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Youth

Participants at the Peace Messengers training in Antigua, Guatemala. Photo: LWF
20 Apr – 25 Apr 2026

Peace Messengers Training

Youth
Event
Participants at the Peace Messengers training in Antigua, Guatemala. Photo: LWF

Last call: Peace Messengers training in South Africa

Young leaders invited to apply for peacebuilding training before 1 February 

Youth
News
27 Jan 2026
Robert Hammerschmidt at the LWF Seminar for Lay Persons in Church Leadership. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner-Meyer 

Germany: young people engaging on common concerns

Youth leader Robert Hammerschmidt from the Evangelical Church in Central Germany

Communion
Youth
News
16 Jan 2026
A youth gathering of the Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam, India. Photo: Neha Topno

Welcoming is a discipleship that must be lived
By
Neha Topno

Churches
Youth
Blog
23 Dec 2025
A ‘Welcome’ series organizer shared what welcome looks like in the Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine community, France.  Photo: Charras Marysol

Youth reflect on making churches welcoming and inclusive

Welcome is not just a gesture, but a way of living God’s radical grace 

Communion
Churches
Youth
News
19 Dec 2025
Rocio Choque (left) from the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Argentina in conversation with Rodolfo Catunta Uturunco (center) from the Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church and Isabella Reimann Gnas (right), LWF Vice-President for the Latin America and Caribbean region. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

16 hours of prayer to support 16 Days campaign

LWF Youth lead global weekend prayer vigil advocating for action to prevent digital violence and promote online safety

Gender
Youth
News
03 Dec 2025
IECLB climate activist Jorge Fernando Cunha at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

Brazil: a passion for protecting the rights of people and the planet

Jorge Fernando Cunha, youth leader with the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil

Communion
Justice
Climate
News
28 Nov 2025
21 November 2025, Belém, Brazil: Indigenous people gather on stage to sing ‘songs of resistance’ on what is scheduled to be the closing day of COP30 in Brazil. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

Emphasis on strong climate justice advocacy beyond COP30

Climate summit outcome did not reflect urgent action needed for the most vulnerable

Churches
Theology
Justice
News
26 Nov 2025
An indigenous woman blows a horn as tens of thousands gather in downtown Belém for a People's March for Climate Justice in connection with COP30 in Brazil. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

For just transformation, indigenous rights, global and local action

Exploring inclusive and equitable climate action

Churches
Theology
Justice
News
21 Nov 2025

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