“God’s creation is threatened,” said the Leading Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany, Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt, in her call to use Lent to consider “how we can be more frugal and mindful in our use of resources.”

What tasks and actions arise for the LWF member churches from the message and other results of the Thirteenth Assembly? Two German churches explored this together at a joint event.

Preserving habitats for people and nature and experiencing hope and energy in the process is what Bishop Bilz and youth from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony, Germany, experienced in a joint project.

With an ecumenical ceremony at the top of Germany’s highest mountain peak, churches drew attention to the effects of climate change. The requiem for a dying glacier marked the rapid disappearance of the ice caps of the Alps.

Harvest Thanksgiving recalls the close connection between human beings, God and nature. On this occasion, the Evangelical Church in Central Germany calls for economically stable, socially and ecologically compatible agriculture.

The leading bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany, Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt, said churches in the global North must address the “uncomfortable questions” regarding climate justice.

At the WCC 11th Assembly, LWF General Secretary Burghardt leads Lutherans from around the world in sharing their joys, concerns, and hopes, and reflecting on the assembly theme from a theological perspective.

LWF demands meaningful action at COP 21 climate conference

WITTENBERG, Germany/GENEVA, 31 August 2015 (LWI) – Young reformers from Lutheran World Federation member churches meeting in the Reformation city of Wittenberg will fast tomorrow…

WITTENBERG, Germany/GENEVA, 2 September 2015 – Many of the LWF member-church representatives at the ongoing young reformers’ workshop in Wittenberg will be going back home with greater awareness and inspiration for climate justice advocacy.

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