At Pre-Council meetings of youth, women, and men, participants highlight the importance of intergenerational cooperation and stress the intersectionality of gender justice.
The new LWF Council began its first full meeting this morning, with the opening worship preacher reminding delegates of their mutual responsibility toward each other and to the Lutheran communion.
Leaders of global church bodies addressing the LWF at its Council meeting expressed hope for continued ecumenical engagement, mutual support and shared witness in confronting global challenges.
Council members representing their churches across the global communion gathered in central Geneva on Sunday for worship with local German and English-speaking Lutheran congregations
President Henrik Stubkjær inaugurates the first full Council since the Kraków Assembly and reflects on the theme of hope, which is at the heart of the new LWF strategy