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Rev. Carlos A. Duarte preaching at the closing worship of the 2016 synod of IERP. Photo: IERP/Eugenio Albrecht

Tribute to Rev. Carlos Duarte, Pastor President of the Evangelical Church of the River Plate

A committed and caring leader

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has extended its condolences upon the death of Reverend Carlos Alfredo Duarte Voelker, Pastor President of the…

Rev Robert Goyek Daga, in front of the millennium Cathedral that his church is building in the center of Garoua town. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

Diakonia and dialogue for peace

Lutherans in Cameroon face Boko Haram terror and climate change

(LWI) - Members of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren of Cameroon live under the threat of Boko Haram…

Information and Materials on the climate fasting campaign âAs much as you needâ. Photo: Heinrich MÃ¼hlenmeier

Seven Weeks “As much as you need”

Fasting for the climate in Germany

Together with seven other Protestant regional churches and one Catholic diocese, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (ELCNG) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg, both member…

Children play at one of the water collection tanks between the Mailoti river and Minawao refugee camp. Photos: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

The journey of water

LWF provides safe drinking water for Boko Haram refugees in Cameroon

(LWI) - Twenty liters - this is the recommended minimum amount of clean water every person should have at their disposal every day. What seems like quite a restriction…

The statement calls for social and climate justice, and support for climate change-hit countries. Climate change can affect weather severely. A tropical storm in El Salvador left devastated fields in its wake. Photo: LWF/M. Boulogne

“Fighting against the commodification of everything”

LWF and ecumenical partners urge new economic system serving all

(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) together with ecumenical partners has called for “an alternative financial system” embracing the experiences of those left out of…

A woman nurses her child in the shade of a tree trunk in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Photo: Magnus Aronsson/ Church of Sweden

Paris agreement: “Don’t water it down”

LWF calls for robust implementation of Paris Climate agreement

(LWI) - On the occasion of the UN climate change conference…

A woman from Bhajani Municipality, in Kailali district in the far western part of Nepal cooks food at waterlogged premises. Photos: LWF/ P. Maharjan

Responding to disaster and climate change in Nepal

LWF program restores livelihoods and environment

(LWI) – The floods which swept his crops away and wreaked havoc in his village took Ganga Bahadur Bhujel, 58, by surprise: “We never had a flood like this before. We took it for granted…

Children play in a rice field in Laos. Photo: LWF/Thomas Lohnes

Global faith leaders endorse Season of Creation

“Live-giving relationship with God’s creation”

(LWI) - Global faith leaders from different Christian traditions and communions, including the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge, are inviting Christians…

Ms Vera Tkach, chairperson of the Ad-hoc Committee for Advocacy and Public Voice, presents the resolution on Nigeria to the LWF council. Photo: LWF/ Albin Hillert

Deep concern about escalating violence in Nigeria

LWF Council adopts resolution on the Situation in North-East and Central Nigeria

(LWI) - During its meeting in Geneva this week, the Council of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) adopted a resolution on the situation in North-East and…

The LWF Council approves seven messages, resolutions and public statements on pressing issues. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Populism, violence, family separation under spotlight

LWF Council calls for action on number of urgent issues

(LWI) - The governing body of the Lutheran World Federation has highlighted a number of issues that need the urgent attention of churches and the international community. On the…