LWF General Secretary Junge shares a vision for the LWF at Asia Pre-Assembly
(LWI) - Addressing The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Asia Pre-Assembly, General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge gave an introduction to the history and identity…
Asia Pre-Assembly participants discuss LWF Twelfth Assembly themes
(LWI) – What does it mean to be liberated by God's grace? From what and to what are we liberated? What does it mean to say that salvation, human beings and creation are…
Syrians Ahmad and Haneen share talents in Za’atari
(LWI) - Tortured and forced to abandon university, Ahmad and Haneen are now overcoming adversity to support refugees at The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)-run camp in Za’atari, Jordan.…
GENEVA, 30August 2016 (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) churches around the world currently bring together more than 74 million members. This represents an increase of 2.1 million since 2013, with membership generally growing…
PARAMARIBO, Suriname/GENEVA, 1 September 2016 (LWI) — What does God’s grace free Lutherans to do in an increasingly polarized world, where individuals and communities are seeking acceptance and meaning to life?
LWF summer camp provides career orientation for youth in Beit Hanina, Palestine
Inspired by the Mahatma Gandhi’s motto, “The brain must be educated through the hand,” young people aged 13-17 years from different places in East Jerusalem…
(LWI) – Initiatives by young people in churches and mosques to protect each other’s places of worship against attacks by radicalized groups should not have to happen in a country with a…
(LWI) – Thirteen-year-old Nima Chhiyog Lama still dreams about the small cozy room in her old house. A warm place, her family around her and the wood fire burning in the kitchen - much like…