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Image Christian churches call on the G20 to reform the international taxation system to provide resources for âglobal public goods and the protection of ecosystems.â In the photo, an LWF refugee staff member from Nigeria checks water and sanitation provision at a refugee camp in North Cameroon: Photo: LWF/C. Kästner Churches appeal to G20: Fix our broken global tax system Churches and ecumenical groups set out proposals to help low-income countries recover from COVID-19 pandemic (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined Christian churches and ecumenical organizations in urging the G20 group of…
Image A boy walks across a field in Adaba, Ethiopia, near an irrigation and soil conservation site built by the Lutheran World Federation in the 1970s. It remains an important resource for people in the area. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Climate crisis needs reset of global economic model LWF joins leaders of other Christian organizations in urgent appeal to heads of G20 nations ahead of Rome summit (LWI) - The climate crisis requires an urgent “system reset” of the world’s current development model “founded upon fossil…
Image Farewell to General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge. 28 October 2021, Ecumenical Center, Geneva. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux Lutheran Communion offers thanks, bids farewell to General Secretary Martin Junge LWF leaders, staff and representatives of member churches gather in person and online for thanksgiving service (LWI) - Members of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) from all parts of the globe gathered online and in person, in the chapel…
Image Photo: LWF/M. Renaux Burghardt: Grace, education, freedom to serve neighbor New general secretary spells out principles, priorities and challenges in first address to LWF Council (LWI) - In her first address as General Secretary to the Council of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Rev. Anne Burghardt outlined…
Image From Conflict to Communion | Lutheran–Catholic Common Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017 The Lutheran–Roman Catholic Commission on Unity invites all Christians to study its report open-mindedly and critically, and to walk along the path
