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Commemorating the Reformation Anniversary in Iceland

(LWI) The Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (ELCI) began with a sharp focus on two women of the Reformation. The…

Attacked while fleeing South Sudan, Amina, 17, is now in the care of the Lutheran World Federation at Palorinya refugee camp, northern Uganda. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

A total absence of law

LWF supports survivors of gender-based violence in South Sudan

(LWI) Amina* was lying under a palm tree when a caseworker from The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) found her. The teen had been covering herself with palm leaves after…

Basanti Chaudhary in the KPUS office. Photo: LWF/ Chandan Shilpakar

The dream of freedom

A former house servant becomes an advocate against bonded labor

(LWI) It was a foggy November morning in Kailali district, western Nepal, when Basanti Chaudhary (32) received a phone call. Her brother-in-law told her that she had won the…

Young reformers in Poland have set up a Living Reformation project that exceeded expectation. Photo: ECACP

“I believe, therefore…” - hundreds of Polish youth support Reformation project

More than 400 young people join Living Reformation project

(LWI) Young Reformer and theology student Arkadiusz Raszka (26) from The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland is leading a Living Reformation project that has…

Commemorative stamps are being issued to mark the 12th Assembly and the Reformation Anniversary in Namibia.

Commemorative stamp issued in Namibia

Commemorating the Reformation and Meeting as a Communion

(LWI) – As the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) which is held in Windhoek, Namibia, from 10 to 16 May draws closer, NamPost - Namibia Post - is issuing a…

The Salvadoran cross painted for the joint ecumenical commemoration in Lund, Sweden will be at the center of the commemoration service in Namibia as well. Photo: LWF/ M. Renaux — The Salvadoran cross painted for the joint ecumenical commemoration in Lund, Sweden will be at the center of the commemoration service in Namibia as well. Photo: Magnus Aronson/Ikon

Global Commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation

10,000 people expected at Sam Nujoma Stadium on 14 May

(LWI) A highlight of the Twelfth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) will be the global Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation where Assembly…

Liberated by God's Grace â Wittenberg Pilgrimage 2016. LWF General Secretary Martin Junge and LWF President at the beginning of the pilgrimage in front of the St. Nikolai Church in Coswig. Photo: LWF/Marko Schoeneberg

LWF Twelfth Assembly in Namibia – a historic global gathering to mark the ongoing reformation

A time to worship together, commemorate 500 years of the Reformation, decide work priorities and new governance

Lutherans from around the world are gathering in the Namibian capital Windhoek, 10-16 May, for the Twelfth Assembly of The…

LWF Women Pre-Assembly, Windhoek, Namibia, 3-9 May 2017. Photo: LWF/Brenda Platero

“Claim what is already ours”

The long way towards women’s ordination in Poland

“I cried when I heard the Synod’s decision of April 2016,” recalls Agnieszka Godfrejow-Tarnogorska (44) of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (ECACP). Her church…

Delegate of the Women's Pre-assembly delivers the message to Twelfth LWF Assembly delegates. Photo: LWF/ Albin Hillert

Freedom from violence and full participation

Women’s Pre-Assembly message to the Twelfth Assembly

Freedom from violence and the full participation of women in church and society were the key themes of the message from the Women’s Pre-Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF…

Global Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation - highpoint of the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation in Windhoek, Namibia. Photo: LWF/JC Valeriano

Global Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation attended by thousands in Windhoek, Namibia

Called to be “reformed and reformers, renewed and renewing, liberated and liberating”

Lutherans from around the world and ecumenical guests gathered at the Sam Nujoma stadium, in Windhoek, Namibia for the global commemoration of the 500th…