Come, Let Us Celebrate Together – Youth reflections on climate, gender justice, and migration

I joined The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Latin America and the…

A young participant in the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women shares top takeaways from her time in New York

I was born and raised in Paramaribo, the…

Growing together in faith and solidarity

This year’s theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, “You shall love the Lord your God ... and your neighbor…

Reflections from one of the participants in a summer course at the Strasbourg Institute for Ecumenical Research

As 30 participants from 20 different…

A participant in LWF’s 6th international seminar for lay leaders reflects on his experience and lessons learned

“Church” conjures a…

A young Polish delegate at the Commission on the Status of Women shares her story of overcoming imposter syndrome 

This year I have had an opportunity that I never thought I would have. For the last five or six years…

A reflection on the annual 8 March observance from a young LWF delegate at the Commission on the Status of Women

I’ve intentionally celebrated International Women’s Day every year since March 2016. It was my junior year of high school and…

Reflections on 2022 GEM School for an Economy of Life

Some 30 highly motivated people of all ages and nationalities, representing different Christian denominations, met in Berlin in the first week of July for in-depth discussions on…

By Klaus Rieth

"Men and women belong together," said Elaine Neuenfeldt in her presentation at the Lutherans’ confessional meeting at the 10th WCC Assembly in Busan. "There is no women’s issue. All issues are women’s issues,"…

By Bishop Tamás Fabiny

For weeks on end, the whole world is watching the situation in Ukraine with bated breath.

Unfortunately it is hardly unusual for a war to be going on in our direct proximity: In the '90s, the crisis in…