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A singing communion in Advent 2021 LWF member churches, country programs to share Advent hymns for the fourth time
Ethiopia: LWF in solidarity with church and people yearning for peace General Secretary Anne Burghardt sends message of encouragement to EECMY President
Estonian church life shapes LWF’s new leader Colleagues from Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church reflect on General Secretary Anne Burghardt’s background
LWF welcomes new General Secretary Rev Anne Burghardt Theologian and pastor from Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church will lead the global Communion
Lutheran Communion offers thanks, bids farewell to General Secretary Martin Junge LWF leaders, staff and representatives of member churches gather in person and online for thanksgiving service
New publication introduces Thirteenth Assembly and its theme An invitation to member churches to engage with the 2023 assembly theme: “One Body, One Spirit, One Hope”
Passion for the Church: in conversation with Martin Junge LWF’s outgoing General Secretary reflects on the call to unity for member churches and the wider Christian world
Lund: Celebrating “five years of a new friendship” Voices from the Communion: Bishop Johan Tyrberg, Diocese of Lund, Sweden