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Deepening Lutheran theology to engage with economic and political realities

GENEVA, 20 October 2015 (LWI) – How do theological questions that triggered the Reformation movement 500 years ago relate to the political

Unity
Theology
News
20 Oct 2015
Delivering LWF greetings to the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops, South African Bishop emeritus Dr Ndanganeni Petrus Phaswana reminded churches of their calling to nurture communities where family relationships can be healed and strengthened. File photo: LWF/Helen Putsman

Lutherans and Catholics share concern for nurturing families

South African Bishop Phaswana brings LWF greetings to Vatican Synod of Bishops

Unity
Churches
News
16 Oct 2015
The LWF is among ACT Alliance members condemning deaths, housing demolitions and destruction in Palestine and Israel, including Gaza. File photo: ACT Alliance/Paul Jeffrey

“Violence cannot solve the conflict”

ACT Palestine Forum statement calls for protection of civilians and access to Holy Sites

Humanitarian
News
16 Oct 2015
A woman walks down a street in Myanmar, where women are particularly disadvantaged. The LWF has presented recommendations to the UN human rights process which will scrutinise human rights in Myanmar.

Human rights support sought to change lives in Myanmar

Delegation from Myanmar presents human rights report report

Justice
Humanitarian
News
16 Oct 2015
A refugee carrie a child near the Serbo-Croat border.  Photo: Paul Jeffrey

Winter clothing needed for refugees – LWF assessment team

LWF mission assesses situation at Serbo-Croatian border

Churches
Justice
Humanitarian
News
16 Oct 2015
 Churches in the Central African Republic strive to help warring factions reconcile, says newly elected president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Central African Republic, Rev. Dr Samuel Ndanga-Toué. Photo: LWF/S.Gallay

Holding together a fragile peace in the Central African Republic

Dialogue is essential to diffusing sectarian conflict, says Lutheran church leader Ndanga-Toué

Churches
Justice
News
16 Oct 2015
A woman tends a MARCOL training garden in Mberra camp, Mauritania. Thanks to the program Malian refugees produce more vegetables and the price of vegetables in the market has dropped. Photo: LWF/C. Kästner

World Food Day - Farming in the desert of Mauritania

LWF project helps Malian refugees increase food supplies

(LWI) – At the age of 42, Ali agd Forach has learned to farm the desert.

Humanitarian
News
15 Oct 2015
The Reformation study booklets are an ideal resource to guide churches toward the 2017 anniversary. Photo: S. Gallay

Reformation Day 2015: invitation to reflect on theme, Liberated by God’s Grace

LWF General Secretary’s letter urges member churches to think about what it means to be liberated by God’s grace

Theology
Governance
News
15 Oct 2015
From Conflict to Communion describes jointly the history of the Reformation by the Lutherans and Roman Catholics. In telling the story together, they offer a powerful witness to a fragmented world, says Rev. Dr Martin Junge. Photo: LWF/S.Gallay

Joint ecumenical witness towards inclusion and inter-dependence

Junge’s perspective on “From Conflict to Communion” in Scherer Lecture at Chicago

Unity
Governance
News
15 Oct 2015
LWF President Bishop Younan, centre, attends a church service in South Korea. He condemned the division between the two Koreas, saying walls incite hatred.

South Korea: walls between people counter peace efforts

LWF President Younan visits border village of Korean Peninsula

Governance
Communion
Churches
News
14 Oct 2015
Gift leading the Child Rights Club at Boroli Primary School. In just two years she has become head girl of her school in the refugee camp and is leading her school’s Child Rights Club. Photo: LWF Uganda

How a refugee girl becomes a leader

“I hope to be part of the solution”

Humanitarian
News
13 Oct 2015
Fatou Haidana, 15 and paralyzed, has rejected numerous offers of marriage. A LWF sponsorship program is putting Fatou through school, enabling her to turn away suitors. Photo: LWF/C. Kästner

A girl is "not an item to be sold"

Sponsorship gives girls confidence to make own decisions

Churches
Humanitarian
Gender
News
12 Oct 2015

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