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ILUGUA General Coordinator Rev. JosÃ© Pilar Ãlvarez Cabrera. Photo: LWF/M. Haas

Guatemalan Lutheran Church’s Álvarez on the Importance of LWF Membership

Greater Visibility of Advocacy and Human Rights Work

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) accepted the Guatemalan Lutheran Church (ILUGUA) into membership at the June 2014 Council meeting in Indonesia, bringing the total…

President Rev. JosÃ© Pilar Cabrera of the LWF member church ILUGUA, which also belongs to the Communion of Lutheran Churches in Guatemala. Photo: ILUGUA

A setback in the fight for justice

Lutherans in Guatemala protest expulsion of commissioner investigating impunity and corruption

(LWI) - The Communion of Lutheran Churches of Guatemala has expressed regret and objection to the government's expulsion of the Commissioner of…

Guatemalan Lutheran church leader Rev. JosÃ© Pilar Ãlvarez Cabrera (right) and Anneli Rogeman, We Effect, at the 2017 Lobbyist for Change prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo Ola Richardsson/We Effect

‘The prize gives us hope’

Guatemalan Lutheran church leader José Pilar Álvarez receives 2017 Lobbyist for Change Award

(LWI) – He has been persecuted, arrested and threatened with death, but that did not deter his commitment to fight for the rights of the…

A worship service in a congregation of the Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala. Photo: ILAG

New LWF member: Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala

“We enjoy sharing God’s good news”

(LWI) - As a small church comprising predominantly indigenous people, the Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala (ILAG) values its…

Rev. JosÃ© Pilar Ãlvarez Cabrera, President of the Guatemala Lutheran Church. Photo: Craig Foster

Guatemala: Church concern over setback in fight against impunity

Interview with ILUGUA President Rev. José Pilar Álvarez Cabrera

(LWI) – In January 2019, the Guatemalan government rescinded an agreement with the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (…

Human rights defenders have expressed concern about the partiality of justice in handling the situation. Photo: ILUGUA

Guatemalan church defends right to peaceful protest

Church stands with human rights defenders, calls for criminal investigations into destruction of water conduits

(LWI) - The Guatemala Lutheran Church (ILUGUA) has called on the…

Rev. JosÃ© Pilar Ãlvarez Cabrera (ILUGUA) has been receiving threats since the night of September 7. Photo: Nelton Rivera Community Press

Threats against Guatemalan church leader

LWF and ecumenical organizations stand in solidarity

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), together with other ecumenical partners, has “expressed deep concern” over recent threats against a Lutheran pastor and human rights…

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Guatemalan Lutheran Church’s Álvarez on the Importance of LWF Membership

Greater Visibility of Advocacy and Human Rights Work

A setback in the fight for justice

Lutherans in Guatemala protest expulsion of commissioner investigating impunity and corruption

‘The prize gives us hope’

Guatemalan Lutheran church leader José Pilar Álvarez receives 2017 Lobbyist for Change Award

New LWF member: Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala

“We enjoy sharing God’s good news”

Guatemala: Church concern over setback in fight against impunity

Interview with ILUGUA President Rev. José Pilar Álvarez Cabrera

Guatemalan church defends right to peaceful protest

Church stands with human rights defenders, calls for criminal investigations into destruction of water conduits

Threats against Guatemalan church leader

LWF and ecumenical organizations stand in solidarity

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