The first-ever LWF Virtual Conference on Diakonia connected some 500 congregational leaders, pastors and diaconal workers from across the Lutheran communion to explore related themes and share experiences.

Sub-themes were:

• Faith and Action
• Diakonia in Context
• Learning & Sharing on Diakonia

Twenty facilitators representing all seven LWF regions took a look at diakonia-related topics through keynote presentations, forums and workshops.

Department | Department for Mission and Development

Program | Capacity for Diakonia

Event Series | Virtual Conferences on Diakonia

Event Languages | English, French, German, Indonesian, Spanish

Program - Watch the Events

Opening

Opening Keynote Address | Martin Junge                                  

Faith in Action            

Main Presentation | Kjell Nordstokke           

Diakonia and Spirituality (Thematic Forum) | Sister Agnes

What makes our diaconal action different? (Panel discussion) | Carlos Bock, Kaisamarie Hintikka, Jakob Sundarsingh, P. Filibus Musa

Confronting harmful traditional practices like FGM (Workshop Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV) | Judith Nyaata   

Life together – Diakonia for communities (Workshop) | Janka Adameova (no video)                   

Reading the context 

Diakonia in Context - Main Presentation | Mami Brunah                             

Reading and responding to the context: Who is my neighbor? (Thematic Forum) | Gabriela Liguori (Argentina)                            

Engaging the community (Thematic Forum) | Sam Inn

Diakonia and Poverty Alleviation (Workshop Part I, Part II) | Bongi Baker                

Diakonia and Poverty Alleviation (Workshop) | Claudia & Dirk Haarman (no video)   

Learning and Sharing Resources for Diakonia

Main Presentation | Basa Hutabarat

Training of volunteers for diakonia (Thematic Forum) | Gunnel Claesson                       

How can we access resources and ideas of the global church? Utilizing Communities of Practice (Thematic Forum, Interview) | Christoph Römhild                               

Latin American Sustainability Program - Latin American process on sustainability (Workshop Part I, Part II, Part III) | Gustavo Driau  

Latin American Sustainability Program – Global Migration (Workshop Part I, Part II, Part III) | Annie Wilson