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Delegates from LWF member churches across Europe attend the European Regions’ Meeting in Prague. Photo: LWF/Šárka Jelenová
6 Oct – 9 Oct 2025

European Church Leadership Consultation

Churches
Event
Members of the United Protestant Church in Indonesia train people with disabilities in income generating activities. Photo: GPP

Member Church Projects: Empowering communities, changing lives

Member Church Projects Committee reviews initiatives that the LWF supports in 39 countries around the world

Churches
News
23 Jul 2025
Official event poster. Graphic: Act Alliance
24 Jun 2025

Holding the Line

Justice
Event
Rev. Michael Jonas leading worship with the congregation at Rome’s Evangelical Lutheran community. Photo: Private

Italy: Building bridges between Lutherans and Catholics

Lutherans were in St Peter’s square to witness Pope Leo’s election and share hopes for progress in ecumenical relations

Communion
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27 May 2025
Panel discussion “When your homeland becomes uninhabitable – A conversation with climate witnesses” at the Kirchentag in Hanover: (from left) Tobias Goldschmidt, Hamira Kobusingye, Isaiah Toroitich, Mithika Mwenda, and Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt). Photo: LWF/A. Weyermüller

A conversation with climate witnesses at the Kirchentag

“The global climate crisis concerns all of us”

Churches
Justice
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News
07 May 2025
Presenting the Global Lutheran Songbook in a workshop during the Kirchentag in Hanover: (from left) Victor Alcántara, Uwe Steinmetz, Janne Mark, and Allison Werner Hoenen. Photo: LWF/A. Weyermüller

Global Lutheran Songbook features in concert and workshop at the Kirchentag

Discovering the contemporary diversity of song in Lutheran churches across the world

Churches
Theology
News
06 May 2025
LWF’s European Vice-Presidents are calling for a commitment to active work for peace, justice, and reconciliation during times of conflict and division. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

80 years after WW2: Renewing our commitment to peace

LWF Vice-Presidents in Europe urge churches to be active peacemakers

Governance
Justice
News
06 May 2025
Welcoming thousands to the Kirchentag: (From left to right) Kirchentag Secretary General Kristin Jahn, Bishop Ralf Meister, Kirchentag President Anja Siegesmund, Mayor of Hanover Belit Onay. Photo: Jens Schulze

Hanover to welcome more than 100,000 at 2025 Kirchentag

Germany’s largest Protestant festival to explore faith, justice, and resilience in a changing world

Communion
Churches
News
30 Apr 2025
Rev. Charlotte Horn, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Württemberg. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

Giving thanks in all circumstances
By
Rev. Charlotte Horn

Theology
Youth
Blog
16 Apr 2025

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