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This yearâs LWF Christmas card features an indigenous mother and child from Guyana. Photo: Cleveland Bradford/Eclipse Digitalphoto Studio

LWF Christmas card: “A representation of hope”

Churches in Suriname and Guyana contribute portrait of indigenous mother and child

(LWI) - The 2020 Christmas card of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) depicts a mother and child in the dress of the indigenous people in Guyana and…

Like many of his colleagues, Social Media Coordinator Karsten Kopjar has spent a lot of time working in his home office in the past months. Photo: private

Germany: Online church “does not always have to be complicated”

Voices from the Communion: Karsten Kopjar, Social Media Coordinator of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany

(LWI) - “I enjoy the possibilities of using the internet to engage with very different people and to experience spirituality…

Photo: Thomas Galler (CC0)

A silent night, filled with song

“Giving hope a voice” on Christmas Eve

(LWI) – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany has invited its members to “give hope a voice” by singing the cherished Christmas hymn Silent…

Children in the Beldangi refugee camp in Jhapa district, Nepal, where the LWF provides care and maintenance support to Bhutanese refugees. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Mercy as watchword for post-pandemic world

LWF General Secretary sends New Year message to member churches

(LWI) - In a New Year greeting to all The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches, General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge looks ahead at the challenges that…

We stand with you in prayer and solidarity, wrote general secretary Junge to presiding bishop Eaton. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Lutheran communion stands with church in U.S.

LWF leader sends message of support to ELCA following storming of U.S. Capitol

(LWI) - The global Lutheran family stands with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) as it seeks to accompany, reconcile and work for justice and…

Students at Mansfield College, Great Britain. Photo: Greg Smolonski Â© Photovibe

Lutherans in Great Britain support higher education of refugees and migrants

Council of Lutheran Churches announces new scholarship

(LWI) – The Council of Lutheran Churches (CLC) recently announced a scholarship for a refugee or migrant to Great Britain, giving them an…

Pastor Vladimir Tatarnikov at the door of St. Johnâs Lutheran Church in Grodno, Belarus. Photo: Oleg Shreders

Belarus: Pastor grateful for solidarity and prayers

Voices from the Communion: Pastor Vladimir Tatarnikov

(LWI) - Vladimir Tatarnikov is the only pastor for the Evangelical-Lutheran congregations in the whole of Belarus. Since the presidential elections in…

The Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB) writes a manifesto after COVID death tolls reach 200,000. âAgility and efficiency will be the difference between life and death.â Photo by Unsplash/Zoran Kokanovic

COVID deaths reach 200,000, Lutheran church in Brazil issues manifesto

Church Presidency calls for free vaccines for everyone

(LWI) - In Brazil, the new year began with the number of Coronavirus deaths reaching 200,000 sparking the Presidency of the…

Bishop em. Sumoward E. Harris, Lutheran Church in Liberia. Photo: LCL

Tribute to former Liberian Bishop Sumoward Harris, a voice for justice and peace

LWF’s condolences and prayers of support to the Lutheran Church in Liberia

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has paid tribute to Bishop emeritus Sumoward Harris of the Lutheran…

The Evangelical Lutheran School of AszÃ³d. Photo, ELCH

Raising hope, raising spirits

Lutherans in Hungary raise funds for Palestinian Lutheran school

(LWI) - In a fundraising campaign to support a fellow Lutheran church school, The Evangelical Lutheran School of Aszód, a school of…