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Rev. Tham Wan Yee, of the Assemblies of God in Malaysia, and Rev. Dr Cheryl Peterson, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Lutherans and Pentecostals have begun a five-year dialogue to seek better understanding. Photo: LWF/Rev. Dr Kaisamari Hintikka

Lutheran-Pentecostal dialogue aims to create better understanding and witness

First conversations on theological and spiritual traditions take place

Unity
News
05 Oct 2016
A survivor is carried to safety through a flooded street. Photos: LWF Haiti

Help for the people of Haiti

Hurricane Matthew causes destruction, death in the Caribbean

Humanitarian
News
05 Oct 2016
Men in South Sudan reconstruct their house after the village was destroyed in Jonglei. Photo: ACT/ Paul Jeffrey

Churches vital for peace process in South Sudan

Panel discussion about civil society and peace-building from below in South Sudan

Justice
Humanitarian
News
03 Oct 2016
“Our being together here is an expression of the fact we are unanimous in our resolve not to be derailed from the message of peace,” Junge told the gathering, which included the Muslim Council of Elders led by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, and representatives of the World Council of Churches, its member churches and ecumenical partners including the LWF.

Stand together for God’s vision of humanity, Junge urges Muslims and Christians

“Our role is to stand up against attitudes that counter peace”

Unity
Theology
News
03 Oct 2016
Soil conservation bunds constructed in an LWF cash for work program in Lasta. On the top right, a new concrete irrigation trench can be seen. Photo: LWF/S. Gebreyes

Hope and stability

Cash for work projects to help drought affected farmers in Ethiopia

Climate
Humanitarian
News
30 Sep 2016
Rose Nathike Lokonyen in the chapel of the Ecumenical Center, where the LWF is based. Lokonyen will be one of the speakers at Malmö arena. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Rose Nathike Lokonyen to speak at Malmö arena

Refugee athlete to give testimony at Ecumenical Commemoration

Theology
Communion
Humanitarian
News
30 Sep 2016
Rev. Dr Simone Sinn, LWF study secretary for Public Theology and Interreligious Relations, and Indonesian interfaith activist Rev. Elga Joan Sarapung. Photo: LWF/P. Mumia

Indonesian interfaith network urges government to ensure freedom of religion

LWF to submit findings at UN human rights review

Theology
Justice
News
28 Sep 2016
Panel discussion on rights of refugees in protracted situations. Photo: LWF/C. Kästner

Refugee rights in protracted situations

LWF panel discusses rights of refugees in protracted East African crises

Justice
Humanitarian
News
28 Sep 2016
Consultation on a building project in Cacarica, Choco, a community of returned displaced people. Photo: ACT/Sean

Colombia peace result of a long process

LWF offers prayer and support

Justice
Humanitarian
News
27 Sep 2016
Current and past bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, with the first eight female clergy in the Northern Diocese, which recently marked 25 years of women’s ordination. Photo: ELCT/Richard A. Mmbaga

More than 250 female pastors and growing

Celebrating 25 years of Lutheran women’s ordination in Tanzania’s Northern Diocese

Theology
Communion
Churches
News
23 Sep 2016
Dozens of people turned out to learn how to make energy-efficient stoves. Photo: LWF Uganda

Keeping the environment - and the peace

Courses on fuel-efficiency foster peace between refugees and hosts in Uganda

Climate
Humanitarian
News
23 Sep 2016
Refugees queue at Chios, Greece. Photo: Paul Jeffrey

Immediate commitments to refugees and migrants needed

New York declaration “an historic opportunity”

(LWI) – With hope and disappointment The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) received the…

News
22 Sep 2016

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