In this Voices from the Communion interview, Pröpstin Astrid Kleist speaks about her leadership at the local and international levels and the characteristics of the Central Western European region. She looks back at her term of office with the…

Voices from the Communion: Uwe Steinmetz, jazz musician and composer

BONN, Germany/GENEVA, 20 October 2015 (LWI) - As negotiators gather in Bonn this week to work on a draft text for the December 2015 United Nations climate conference in Paris, a coalition of more than 150 global faith and spiritual…

LWF joins multi-faith invitation to promote sustainable lifestyles

(LWI) - “As religious and spiritual leaders, we are committing to make changes in our own lives, and to support the members of our communities in doing the same. Together…

Interview with COP23 delegate Daniel Sinaga from Indonesia

(LWI) – “Climate justice is a common challenge to all of us,” says Daniel Sinanga, a member of The Lutheran World Federation delegation to the…

Climate change must be addressed

(LWI) - As COP23, the International Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany draws to a close, the ACT Alliance and the Lutheran World Federation are launching a call to people of faith and faith-based…

Interview with COP23 delegate Helena Funk from Germany

(LWI) – “We should not stop our efforts to reach climate justice - there is still a long way to go!” says Helena Funk. She is one of ten young adults from the European regions and…

LWF Council member Bishop Frank Otfried July from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg

(LWI) - “Christ at the center repeatedly calls us to unity in diversity,” says Rev. Dr Frank Otfried July who has been bishop of the…

Interview with LWF Council member Bettina Westfeld 

(LWI) – As a child, Bettina Westfeld (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony) lived in the German Democratic Republic (…

Voices from the Communion: Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm

(LWI) - "Europe is losing its soul!” Heinrich Bedford-Strohm does not mince words when it comes to the situation of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. The bishop of the…