North American Lutherans Called to Practice
Global Justice
LWF leadership looks to the future in North America: ELCIC National Bishop Susan Johnson and ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson with youth delegates and stewards (l. to r.) Jeff Buhse, Mary Button, Allison Beebe, Mikka McCracken and Mae Helen Jackson. © Mikka McCracken |
The LWF North America Pre-Assembly Consultation (NAPAC) kicked off with a call to ensure indigenous people's rights and work for climate, food and economic justice.
North American Christians must ask themselves what justice God requires of them here and now, participants heard. The communion must be willing “to be pressed uncomfortably” as it discerns its mission to the world. More...
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LWF General Secretary Calls for Lasting Engagement with Haiti
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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko is urging partnership with Haiti that goes beyond emergency response to deeper solidarity with the population’s struggle for stability and development.
In a statement on 22 January, Noko referred to various historical, political and economic factors that made Haiti vulnerable already before the earthquake, and called for cancellation of the country’s "illegitimate” debt obligations. More...
Haiti Statement 
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First LWF Convoy Arrives in Port-au-Prince
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The LWF Department for World Service (DWS) plans to scale up its operations to meet quickly the needs of the stricken Haitian population.
DWS program staff are focusing on emergency response and also looking to start the process for longer-term development. Assistance to internal displaced persons is a key priority, as people flee the capital and return to their places of origin. More...
A Hunger for Justice and the Bread of Life
The message from the LWF Women’s Pre-Assembly expresses a strong yearning for cultural transformation in the Lutheran communion and wider society.
Delegates note that the LWF is not a full communion when women are barred from leadership, and call upon member churches to pave the way for female leaders. They also single out human trafficking and food justice as core issues to be addressed by the Eleventh Assembly in July 2010. More...
