In this Voices from the Communion, Bishop Azar talks about the impact of the Israel-Palestine conflict on the Palestinian Christians, diaconal work, and how to preach hope during times of war.

Voices of the communion: Tapio Luoma, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

(LWI) - Tapio Luoma was elected Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland (ELCF…

Voices from the Communion: Bishop Deborah Hutterer, ELCA

(LWI) – Rev. Deborah Hutterer was elected Bishop of the Grand Canyon Synod in the United States in September 2018. The synod of the…

Voices from the Communion: Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm

(LWI) - "Europe is losing its soul!” Heinrich Bedford-Strohm does not mince words when it comes to the situation of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. The bishop of the…

Voices from the Communion: Rev. Martin Lalthangliana

(LWI) - Working together to transform the lives of people adversely affected by political and economic strife, and recently a health pandemic, the Federation of Lutheran Churches in…

Voices from the Communion: Rev. Rebecca Maduley Kurubai, the first Maasai woman pastor

(LWI) - “My testimony has been drawing many people to Christ,” says Rev. Rebecca Maduley Kurubai, the first ordained Maasai woman pastor in the…

Voices from the Communion: Felix Kalbe, volunteer aid driver

(LWI) – "I didn't hesitate for long. People in Ukraine need help," says Felix Kalbe. The twenty-seven-year-old has long been involved in the Evangelical Church in Central…

Women on the Move in Asia; When Gender Justice and Recognition Join Hands

(LWI) - Thirty-four women and 3 men attended the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Women in Church and Society (WICAS) network meeting in Kuala Lumpa,…

Presence in Heaven’s Tent and youthPointreformation

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) presence in Wittenberg at the World Reformation Exhibition in the last two weeks of July will feature the work of LWF World Service and the Global…