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Messages of peace in a school run by LWF in Upper Nile State, South Sudan. Photo: LWF/ C: KÃ¤stner

World Humanitarian Day: LWF calls for protection of humanitarian space

“Humanitarian workers have become soft targets for warring parties”

(LWI) - On World Humanitarian Day, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) calls for a better protection of humanitarian…

MarÃa Ruth Sanabria, Colombian human rights defender. Photo: LWF Colombia

María Ruth Sanabria: 40 years of taking risks to defend the rights of others

Colombian human rights advocate talks about an increasingly dangerous task

(LWI) - Despite continued threats on her life, María Ruth Sanabria remains undeterred in the struggle for the rights of marginalized people. This includes a…

A father carries his baby at the Aguas Calientes border post between Honduras and Guatemala, close to a military roadblock. No undocumented migrant was allowed out of Honduras or into Guatemala, and anyone with an arrest warrant on either side of the border was taken into custody. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey

LWF in Honduras offers alternatives to migration

Skills training and human rights advocacy provide hope for young people facing poverty and violence

(LWI) - Following the caravans of people who left Honduras last year, with up to 15,000 asylum seekers travelling together to the US…

World Service staff attending the GLTM hold the names of the countries where they are working. Photo:LWF/A. Hillert

Rooted in faith, committed to serving others

World Service country program staff in Geneva for Global Leadership Team Meeting

(LWI) - How can the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) respond better to emergencies and to the long term development needs of the world’s most vulnerable…

Oberkirchenrat Olaf Johannes Mirgeler, chairperson of the LWF Finance Committee. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Positive results kept LWF financially stable through 2018

Finance committee chairperson reports to the Council

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) reported positive financial results for 2018, maintaining a balanced budget despite exchange rate volatility and other financial market…

Council members voting on a new structure for the LWF Communion Office. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Equipped to serve the communion

Council approves a new LWF Communion Office structure

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council today authorized a new structure for the LWF Communion Office (CO) that responds to the LWF Strategy 2019-2024, with a stronger…

Emma van Dorp lit five symbolic candles on the altar, as the church leaders affirmed the âwish to make more visible our common witness in worship and service, on our journey together towards visible unity.â Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert — Emma van Dorp lit five symbolic candles on the altar, as the church leaders affirmed the wish to make more visible our common witness in worship and service, on our journey together towards visible unity. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

A source of hope towards Christian unity

Five Christian traditions celebrate historic Joint Declaration on Justification

(LWI) - Leaders of Lutheran, Roman Catholic,…

The LWF Council received greetings from its ecumenical partner representatives including Father Augustinus Sander of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. LWF/Albin Hillert

Ecumenical guests laud LWF’s commitment to Christian dialogue

LWF Council receives greetings from global church bodies

(LWI) - Leaders of global church bodies have thanked The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) for its strong engagement in dialogue among Christians. They affirmed their commitment to…

LWF Council members follow discussion on the protection of biodiversity. The report was presented by the Committee for Advocacy and Public Voice chairperson, Ms Vera Tkach, Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Russia and Other States. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Call to act on climate-related crises, religious and political injustice

Public statements and resolutions from 2019 LWF Council meeting

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council concluded its 2019 meeting with public statements and resolutions on crises related to climate change, the Israeli-…

Two young men construct a house in the Beldangi Refugee Camp in southeast Nepal. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Taking leadership #WithRefugees

Churches engage in service, support empowerment

(LWI) - All over the world, churches are making a difference for people on the move. They provide shelter, food and water, give psychosocial support, and help to build relations with…