In this interview, Rev. Halina Radacz talks about her journey to become a pastor, her Lutheran identity as a person belonging to a minority group in Polish society, and her church’s long process to ordain women.

LWF and partners have begun distributing food, hygiene products, and baby care products to Ukrainian refugees in Krakow and other cities in Poland.

LWF expands its refugee response in Poland into the areas of protection, social cohesion, and education. A workshop on community based psychosocial support equipped Ukrainian refugee staff from around the country for the new tasks.

LWF in Poland does not only work with local staff, but also employs refugees from in its centers.

LWF cash centers help Ukrainian refugees settle in Poland

“Great hospitality and solidarity” by Lutheran churches

"Local people are usually the first providing aid” 

Focuses on Polish Context, Churches say NO to Violence Against Women

(LWI) – The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland held a conference in Warsaw on ­19 November aimed at showcasing the Lutheran World Federation’s (LWF…

Advocating for a church with women in ordained ministry

(LWI) - At the recent synod of the Polish Lutheran church, a majority voted in favor of the ordination of women to the pastoral ministry. However, it failed to reach the two-thirds…

The long way towards women’s ordination in Poland

“I cried when I heard the Synod’s decision of April 2016,” recalls Agnieszka Godfrejow-Tarnogorska (44) of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (ECACP). Her church…