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Scripture scholars Rev. Dr Sarah Hinlicky Wilson, associate pastor at Tokyo Lutheran Church, and Rev. Dr Jean Koulagna, director of the Ecumenical Institute of Theology Al Mowafaqa in Rabat. Photo: Montage LWF/S. Gallay 

Webinar series marks 500 years of Bible translation

Scripture scholars Sarah Hinlicky Wilson in Tokyo and Jean Koulagna in Rabat discuss the challenges of biblical translation and why it is essential

Theology
News
19 Oct 2022
10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A man walks through the rubble and shards of glass on the street of Vulytsya Tereshchenkivsʹka in central Kyiv, which hours earlier was hit by a Russian missile. Photo: LWF/ Albin Hillert

Ukraine: Lutherans in Kyiv help people in need

As Russian missiles continue to hit cities all over Ukraine, the Lutheran congregation in Kyiv and its volunteers support people in need.

Churches
Humanitarian
News
18 Oct 2022
The mobile mammography screening unit, the “Pink Bus”, at Singel village in Ramallah on 3rd October 2022. The bus offers free screenings to women in Palestine and the West Bank. Photo: AVH

"Pink October” in East Jerusalem

The LWF Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem marks breast cancer awareness month. An emphasis is put on community outreach activities.

Humanitarian
News
17 Oct 2022
A display at the MAGMA interactive museum of risk showcases LWF Colombia-Venezuela's work in pioneering in ethnically sensitive approaches to disaster risk reduction. Photo: LWF Colombia

Colombian museum features LWF project

An interactive display of the ethnic- sensitive approach to disaster risk management pioneered by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Colombia/Vene

Humanitarian
News
14 Oct 2022
Panel on the situation of minority churches in the Central and Western Europe region. (From left) Michael Martin (moderator), Andreas Wöhle (Protestant Church in the Netherlands), Anna Krauss (Lutheran Council of Great Britain), Renate Dienst (Federation of Evangelical-Lutheran Churches in Switzerland and in the Principality of Liechtenstein), Michael Chalupka (Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria), and Ulrich Rüsen-Weinhold (United Protestant Church of France). Photo: LWF/A. Weyermüller

European Churches called to be messengers of hope and reconciliation

The Church Leadership Consultation of the Central and Western Europe Region focused on global challenges and the role of diaspora churches in the L

Governance
Communion
Churches
News
12 Oct 2022
LWF General Secretary Anne Burghardt during her address at the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the GNC/LWF. Photo: TSK/Paul-Philipp Braun

Germany: Contributing to the communion of churches

The German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation received much appreciation for its commitment to holistic mission through supporting

News
11 Oct 2022
United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India celebrates 30 years of women ordination. Photo: LWF/Philip Lok

Thirty Years of Women’s Ordination in India

The three-day celebration was filled with joy and thanksgiving for cultural diversity and advancements, but also with solemn moments when women pas

Churches
News
11 Oct 2022
Rev. Dr Cheryl Peterson

USA: "I believe in the Holy Spirit”

In this Voices from the Communion, Rev.

Communion
News
07 Oct 2022
LWF General Secretary Burghardt addressing the EMW Assembly

Listening to others: an essential element of mission

How can Christians respond to the call to share the Good News of the gospel while respecting the dignity and identity of others?

Churches
News
07 Oct 2022
Lutheran-Pentecostal Dialogue Commission

Lutherans and Pentecostals: Proclaiming, healing, serving

What commonalities do Lutheran and Pentecostal Christians share? How can they step up their joint witness in the world?

Unity
News
06 Oct 2022
Bible translations in various languages. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Luther’s September Testament: Bringing the Bible alive

500 years after Martin Luther produced his first translation of the New Testament from Greek into German, the LWF is marking the anniversary by ask

Theology
News
04 Oct 2022
Sophia Gebreyes interviewed

"Ethiopia needs emergency aid”

More than 24 million people urgently need aid in Ethiopia, the LWF Country Representative Sophia Gebreyes, said recently in an interview with the I

Humanitarian
News
04 Oct 2022

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