LWF joins UNHCR call to support refugee athletes

(LWI) - Leading up to the Olympic summer games in Tokyo, Japan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has released a…

LWF joins interagency call to fight famine

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined more than 200 aid organizations in a call to fight hunger and famine worldwide. In an…

Violence against demonstrators must be stopped, human rights violations investigated

(LWI) - The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia (IELCO) National Ministerial…

Christian organizations call on President Duque to end repression and address root causes of popular protests

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined with other global Christian communions and ecumenical organizations in an…

Election to take place on 19 June

(LWI) - Candidates from Estonia and Zimbabwe have been proposed for the position of general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation. The search for a new leader of the communion of churches has been…

Report on LWF’s rights-based approach work in 2020

(LWI) – Through its local-to-global methodology, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) continues to work with refugees, internally displaced people, indigenous communities, ethnic…

LWF Regional Secretary visits Colombia church

(LWI) - "I was inspired by the deep commitment of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia to the most vulnerable populations in Colombia – to indigenous communities, poor people and people…

In this Voices from the Communion, Bishop President Atahualpa Hernández reflects on the role of the Lutheran church as it seeks to promote peace and reconciliation from over half a century of conflict in Colombia.

GINEBRA (LWI) - Del 21 al 23 de junio, la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana de Colombia (IELCO), a través del proyecto Comunidades por la Vida y acompañado por el Ministerio de Evangelismo, llevó a cabo el encuentro anual de fortalecimiento juvenil en...

LWF, ACT, and WCC issue joint statement following COP16 in Colombia

(LWI) –The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) joined its global ecumenical partners in urging governments to address the interconnected crises of biodiversity loss and…