Who We Are We are a global communion of churches in the Lutheran tradition, living and working together for a just, peaceful, and reconciled world
Iglesias Miembro Los miembros de la FLM representan a más de 78 millones de cristianos de tradición luterana en 99 países de todo el mundo. Tiene 151 iglesias miembro, incluidas dos iglesias miembro asociadas, así como diez iglesias y congregaciones reconocidas y dos consejos reconocidos.
Image People praying in Ukraine Prayer for Ukraine By Bishop Tamás Fabiny For weeks on end, the whole world is watching the situation in Ukraine with bated breath. Unfortunately it is hardly unusual for a war to be going on in our direct proximity: In the '90s, the crisis in…
Image Bishop Serge Maschewski with members of the congregation in Simferopol. Photo: GELCU/Jevgenija Donetzkaja A Visit with Lutheran Congregations in Crimea By Bishop Serge Maschewski Thank you very much for your prayers and the spiritual support that you are giving our church in the Ukraine in such a difficult time. On 11 and 12 March I had a meeting with the leaders of the…
Image Photo: Presidential office of Ukraine Ukraine: Humanitarian work and advocacy with political leaders LWF President Stubkjær and General Secretary Burghardt met with key political leaders in Ukraine during solidarity visit
Image LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt greets Karolina Lindholm Billing, the UNHCR representative in Ukraine. Photo: LWF/Anatolyi Nazarenko You are not alone: praying for just peace in Ukraine LWF leaders bring message of solidarity from global church to Lutheran congregations in Kyiv and Kharkiv.
Image LWF delegation with LWF Ukraine staff at an IDP reception center in Kharkiv. Photo: LWF/Anatolyi Nazarenko LWF leaders visit Ukraine “Keep proclaiming Christian hope, in words and deeds,” said the LWF President and General Secretary when they visited Ukraine this week.
Image LWF team leader Mark Mullan visits a residental area which has largely been destroyed by missile strikes in Kharkiv. Photo: LWF/ Anatolyi Nazarenko Statement: Protect civilians, address humanitarian needs in Ukraine LWF and other NGOs call for a stop f the attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure
Image A living room in the Saltivka quarter, Kharkiv. The apartment blocks continue to be targeted by missiles. Photo: LWF/ Anantoliy Nazarenko LWF endorses ‘Build Forward’ paper on Ukraine recovery LWF joins other NGOs and civil society organizations in endorsing a new document on recovery and reconstruction in Ukraine
Image Youth Council and GELCU members before setting up a heating point in a school in Kharkiv. Photo: Kharkiv Youth Council Ukraine: Heating for Kharkiv LWF is working together with its member church in Ukraine and the local Youth Council to equip heating points in Kharkiv. As the city is still suffering frequent attacks on its infrastructure, these places allow people to warm up, eat and charge…
Image 10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A man walks through the rubble and shards of glass on the street of Vulytsya Tereshchenkivsʹka in central Kyiv, which hours earlier was hit by a Russian missile. Photo: LWF/ Albin Hillert Ukraine: Lutherans in Kyiv help people in need As Russian missiles continue to hit cities all over Ukraine, the Lutheran congregation in Kyiv and its volunteers support people in need.
Image A woman serves food at a soup kitchen for refugees from Ukraine, at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Six months in: Continued support needed for Ukraine “Great hospitality and solidarity” by Lutheran churches
