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LWF member church in Valparaiso assisting victims of out of control forest fires. Photo: Leonardo Maldonado (CC-BY-NC)

Chilean Forest Fire

LWF Member Church in Valparaiso Raises Funds and Coordinates Relief

Churches
News
16 Apr 2014
A South Sudanese girl at the Lietchor refugee camp in Gambella, western Ethiopia. Photo: Christof Krackhardt/ACT/Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

LWF Ethiopia Says Refugee Camp Capacity Is “Severely Overstretched”

Insufficient Funding Compounds Situation for over 90,000 South Sudanese

Humanitarian
News
16 Apr 2014
Lutheran leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean at the Mexico City leadership conference. Photo: Adriana Castañeda

Theological Education as an Important Tool for Mission

Annual Leadership Conference of the LWF Latin America and the Caribbean region

Theology
News
11 Apr 2014
Guatemalan Lutheran church leader Rev. José Pilar Álvarez Cabrera (middle), Mr Omar Jéronimo (left) and Ms Claudia Samayoa Pineda, during the visit to Geneva. Photo: LWF/M. Haas

A Call for Solidarity with Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala

Lutheran Church Leader Rev. José Pilar Álvarez Speaks on the Struggle to Protect People and Natural Resources

Churches
News
11 Apr 2014
LWF General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge (left) and the Middle East program representative Rev. Mark Brown talk with AVH pediatric nurse Shadja Nasser. Photo: LWF/Thomas Ekelund

LWF Encouraged by Sustained Advocacy to Resolve Financial Situation at Augusta Victoria Hospital

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is grateful to its member churches and related agencies for their sustained lobbying and advocacy in ad

Humanitarian
News
10 Apr 2014
Bishops Malasusa and Kameeta and Ms Colleen Cunningham at the Marangu meeting. Photo: ELCT/Elizabeth Lobulu

LWF Member Churches in Africa Look Forward to the 2015 Marangu Jubilee Celebrations

Marangu conference is key to unity, dignity and integrity

Governance
Churches
News
10 Apr 2014
(Left) Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, executive director of UN Women and (right) Rev. Elitha Moyo, coordinator of the ELCZ Gender Justice Project. Photo: Christine Mangale

LWF Addresses Gender Justice at the Commission on the Status of Women

Women in Church and Society participate in UN platform

Theology
Justice
Gender
News
10 Apr 2014
Tibetan refugee Kunsang Dolma sells jewelry made through LWF-training support for women groups. Photo: LWF/Christopher Waddell

Join the LWF on a Unique Visit to Nepal

Trekking Expedition Offers Insights from Host Communities and Tibetan Refugees

Humanitarian
News
08 Apr 2014
Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity meeting from 12–19 July in Paderborn, Germany. © pdp - Erzbistum Paderborn

Joint Catholic-Lutheran Study Document Recommended to Member Churches

“From Conflict To Communion” Is Being Put into Practice

Unity
Theology
Churches
News
07 Apr 2014
A section of the Separation Wall snakes through the area of Abu Dis outside of East Jerusalem. Photo: LWF/DWS Jerusalem/Margit Christenson

Israel-Palestine Peace Agreement Would Be a Sign of Hope to the World

Lutheran Bishops Join US and Jerusalem Church Leaders Commending Secretary Kerry’s Peace Efforts

Governance
Churches
Justice
News
07 Apr 2014
LWF General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge and Rev. Berhanu Edossa Ofgaa, General Secretary of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus at the Partnership Consultation. Photo: Marianne Ejdersten/WCC

General Secretary Junge: The Cross of Christ Calls for Advocacy

Finnish Church Hosts Global Partner Consultation on Mission and Partnership

News
04 Apr 2014
Rev. Philip Lok, former bishop of the Lutheran Church in Malaysia, at the Lutheran Churches in Asia meeting in Petaling Jaya. Photo: William Chang/LWF

Malaysia: Being Instruments of Peace and Service

Interview with Rev. Philip Lok of the Lutheran Church in Malaysia

Unity
Churches
News
03 Apr 2014

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