LWF committee to discuss funding for member church projects
(LWI) – The joys and challenges faced by Lutheran churches across the global communion will come to the fore at a Lutheran World Federation (LWF) meeting to discuss funding for…
One year ago a 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated central and Eastern Nepal. A year later, with the help of LWF communities are being re-built. While millions of earthquake survivors will spend another monsoon season in temporary shelters,…
Lutheran communion support is important and much needed
(LWI) – They are sitting in a circle on the floor, eagerly listening to teacher Almaz Tesfaldet reading out from a booklet of Bible stories for children. Aged between four and six…
Finnish Bishop Repo encouraged by enthusiastic discussion at Lusaka meeting
(LWI) – Affirmation of the Lutheran-Catholic agreement on justification and a call for Anglicans to commemorate the 2017 Reformation anniversary were among…
Lutheran church assists affected residents, assesses damage
(LWI) – The Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church (JELC) has launched a disaster relief program in Kumamoto city to rebuild schools and some of its oldest churches, damaged in the…
Jerusalem’s Augusta Victoria Hospital specializes in the treatment of kidney disease and cancer treatment. It is the first and only hospital in the Palestinian territories to provide radiation therapy for Palestinian cancer patients and is the…
GENEVA, 3 May 2016 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has expressed deep concern over hate messages against the diaconal service arm of the Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren (ECCB) in Prague…
Canadian Bishop Johnson reflects on the ecumenical commemoration in Lund
Canadian National Bishop Susan C. Johnson says the October 2016 joint Lutheran - Catholic commemoration of the Reformation “is a wonderful sign of the work of the…
