Come, Let Us Celebrate Together – Youth reflections on climate, gender justice, and migration

I joined The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Latin America and the…

A young participant in the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women shares top takeaways from her time in New York

I was born and raised in Paramaribo, the…

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

“Church” conjures a…

A young Polish delegate at the Commission on the Status of Women shares her story of overcoming imposter syndrome 

This year I have had an opportunity that I never thought I would have. For the last five or six years…

By Grace Magu, Kenya

Living close to a ‘sport of kings’ racecourse in Nairobi, Kenya brings to mind  George Owen’s book –The Animal farm; whose storyline evolves around behaviors illustrating that all animals are not equal and if…

By Reuben Mete

Finding solutions to Papua New Guinea and South Pacific difficulties today and into 2050 does not lie in words and more words but in solidarity in word and deed.

I’m humble by the opportunity…

By Klaus Rieth

Participants of the men and women’s pre-assembly report that the speech of LWF staff member Elaine Neuenfeldt was very impressive.

Neuenfeldt, LWF secretary for Women in Church and Society (WICAS) reported…

By Klaus Rieth

"Men and women belong together," said Elaine Neuenfeldt in her presentation at the Lutherans’ confessional meeting at the 10th WCC Assembly in Busan. "There is no women’s issue. All issues are women’s issues,"…

By Rev. Thomas Böhmert

During the Luther Decade, which culminates in 2017 with the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the LWF has organized a series of seminars to help Lutherans from across the world to…

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…