Africa Pre-Assembly discusses Sustainable Development Goals
(LWI) – With its commitment to raise awareness of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has asked members of the Lutheran…
Keynote Address on Assembly Theme by Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko
(LWI) – Citizenship in Christ’s kingdom is rooted in God’s forgiveness, but it is our responsibility to forgive one another, said Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko, former General Secretary of…
Combining education and protection for girls in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya
(LWI) – It’s the beginning of a new year for Anek (16, name changed), a South Sudanese refugee in Kakuma refugee camp. As one of 4,000 secondary school students in…
The Arcot Lutheran Church commemorates the Reformation
(LWI) Cuddalore, India/Geneva (LWI) – The relevance of Lutheran identity today was the main theme during the Reformation commemoration of the Arcot Lutheran Church (ALC) held in…
(LWI) – The effects of climate change are experienced across the globe: rising sea level rise, the number of tropical storms is increasing, fertile land is endangered by floods or drought,…
More than 400 young people join Living Reformation project
(LWI) Young Reformer and theology student Arkadiusz Raszka (26) from The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland is leading a Living Reformation project that has…
Online voting of International Preaching Contest started
(LWI) A young pastor will hold the sermon at the closing worship in the Twelfth assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Namibia on 16 May. Young ordained Lutherans from…
LWF urges Human Rights Council to work with religious leaders
(LWI) - For members of one Lutheran diocese in Tanzania, there is no place for the persecution of people with albinism - an affliction that blights not only their community and…
Help churches share experiences of their diaconal work
(LWI) Representatives from nine Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Latin America and the Caribbean have gathered to review an LWF framework designed to improve their…