DTMJ - Department for Theology, Mission and Justice

Outside LWF's vocational training center in Ramallah â front row from left, program director Yousef Shalian, Bishop Ibrahim Azar, LWF Representative Sieglinde Weinbrenner, LWF Regional Program Coordinator Caroline Tveoy and Heather Platt from Canadian Lutheran World Relief. The ELCJHLâs director of education Dr Charlie Haddad and the ELCAâs Rev. Gabi Aelabouni are behind them. All photos: Abd Al Rahman Hadidi

Stepping up vocational training for Palestinian students

LWF and Lutheran church in Holy Land join together to strengthen inclusive technical training for women and men

News

05 Apr 2022

Following her training as a Peace Messenger in 2019, Ms Oneyda Fuentes and fellow youth of the Salvadoran Lutheran Church have organized retreats in El Salvador on how to work for peace in their context. Â Photo: Chris MankeÂ

LWF invites youth to apply for Peace Messengers training in June

15 April deadline to submit applications endorsed by an LWF member church

News

01 Apr 2022

Emmanuel, a Nigerian student who fled from Ukraine and has been welcomed in Budapest by staff and students at the Theological Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary. All photos: LWF/A. Hillert

Ukraine: “One minute we’re in school, the next we’re running for our lives”

Nigerians fleeing Ukraine welcomed by students and faculty of Hungary’s Theological Institute

News

31 Mar 2022

Two friends enjoy a meal on the campus of the ELCT-Diocese of Meru, Usa River Rehabilitation and Training Centre for people with special needs, in Arusha, Tanzania. All photos: LWF/Albin HillertÂ

Tanzania: Heart-warming witness to the gospel

LWF General Secretary sees impact of ELCT’s work

News

30 Mar 2022

LWF General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt visits the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre. Here, in conversation with ELCT Presiding Bishop Dr Fredrick Shoo (left) and KCMC executive director Prof. Gileard Masenga (right). All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary begins first member church visit to Africa

Affirms holistic mission of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania

News

28 Mar 2022

A large globe hanging from the ceiling in the Action Zone of COP26 in Glasgow last November as world leaders gathered to negotiate a response to climate crisis. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Season of Creation theme: Listen to unheard voices

Burning bush logo calls Christians to turn holy anger into action and advocacy to safeguard our common home

News

28 Mar 2022

LWF Youth Peace Messengers at the 2019 Peace Messengers Training in Tallin, Estonia. Photo: LWF/S. Kit

20 Mar – 15 Apr 2022

Call for applications: Peace Messengers Training for youth (Closes on 15 April 2022)

Event

Refugee families from Ukraine make for the bus that is to take them from the VyÅ¡nÃ© NemeckÃ© border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine and further into Slovakia, on 11 March. The VyÅ¡nÃ© NemeckÃ© border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. The crossing sees up to some 10,000 refugees arrive each day since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. A range of faith-based, civil society and humanitarian organizations provide immediate support to refugees as t

Slovakia: ’A test of our faith, in deed and in action’

LWF member church in Slovakia welcomes refugees from Ukraine

News

25 Mar 2022

Volunteer workers in Budapest prepare boxes of food and other necessities for Ukrainian refugees at MandÃ¡k House, home to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

Welcoming the Stranger, Living as Neighbors

Event