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A group of women participants at MLCâs jubilee. Photo: MLC

Precious in God’s Eyes

16 days of activism to overcome gender based violence

(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is encouraging church leaders to speak up publicly against gender-based violence. Joining the…

Worship in African Contexts of Holism and Crisis

The publication explores four specific questions: What, from an African perspective, is worship?

In June 2017, Lutheran Bishop Mark Whitfield and Cardinal John Dew hosted a joint ecumenical service to commemorate the Reformation in the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Wellington, New Zealand. Photo: LCNZ

A year-long celebration of God’s reforming grace

Lutherans in New Zealand commemorate 500 years of the Reformation

(LWI) - When dawn broke on the first day of 2017 on the remote Chatham Islands, 700 kilometers east of mainland New Zealand, 40 Lutherans gathered to worship and welcome…

Vigil candles. Photo: LWF/A.S. Danielsson

Solidarity following mosque attacks in Christchurch

Local churches reach out to Muslim communities as LWF condemns attack

(LWI) - Following the mass shootings in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, local Lutheran churches have expressed solidarity with the country’s Muslim community…