At an information session about the present situation in Syria, Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, LWF World Service Global Program Coordinator, informed about the present situation in the war and crisis-shaken Syria.
Walter Altmann, moderator of the WCC Central Committee, raised the issue of the "prophetic voice of WCC" and asked self critically, whether the WCC has been in the past too reserved to questions like the perverse…
"Men and women belong together," said Elaine Neuenfeldt in her presentation at the Lutherans’ confessional meeting at the 10th WCC Assembly in Busan. "There is no women’s issue. All issues are women’s issues,"…
At the confessional meeting of the different Christian traditions at the 10th assembly of WCC in Busan, the President of LWF, Bishop Dr. Munib A. Younan made a warm welcome to the whole Lutheran family taking part in…
"Both, Walter Altmann, the WCC Moderator and Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of WCC, show their passion for unity," said Martin Junge at the confessional meeting during the WCC assembly in Busan. Junge said…
"The church has to raise its prophetic voice," said LWF President Munib Younan. "At the same time the church has to be diaconal and look for the poor and und vulnerable. Church has to talk and act about gender…
A month after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, killing 5,000 and displacing 3.4 million people, I travelled with the National Council of Churches in the…
The LWF continues to work with UNHCR, ACT Alliance members and other partners in supporting thousands of South Sudanese displaced internally and thousands more seeking refuge in the…
Cunene Province was the most affected by the epidemic due to the prolonged drought of more than two years. This also affected parts of southern Huila province in the municipality of Gambos.
