A participant in LWF’s 6th international seminar for lay leaders reflects on his experience and lessons learned

“Church” conjures a…

Council members of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) expressed solidarity with the people most affected by climate change and severe weather events by joining in the Fast for the Climate campaign and calling upon the Lutheran Communion to join…

Indonesian member churches of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) have planted partner trees for the ones in the Wittenberg Luther Garden at the Ecumenical Centre of the Council of Protestant Indonesian Churches in North Sumatra on 15 June 2014.…

By Cornelia Kästner, OCS

What do Justin Bieber and the cross of Christ have in common? In Mamre orphanage in the town of Pemantang Siantar, they are both very important to a group of six school girls who put both up on the wall,…

By Fernando Sihotang

More than 40 participants, including  29 young people, took part in a four- day “Training  the Trainers” (1- 4 July) course in Papua aimed at helping to prevent the spread of HIV  in the Indonesian province …

A Lunar New Year with the outbreak of Coronavirus

Lunar New Year is, without doubt, the most important annual festival for the Chinese. It is not only a long holiday in Hong Kong, but also a time for family and friends to gather. It is…

Looking back at one year of the COVID-19 pandemic

One year ago, on 11 March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.

This was an unprecedented challenge, where people, communities, and churches faced…

LWF’s General Secretary reflects on her first months in office and the mission of the Lutheran World Federation and its member churches

Last week I reached the milestone of my first 100 days as General Secretary of the Lutheran World…