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Zoraya Urbina, LWF Central America advocacy officer . Photo: LWF

A blanket that shelters us equally

This year, the 65th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) put women’s participation in public life at the center of its deliberations. The theme for this year was Women’s full and…

Guatemalan Lutheran church leader Rev. JosÃ© Pilar Ãlvarez Cabrera (middle), Mr Omar JÃ©ronimo (left) and Ms Claudia Samayoa Pineda, during the visit to Geneva. Photo: LWF/M. Haas

A Call for Solidarity with Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala

Lutheran Church Leader Rev. José Pilar Álvarez Speaks on the Struggle to Protect People and Natural Resources

(LWI) – Guatemalan Lutheran church leader says neither threats to personal life, trumped–up charges in court nor other forms of…

ILUGUA General Coordinator Rev. JosÃ© Pilar Ãlvarez Cabrera. Photo: LWF/M. Haas

Guatemalan Lutheran Church’s Álvarez on the Importance of LWF Membership

Greater Visibility of Advocacy and Human Rights Work

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) accepted the Guatemalan Lutheran Church (ILUGUA) into membership at the June 2014 Council meeting in Indonesia, bringing the total…

President Rev. JosÃ© Pilar Cabrera of the LWF member church ILUGUA, which also belongs to the Communion of Lutheran Churches in Guatemala. Photo: ILUGUA

A setback in the fight for justice

Lutherans in Guatemala protest expulsion of commissioner investigating impunity and corruption

(LWI) - The Communion of Lutheran Churches of Guatemala has expressed regret and objection to the government's expulsion of the Commissioner of…

Guatemalan Lutheran church leader Rev. JosÃ© Pilar Ãlvarez Cabrera (right) and Anneli Rogeman, We Effect, at the 2017 Lobbyist for Change prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo Ola Richardsson/We Effect

‘The prize gives us hope’

Guatemalan Lutheran church leader José Pilar Álvarez receives 2017 Lobbyist for Change Award

(LWI) – He has been persecuted, arrested and threatened with death, but that did not deter his commitment to fight for the rights of the…

A group of women participants at MLCâs jubilee. Photo: MLC

Precious in God’s Eyes

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…

Members of the LWF Council welcome three new members to the communion. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF welcomes three new churches to the communion

Geographic reach of LWF extends to include Cuba

(LWI) - The LWF Council has voted to welcome with joy three new member churches to the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). They are the Christ Lutheran Church (India), the United Evangelical…