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A classroom in Maban. More than 55,000 students have been affected by the emergency and need support. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

Heavy flood affects schools in Maban, South Sudan

Staff commitment ensures work can continue

(LWI) - Two weeks after massive flooding had inundated the refugee camps and their host communities in Maban county, South Sudan, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) team is returning to the…

Participants of the LWF Church Leadership Consultation 2019 for Central and Eastern Europe after the opening service at St. Mary's Cathedral (Dome Church) in Tallinn. Photo: EELC/Joel Siim

Churches in Central and Eastern Europe discuss Lutheran identity, diversity and pneumatology

Leadership consultation offers opportunities to reflect on contexts, opportunities, and hopes

(LWI) – Churches should make sure that believers and the church itself are not pushed back into privacy behind church walls and away from the…

A march took place through Katowice, Poland during the UN climate negotiations of COP24, with marchers from all over the world, protesting the dangerously slow process of the negotiations. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey

LWF looking forward to COP25 in Spain

There can be no delay in addressing the climate crisis

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is looking forward to the 2019 United Nations climate conference or COP25 as a vital platform for dialogue and commitment to address…

The âTheatre of the Oppressedâ was one of the methodologies practiced to collect information on community level. Participants clearly enjoyed the session, despite the serious topic. Photo: LWF/ S. Gallay

Justice, dignity and hope

Women’s human rights advocacy training for faith-based organizations

(LWI) “It’s about justice, dignity and hope for these women,” Sophia Marcia Reyes concludes. The young woman works for the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Honduras…

LWF Council member Bettina Westfeld shows a shrapnel cross, moulded from the pieces of shrapnel from bombs dropped over Dresden and Coventry during the Second World War. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Daring to trust – 30 years after the Peaceful Revolution in 1989

Interview with LWF Council member Bettina Westfeld

(LWI) – As a child, Bettina Westfeld (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony) lived in the German Democratic Republic (…

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge addressing the 2019 Church Leadership Consultation for Central and Eastern Europe in Tallinn, Estonia. Photo: LWF/A. WeyermÃ¼ller

Living together as a communion

LWF General Secretary addresses church leaders of Central and Eastern Europe

(LWI) - There would not be a Lutheran World Federation (LWF) without local churches, said LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge, addressing the…

A young boy receives emergency treatment at the Ganta United Methodist Hospital in Liberia. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert

Liberia: Called to bring healing, even when times are tough

Waking the Giant implementation strengthens church ministry in Liberia

(LWI) – It’s early November, and the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) has just hosted a global summit on the…

Women leaders from Eastern, Central and Western Europe participated in a Worship Service at Warsawâs Holy Trinity Lutheran church during a regional consultation on âFaith, Gender Justice and Womenâs Human Rightsâ. Photo: LWF/Agnieszka GodfrejÃ³w-TarnagÃ³rska

Sharing stories, reforming structures

Women from European churches meet to discuss ways of overcoming injustice, discrimination and violence

(LWI) - Women leaders from Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches across Western, Central and Eastern Europe have been …

Delegates to the VELKD General Synod and to the EKD Synod deliberated more youth participation in decision-making bodies. Photo: epd Bild

Germany: Towards more intergenerational justice

Lutheran churches decide more youth participation in governing bodies

(LWI) - In future, more young people will have a seat in the governing bodies of the Lutheran churches in Germany. This was one of the decisions made at the General…

Augusta Victoria Hospital aerial view. Photo: LWF/M.Renaux

Agreement reached concerning AVH cash-flow crisis

PA commits to monthly payments for treatment and reducing incurred debt

(LWI) - Encouraging news for patients at the Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in East Jerusalem: After the recent cash flow crisis, an agreement was reached with the…