Pillar in the LWF for Over 30 Years, Christa Held Dies
(LWI) – Christa Held, a former associate director of the Department for Mission and Development (DMD) who died during the night of 21-22 October, was a pillar in the Lutheran World…
A prophetic voice with a passion for justice, peace and reconciliation
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has hailed South African Bishop (Emeritus) Manas Buthelezi, a former LWF vice-president who died on 20 April, aged 81, as a…
(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has extended its condolences upon the death of Reverend Carlos Alfredo Duarte Voelker, Pastor President of the…
Brazilian church leader was dedicated to the ecumenical movement
(LWI) – Brazilian church leader Rev. Huberto Kirchheim, former Vice-President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), died on 14 January at the age of 80.
Lutheran communion pays tribute to theologian Hélène Ralivao
(LWI) - Lutheran churches around the globe are mourning the loss of one of Madagascar’s leading theologians and gender justice advocates, Ms Hélène Ralivao, who was murdered…
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been…
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will…
