF General Secretary Anne Burghardt. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Assembly preparations proceeding “with vigor”

Acknowledging the richness of Lutheran identity

Wheat field — Foto: Public domain

“Shocking and disturbing” global food crisis requires sustainable response

Council statement highlights key drivers of inequality, calls for political will to respond

LWF Council members voting. — Die Ratsmitglieder bei der Abstimmung. Foto: LWB/S. Gallay

German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine joins LWF as individual member

Council approval pushes LWF member churches to 149

LWF Council members in plenary session — LWF Council members in plenary session at this year's meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

LWF calls for end to war in Ukraine and “bolder efforts” to address other conflicts

Council urges concerted peacebuilding processes in statement