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GELC Moderator Bishop Marshal Kerketta. Photo: LWF/J. C. Valeriano

India: All Christians should be committed to working for the benefit of others

Bishop Marshal Kerketta, Moderator, Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam

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12 Dec 2025

LWF Christmas card 2025. Photo: Jean-Paul Gaulier / UEPAL

2025 Christmas card: a call to love

French artist depicts the world shaped by Christ’s birth

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11 Dec 2025

In Angola’s Moxico province, the LWF supported farmers in Chindupo village, to successfully advocate for the right to retain their land, which had been targeted for private use. Photo: LWF/C. Kastner

A decade of strengthening communities through a rights-based approach

LWF marks 10 years of people-centered empowerment for change

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) recently marked…

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11 Dec 2025

Panelists, from left to right, Kai Langer from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, Br. Lizwi Mtumtum, President of the Moravian Church in South Africa, Rev. Dr Felipe Butteli from the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil and Sourav Sampan Goudo from the Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church in India. Photo: Compilation by Johanan Celine Valeriano

16 Days: United in the fight against digital violence

Churches reflect on urgent need for men and boys to be allies in the work to end online and offline gender-based violence

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10 Dec 2025

Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt, LWF General Secretary Photo: LWF/Arni Svanur Danielsson. Bishop Anthony Poggo, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion Photo: ACNS/Neil Turner

Anglicans and Lutherans reaffirm support for refugees

Ahead of Global Refugee Forum Progress Review, churches say countries must come together to address root causes

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09 Dec 2025

A demonstrator holds up a placard at the protest in Johannesburg against femicide and gender-based violence. Photo: LUCSA/Conne Boshielo

Lutherans in Southern Africa join action to end gender-based violence

LUCSA Executive Secretary shares her survivor story as South Africa declares a ‘national disaster’

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05 Dec 2025

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Calling all Christians and people of good faith into prayer for peace in Ukraine. Photo: Sunguk Kim/Unsplash

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Participants in the “Stop Women’s Violence March” that emphasized gender equality, justice, and the right for women to live free from violence in Indonesia. Photo: BNKP

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LWF partners with public theology institutes in Germany and South Africa to produce a series of resources aimed at equipping churches to strengthen their engagement in the public space. Photo: LWF/JC Valeriano

Responsible Theology: Faith that Heals, Unites, and Transforms

Malagasy Lutheran Church volunteers distribute food in Toliary synod, in the countryâs drought-hit southern region. The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Slovak Republic provided funding for the project. Photo: MLC

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LWF Annual Report 2024 – Abound in Hope

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LWF Climate-Induced Discplacement_EN_Cover

Climate-Induced Displacement - A human journey

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10 Dec 2025

Prayers for Reformation Day - EN-DE-ES-FR

Prayers for Reformation Day

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31 Oct 2025

European Youth Gathering Message 2025

European Youth Gathering Message 2025

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16 Oct 2025

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Malagasy Lutheran Church volunteers distribute food in Toliary synod, in the countryâs drought-hit southern region. The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Slovak Republic provided funding for the project. Photo: MLC