In this Voices from the Communion, Rev. Michael Jonas shares his journey from ordination in Germany’s Black Forest region to leading the Lutheran community in the heart of Rome
The first Protestant hymnbooks were printed in Germany 500 years ago, and thousands of editions were to follow. Over time, a treasure of immense impact on faith and culture was created.
Creating a space for communion-building, exchange and praying together at the beginning of a new year was the aim of the new online meeting format for church leaders of the Africa Region.
Preserving habitats for people and nature and experiencing hope and energy in the process is what Bishop Bilz and youth from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony, Germany, experienced in a joint project.
LWF’s President, Danish Bishop Henrik Stubkjær, reminds us that Christmas is, above all, a call to action to bring light and hope into the darkest places of our world.
A pianist since the age of 12, who went on to become the first woman president of a French Protestant church, Rev. Emmanuelle Seyboldt reflects on leadership and “the Bible at the center of my life.”
The leading bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany, Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt, is the new Chairperson of the German National Committee of the LWF. She was installed on 11 December during the Assembly of the GNC/LWF.
"May God bless you in your ministry so that you may continue to be a blessing to others," wrote LWF General Secretary Burghardt to Brother Matthew, who was installed as the new prior of Taizé on the first Sunday of Advent.…
A crisis and a chance to be the church outside the stereotype of church in society: Pastor Oleksandr Gross of GELCU in Odessa, Ukraine, in a greeting to the VELKD synod spoke about the changes the war had brought to his church.