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Pracha Hutanuwatra, program director at the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, invited participants at the SDG forum in Bangkok to redefine what is considered important in life. Photo: LWF/A. Daníelsson

True diakonia means not leaving anyone behind

Public forum on Sustainable Development Goals in Bangkok brings together religious organizations and civil society

Communion
Churches
News
15 Aug 2016
Church leaders at the LWF leaders conference last year. Photo: Johanan Celine P. Valeriano

Asia Pre-Assembly kicks off regional preparations for LWF Twelfth Assembly

Lutherans in Thailand host delegates from 54 churches 

Communion
Churches
News
11 Aug 2016
LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge takes part in the LWF Wittenberg Pilgrimage, June 2016. He says the Lutheran – Catholic commemoration of the Reformation anniversary offers a beautiful opportunity to express the common hope we all have in Christ. Photo: LWF/Marko Schoeneberg

Many ways to take part in Joint Commemoration of the Reformation

LWF General Secretary Martin Junge shares details about Lund, Malmö preparations - in English, French and Spanish

Unity
Communion
News
08 Aug 2016
Decades of struggle for legal recognition of his land came to nothing for Don Francisco Siguic. Now the LWF and a Guatemalan human rights association hope to obtain land ownership titles. Photo: LWF/C. Kästner

Protecting earth and identity

LWF supports Maya communities in Guatemala

Justice
Humanitarian
News
02 Aug 2016
Orlinda Romaña worries about the future of her family as large-scale mining operations take over. Photo: LWF/R.Leskinen

Nowhere to go

LWF supports community claim to regulate gold mining in Colombia

Humanitarian
News
29 Jul 2016
Rose Nathike Lokonyen, a South Sudanese refugee, now a world-class athlete at the 2016 Olympics. Photo: UNHCR/Benjamin Loiseau

Run for peace and South Sudan

LWF refugee student competes on team refugees in the Olympic Games

News
29 Jul 2016
France attack is a

“Stand with you in prayers and friendship”

LWF expresses condolences over killing in St Etienne-du-Rouvray

Justice
News
27 Jul 2016
Tanzanian Lutheran pastor Rev. Amin Sandewa is a founding member of the interfaith network of religious leaders living with, or personally affected by HIV. Photo: Private

We can go far with others in fight against HIV and stigma

Tanzanian Lutheran pastor Sandewa shares his personal experience

Churches
News
22 Jul 2016
Three of the Ezulwini home-based carers, Ellen Dlamini, Caroline Motsi and Thembisile Mncina, bringing care and relief to people living with HIV. Photo: Methodist Church of Southern Africa/Bonginkosi Moyo-Bango

Swaziland’s door-to-door HIV carers

Caring for the family, reducing stigma

Churches
News
22 Jul 2016
Beryl Logan, coordinator of HIV and AIDS work for India’s Lutheran churches says fear of discrimination by families and society poses major challenges for AIDS patients in the country. Photo: UELCI

India’s Lutheran churches fight AIDS stigma

Perceptions are changing about the church and people living with HIV

Churches
News
21 Jul 2016
Refugees arrive at Elegu collection center at a rate of 41 a minute. The LWF is warning of an even greater influx in the coming weeks. Photo: LWF/ P. Kikomeko

South Sudanese flee to Uganda

LWF receives more than 12,000 people this week

Humanitarian
News
21 Jul 2016
A candle is lit on the first day of Faith on the Fast Track, a meeting of faith organizations ahead of AIDS2016. Photo: WCC/Albin Hill

Breaking the silence to end AIDS

Addressing stigma and disparity

News
20 Jul 2016

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