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Germany: “Spreading faith through song” The first Protestant hymnbooks were printed in Germany 500 years ago, and thousands of editions were to follow.
Youth lead interfaith activities to promote peacebuilding From seminars and peace marches to environmental clean-ups, young Lutherans are joining hands with youth from other faith communities to promote pe
Japan: An opportunity for new beginnings From her Korean Buddhist origins, Anglican college life, to becoming a Lutheran church Vice-President, it’s been 20 years since Rev.
Highlights on the upcoming ecumenical agenda As the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity draws to a close, we look ahead to some of the highlights and hopes for the ecumenical agenda over
UN High Commissioner Grandi visits shelter project in Kharkiv United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi visited a shelter reconstruction project that LWF has been implementing for UN
"Devastating situation” in Gaza, says LWF representative Three months after the Hamas attack on Israel and the start of the war on Gaza, cancer patients are stranded at the LWF’s Augusta Victoria Hospital
LWF approves new theology and diakonia scholarships Over the coming year, 127 new candidates from LWF member churches will receive scholarships to study theology or diakonia and development
United States: New theological education program for Indigenous leaders The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has launched a new theological education program for Indigenous leaders.
Good Samaritan as a guide to ecumenical engagement Christians in Burkina Faso work together to witness to gospel of unity in a country “teetering on the edge of collapse”
After 100 days of war in Gaza After 100 days of war in Gaza, LWF is deeply concerned that there is no solution on the horizon.