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A conversation with climate witnesses at the Kirchentag “The global climate crisis concerns all of us”
Global Lutheran Songbook features in concert and workshop at the Kirchentag Discovering the contemporary diversity of song in Lutheran churches across the world
80 years after WW2: Renewing our commitment to peace LWF Vice-Presidents in Europe urge churches to be active peacemakers
Prioritize education in emergencies across East and Southern Africa "A lifeline for millions of children”
Revisiting ‘Mission in Context’ for a changing world An African and an Asian theologian look back at the key 2004 document and reflect on future directions for the churches
Hanover to welcome more than 100,000 at 2025 Kirchentag Germany’s largest Protestant festival to explore faith, justice, and resilience in a changing world
Pope Francis: “radical witness to the gospel” A pope who placed the most marginalized people at the very heart of his pontificate
Venezuela: Support for the “people of the water” LWF brings humanitarian aid to remote indigenous communities in the Orinoco delta
Australia: searching for a way forward together As bishop of the church in Australia and New Zealand, Paul Smith led the Convention which approved women’s ordination
LWF delegation to attend funeral of Pope Francis Ecumenical delegations gather alongside heads of state and pilgrims from countries around the world
