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Deacon Sue Rothmeyer, Secretary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Photo: ELCA

USA: Keeper of the words for yesterday and today

Voices from the Communion: Deacon Sue Rothmeyer

(LWI) - Deacon Sue Rothmeyer, Secretary for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), recounts how sometimes…

The Nicaraguan Lutheran Church of Faith and Hope began an initiative to pray for 40 days for 40 churches via video messages. Photo: David ABDALAH (ILFE)

COVID-19: 40 days of prayers for 40 churches

Nicaragua Church shares video prayers during quarantine to strengthen unity

(LWI) - When churches are unable to meet in-person for worship to help contain the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,…

LWF Council member Julia Braband is a student of theology and a nurse. She volunteered to work in the COVID-19 isolation ward of a hospital in Erfurt, Germany. Photo: Christiane Claus Fotografie

COVID-19: An active contribution to overcoming the crisis

LWF Council member Julia Braband shares insights from a German hospital

(LWI) – Julia Braband has been working in the COVID-19 isolation ward of the Catholic Hospital in Erfurt for six weeks now. In mid-March, when sweeping measures were…

In a webinar, presenters unpack what it means to be church online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: LWF/ AlbinHillert

COVID-19: Isolated physically, engaged digitally

Webinar discusses ways churches are adapting online

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Residents of the Groot Aub community during the distribution of food aid. Photos: ELCIN-GELC

COVID-19: Containing the impact of the Corona crisis in Namibia

Emergency aid project of Namibian church against malnutrition and hunger

(LWI) - 30 tons of maize meal and 2,5 tons of dry beans are helping the community of Groot Aub, about 40 kilometers south of Namibia's capital Windhoek, to mitigate…

LWF is working in Myanmarâs Rakhine, Chin and Kayin States to support awareness raising on COVID-19 prevention. Here, posters are distributed in local languages with information on hygiene and other measures to stop the spread of infection. Photo: LWF Myanmar

COVID-19: RRF is “tangible expression of solidarity”

Over 50 applications to LWF’s Rapid Response Fund show churches’ “overwhelming” need for support

(LWI) - More than 50 member churches in countries around the world have applied for financial support through the COVID-19 Rapid Response…

Jerzy Samiec, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, expresses his concern about the state of the democracy in the country and procedures around the upcoming presidential elections. Photo: Dariusz Bruncz

Poland: Presiding bishop calls for peace and understanding

Bishop Jerzy Samiec appeals to government officials

(LWI) - The presiding bishop of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, Jerzy Samiec, has…

Rev. Sarah Farrow sits with students during an in-person gathering at the International Lutheran Student Centre (ILSC) before the COVID-19 shutdown. Photo: by ILSC

UK: Student chaplaincy beyond the chapel walls

Voices from the Communion: Rev. Sarah Farrow

(LWI) - “Always questioning,” is how Rev. Sarah Farrow describes her Lutheran identity and the students she walks alongside in her chaplaincy work. Farrow is college chaplain for Mansfield…