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Theological Education and Formation

Rev. Mimii Mziray, Principal of Nyakato Lutheran Bible College in East of Lake Victoria Diocese. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Education at the service of gender equality
By
Rev. Mimii Kwerakwiza Brown Rubindamayugi Mziray

Theology
Blog
05 May 2025
Theology graduates Donna Aritonang (Indonesia) and Rutendo Gora (South Africa).

Advent: LWF scholars celebrate new beginnings

At an online Advent celebration honoring graduates of the LWF scholarship program, participants were encouraged to “dare to hope” for new beginning

Communion
Theology
Churches
News
17 Dec 2024
Participants of the 27th Theological Seminar for Pastors in Wittenberg, Germany. Photo: LWF Center Wittenberg

Wittenberg: “Moved, challenged, inspired, unsettled, and transformed”

Pastors’ seminar studying Luther and building communion

Communion
Churches
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03 Dec 2024
Participants in the third group of the TGLE program at Tumaini University Makumira in Arusha, Tanzania. Photo: LWF/K: Kiilunen

Empowered for change: new graduates of theology, gender justice and leadership program

TGLE third cohort participants encouraged to be “a catalyst of change in church and society”

Theology
Gender
Churches
News
13 Nov 2024
LWF’s International Theological Seminars in Wittenberg, Germany, offer theologians from LWF member churches around the world a chance to discuss Lutheran theology and share insights from their own contexts. In this photo, participants in 2019 seminar. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
4 Nov – 6 Nov 2024

Theological Education and Formation steering group meeting

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LWF scholarship holders at the webinar included, from left to right: Rev. Eva Guldonova (Slovakia), Mr Hans-Christoph Lange (South Africa), Rev. Dr Baby Rani (India), and Rev. Adrian Lopez (Malaysia). Photos: LWF/S. Gallay & Private

First step toward LWF scholarships alumni network

Strengthening the communion across regions and generations

Theology
Churches
News
21 Aug 2024
Rev. Anup Indwar, Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church pastor, and Assistant Professor at the Gossner Theological College, India. Photo: Private

India: Theology that embraces tolerance and prioritizes justice
By
Rev. Anup Indwar

Churches
Blog
15 Aug 2024
Participants in the 2022 Peace Messengers training in Geneva
15 Aug 2024

Webinar: Launch of LWF scholarships alumni

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Churches
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The LWF scholarship program opens up new opportunities for those studying to contribute to the Lutheran communion. In this photo: participants in the 2022 Peace Messengers training in Kigali, Rwanda, included an LWF scholarship holder as a resource person. Photo: LWF/S. Sullivan

Open call: 2025 LWF scholarship applications

25 September is the deadline to submit requests for grants toward studies in theology and diakonia  

Theology
Churches
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24 Jul 2024

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