Focus on refugee crisis at Budapest Diakonia Day sermon
(LWI) – The service began with the clergy placing a diaconal cross in a prominent place. Seven pictures hung from the light-colored wood, illustrating gestures of compassion and…
GENEVA/LONDON, 5 October 2015 - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) will jointly discuss the importance of faith-based organizations as positive contributors to humanitarian work in a side event at the annual…
“Fences and walls are no way to shape a good life together for people”
BUDAPEST, Hungary/GENEVA, 4 October 2015 (LWI) - Lutheran World Federation Vice-Presidents in Europe have called for agreement on a dignified refugee policy in the…
(LWI) - They walked for six hours on muddy trails, crossing mountain streams and braving landslides. Many were mothers, carrying small children. They came alone, as their husbands had…
(LWI) – A group of newly elected leaders among The Lutheran World Federation member churches have formed a peer support network to mutually accompany each other and minister to one another in…
Faith organizations at forefront of emergency operations
GENEVA, 8 October, 2015 (LWI) - Faith-based organizations show “remarkable signs of leadership” in refugee relief efforts worldwide, a senior official of the United Nations refugee…
As churches, LWF projects address the most pressing needs of society
Our 37 projects at country level tackle endemic poverty, economic injustice and harmful social practices. They inspire change and promote efforts to build peace, addressing some of the greatest problems of society.
Sponsorship gives girls confidence to make own decisions
(LWI) - The first man who proposed marriage to Fatou Haidana had seen her at the market. He followed her home and asked for her hand. Her mother declined. The second was a Marabout…
(LWI) - “I came to Adjumani with only the clothes on my back and just one Sudanese pound. I was 12-years-old, alone and afraid,” 14-year-old Gift Minzi says.
