Follow the lives of three refugees in the Kakuma refugee camp, northwest Kenya, in this documentary by the Church of Sweden, If we ever get out of here. What have they fled? What…
“How do you say ‘yes’ in the Syrian language?” an eight-year-old Icelandic boy asked his teacher during a discussion about refugees in class. When the teacher asked him why he wanted to know, the boy…
New irrigation schemes help Ethiopian farmers deal with climate change
(LWI) - For Kassa Adane, 63, every day is a day to be grateful for the gift of water. The farmer in North Wollo, Ethiopia, and father of eight children is one of 94…
Advocating for a church with women in ordained ministry
(LWI) - At the recent synod of the Polish Lutheran church, a majority voted in favor of the ordination of women to the pastoral ministry. However, it failed to reach the two-thirds…
Junge: LWF churches share the vocation of serving people in need
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has received with deep gratitude a "significant" contribution of EUR 15,000 from the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg…
A prophetic voice with a passion for justice, peace and reconciliation
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has hailed South African Bishop (Emeritus) Manas Buthelezi, a former LWF vice-president who died on 20 April, aged 81, as a…
Lutheran communion support is important and much needed
(LWI) – They are sitting in a circle on the floor, eagerly listening to teacher Almaz Tesfaldet reading out from a booklet of Bible stories for children. Aged between four and six…