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LWF Council member Ms Titi Malik and LWF President Bishop Munib A. Younan plant a commemorative tree for the 60th anniversary of the first Lutheran conference in Marangu. Photo: LWF/Tsion Alemayehu

Assurance of solidarity in the LWF communion of churches

LWF’s President Younan encourages African member churches in their Lutheran journey

MOSHI, Tanzania/GENEVA, 24 May 2015 (LWI) – African church representatives meeting in Moshi, Tanzania, expressed appreciation for the critical…

Bishop Medardo GÃ³mez, right, watches theologian Pablo Richard greet Rev. Vilma RodrÃguez from the Salvadoran Lutheran Church, who took part in the beatification of assassinated Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero. Photo: R. Menjivar

Salvadoran Catholic Archbishop Romero: a friend and a great ecumenist

Lutheran Bishop Gómez reflects on Romero’s influence on the global church

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador/GENEVA, 27 May 2015 (LWI) - Salvadoran Lutheran Bishop Medardo E. Gómez was among church leaders who witnessed the beatification…

Emmanuel Abraham, when he was one of the five co-chairs of the Marangu 1955 conference. Photo: LWF Archives

At the age of 102, Marangu 1955 delegate reminds African Lutherans of unity of purpose

Marangu 1955 co-chair Emmanuel Abraham, 102: the importance of Marangu is that its aim was achieved

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia/GENEVA, 26 May 2015 (LWI) - Dr Emmanuel Abraham, former President of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church…

Global Fund for Women president, Dr Musimbi Kanyoro, addresses Lutheran church delegates at the May 2015 African region consultation and 60th anniversary gathering in Moshi, Tanzania. Photo: LWF/Tsion Alemayehu

Persist in putting faith into action, Kanyoro urges Lutheran churches

Violence against women is alarming, congregations can do more

MOSHI, Tanzania/GENEVA, 2 June 2015 (LWI) - “Are we as churches sometimes unable to speak about violence against women and girls because we experience it and practice…

Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria Bishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa makes his presentation at the May 2015 consultation and 60th anniversary of African Lutheran church leaders in Moshi, Tanzania. Photo: LWF/Tsion Alemayehu

Renewal of the Lutheran church in Africa must address today’s realities

Nigerian Bishop Musa stresses need for critical reform in theological education, leadership, liturgy and worship

(LWI) – Ongoing renewal of the church must be a priority for African Lutheran church witness, in a context in which progress…

LWF staff collect information about human rights concerns at a village in Mozambique. Photo: S. Oftadeh

LWF to gather proof of human rights status in Mozambique

“A responsibility to ensure the evidence we collect is robust”

MAPUTO, Mozambique/GENEVA, 29 May 2015 (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation is part of an NGO coalition that is gathering evidence of human rights concerns for a United…

Christian and Muslim participants of the 2014 consultation in Germany, visiting the Hall of Peace in MÃ¼nster, which commemorates the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia. Photo: Marion von Hagen

New LWF publication: “Religious Plurality and the Public Space”

Christian and Muslims scholars reflect on the role faith in the public sphere

(LWI) - Religious Plurality and the Public Space is the title of a new publication jointly produced by The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the…

Olga Tshiwewe (WCC), Iman Sandra Pertek (IRW) and Dr Elaine Neuenfeldt (LWF, from left) discuss during the side event on violence against women at the Human Rights Council. Photo: LWF/C.KÃ¤stner

Faith-based organizations issue statement at Human Rights Council

“Common vision to protect dignity of girls and women”

(LWI) – Faith-based organizations have issued a joint statement for advancing women’s rights and denouncing gender-based violence at the 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council. In…

Members of the LWF Global Young Reformers' Network in Africa, plant a tree during a May 2015 visit to Majengo Lutheran Parish in Moshi, Tanzania. Photo: LWF/Allison Westerhoff

LWF welcomes Pope’s encouragement to tackle climate change

General Secretary Junge: Escalating impact on the poor makes advocacy urgent

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has welcomed Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’ — On Care for Our Common Home”, as an encouragement for all those…

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary supports Roma families such as Eva's (holding her child) with shelter and advocates for their rights. Photo: TamÃ¡s Kiss

UN Special Rapporteur seeks faith-based support for human rights’ advocacy

LWF’s Oral Statement on Roma People at Human Rights Council

(LWI) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Ms Rita Izsak encouraged The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and other faith-based organizations to put more…