Strasbourg’s Institute for Ecumenical Research welcomes applicants for its summer seminar exploring the meaning of ‘a communion of churches’.

GENEVA, 14 November 2015 (LWI) -  The Lutheran World Federation(LWF)  condemns in the firmest  terms the despicable attacks in Beirut and Paris, this Thursday and Friday, which have caused massive loss of lives.

In a joint…

Recognition for contribution to Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification 

(LWI) - Lutheran ecumenist Prof. Theodor Dieter will receive the 2017 Ratzinger Prize on 18 November. The director of the LWF Institute for Ecumenical…

16 days of activism to overcome gender based violence

(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is encouraging church leaders to speak up publicly against gender-based violence. Joining the…

Statement on balance and equity between women and men in the church endorsed

(LWI) The Lutheran Church of Alsace - member of the Union of Protestant churches of…

Strasbourg Institute announces Harding Meyer Prize in Ecumenism 

The Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg, France, has announced the Harding Meyer Prize in Ecumenism,…

A French pastor reflects on her experience of the virus and how it can help in responding to traumatized communities

(LWI) - “My experience of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has left a profound sense of humility, and a deeper…

First Harding Meyer Prize in Ecumenism awarded to French, German and American theologians

(LWI) - A French Mennonite, a German Protestant and an American Catholic theologian have been awarded the first ever Harding Meyer prize in…

Annual course on interreligious dialogue will also be online 

(LWI) - The Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg, France, will offer its recently introduced ecumenism study seminar online, this time focusing on the self-…

Continued engagement for women’s empowerment and gender justice

(LWI) – "It is important to take stock halfway between the last LWF Assembly in Namibia in 2017 and the next Assembly in Poland in 2023, and to identify the issues for…