“Conviviality” Concept to Guide Approaches in Diverse Contexts
A broad framework for an action plan on reforming community diakonia in the aftermath of the financial crisis affecting most of Europe since 2008 has been agreed by a core…
Second LWF Workshop on Community Diakonia in Europe
A group of Lutheran pastors, educators and diaconal workers (working in church social services) met in the Black Sea port city of Odessa for an ongoing initiative of The…
LWF “Stand Up and Walk” Virtual Conference: Diakonia Is Gospel in Action
(LWI) Service to the marginalized offers hope to the world, a 5 June virtual conference of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) on diakonia [church-related social…
(LWI) From 22 to 23 June 2013, an estimated 1,500 people attended celebrations at the Tumaini University Makumira (TUMA) in Arusha, Tanzania, marking 50 years since the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania: 50 Years of Unity
(LWI) Students, teachers, pastors and guests filled the white chairs in the new assembly hall of Tumaini University Makumira (TUMA) near Arusha to participate in an…
First IELU Lutheran Deaconess to Serve as a Pastor
(LWI) The United Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELU) in Argentina has for the first time called a deaconess trained in diaconal service to serve as a congregation pastor.
PITTSBURG (USA)/GENEVA, 15 August 2013 (LWI) – The 2013 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly has elected Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton to be its 4th…
Coping with Church Growth in World’s Most Populated Country
(LWI) – “I am impressed by the dynamic developments that are taking place in the church in China,” said The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge…
LWF President at Inauguration of Bishop Ulrich in Northern Germany
SCHWERIN, Germany/GENEVA, 2 September 2013 (LWI) – The strong emphasis that Bishop Gerhard Ulrich has already demonstrated in listening to the different voices in…
GENEVA, 19 September 2013 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is responding to the urgent challenge of climate change by engaging and training youth through an online game, “The LWF…
