Faith Leaders Urged to Engage Communities in Dialogue for Peace
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Africa, have strongly condemned the widespread violence by militant groups in the region, and urged…
(LWI) – The episcopal supervision and pastoral care of the seven Lutheran congregations on the Crimea peninsula will remain with the Ukrainian Church, officially registered as the…
LWF Member Church Needs More Assistance for Civilians Caught in CAR Crisis
(LWI) – It is Sunday evening at the St Timothy Lutheran Church in Bangui, and the main gate to the stone-walled compound is locked. Inside the poorly lit…
(LWI) - The Council of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) on its 2014 meeting issued a public statement concerning the Ukraine, voicing deep concern over the conflict “which has…
Poor Response to Funding Appeals for Refugees in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
(LWI) - Since the December 2013 outbreak of violence in South Sudan, food insecurity has deteriorated at an alarming rate in the three conflict-affected…
Called to be Transformed and Transforming, Diakonia in Context
GENEVA, 2 July 2014 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation’s (LWF) second Virtual Conference on Diakonia in September will connect some 500 congregational leaders,…
(LWI) – Sergio Banze is a primary school teacher in Tingonhamene village, Chokwe district, in Mozambique’s southern province of Gaza. In March this year he participated in a community-based…
EU ‘Children of Peace’ Initiative Helps Students from Conflict Zones
(LWI) - It has been over two years since 17 year-old Walid Awad Majir and his two brothers settled in neighboring South Sudan, fleeing conflict at home in South Kordofan…
Program Coordinator Diehl Talks of Learning Opportunities
(LWI) – Mr Harmut Diehl says he looks back with deep gratitude at the generous solidarity from the global Lutheran communion to thousands of Namibians, still slowly…