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LWF Assembly issues Public Statement on the genocide in Namibia The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has issued a public statement on reconciliation with respect to the genocide in Namibia.
Global Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation attended by thousands in Windhoek, Namibia Called to be “reformed and reformers, renewed and renewing, liberated and liberating”
Nigerian Archbishop Panti Filibus Musa elected LWF President Second African to serve in this leadership position
“Mission to denounce evil” Lutheran theology regarding women is message of hope says Assembly keynote speaker, Dr Mukwege, speaking on sexual violence
LWF total income has nearly doubled to almost EUR 780 million Finance chairperson Jackson-Skelton thanks member churches for “faithful support”
The Reformation anniversary is a milestone, not the endpoint for mission Secretary Junge affirms to Twelfth Assembly LWF’s reason to witness with hope in a fractured world
LWF President Younan draws attention to Luther’s drive to reform the church President’s address to Twelfth Assembly calls for deeper sense of an interdependent communion
Russian pastor Bondarenko to LWF Assembly, God’s promises hold Opening worship of the Twelfth Assembly at Windhoek, Namibia