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The Salvadoran cross painted for the joint ecumenical commemoration in Lund, Sweden will be at the center of the commemoration service in Namibia as well. Photo: LWF/ M. Renaux

The Salvadoran cross painted for the joint ecumenical commemoration in Lund, Sweden will be at the center of the commemoration service in Namibia as well. Photo: Magnus Aronson/Ikon

Global Commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation

10,000 people expected at Sam Nujoma Stadium on 14 May 

(LWI) A highlight of the Twelfth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) will be the global Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation where Assembly…

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27 Apr 2017
Liberated by God's Grace – Wittenberg Pilgrimage 2016. LWF General Secretary Martin Junge and LWF President at the beginning of the pilgrimage in front of the St. Nikolai Church in Coswig. Photo: LWF/Marko Schoeneberg

Liberated by God's Grace – Wittenberg Pilgrimage 2016. LWF General Secretary Martin Junge and LWF President at the beginning of the pilgrimage in front of the St. Nikolai Church in Coswig. Photo: LWF/Marko Schoeneberg

LWF Twelfth Assembly in Namibia – a historic global gathering to mark the ongoing reformation

A time to worship together, commemorate 500 years of the Reformation, decide work priorities and new governance

Lutherans from around the world are gathering in the Namibian capital Windhoek, 10-16 May, for the Twelfth Assembly of The…

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06 May 2017
Global Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation - highpoint of the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation in Windhoek, Namibia. Photo: LWF/JC Valeriano

Global Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation - highpoint of the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation in Windhoek, Namibia. Photo: LWF/JC Valeriano

Global Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation attended by thousands in Windhoek, Namibia

Called to be “reformed and reformers, renewed and renewing, liberated and liberating”

Lutherans from around the world and ecumenical guests gathered at the Sam Nujoma stadium, in Windhoek, Namibia for the global commemoration of the 500th…

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13 May 2017

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN-GELC)

Church Name

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN-GELC)
Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Namibia (ELKIN-DELK)
Église évangélique luthérienne de Namibie (ELCIN-DELK)
Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en Namibia (ELCIN-GELC)

Affiliations

Martin Luther Bund
Church Council of Namibia
United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa

Member Church

Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN)

Church Name

!Gâi-=hôas Kerkib Lutheri dib Namibiab !na - Ongerki jEvangeli ja Luther mu Namibi
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN)
Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in der Republik Namibia (ELKRN)
Église évangélique luthérienne de la République de Namibie (ELCRN)
Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en la República de Namibia (ELCRN)

Affiliations

Lutheran Communion in Southern Africa
United Evangelical Mission - Communion of Churches in Three Continents
World Council of Churches 

Member Church

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN)

Church Name

Ongeleki Onkwaevangeli paLuther muNamibia
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN)
Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Namibia (ELKIN)
Église évangélique luthérienne de Namibie (ELCIN)
Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en Namibia (ELCIN)

Affiliations

Council of Churches in Nambia
Lutheran Communion in Southern Africa
World Council of Churches 

National Committee

LWF National Committee in Namibia

Member Church
10 May 2017, Windhoek, Namibia: Bishop Ernst Gamxamub from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia distributes bread during Holy Communion at the opening worship of the Lutheran World Federation's Twelfth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

10 May 2017, Windhoek, Namibia: Bishop Ernst Gamxamub from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia distributes bread during Holy Communion at the opening worship of the Lutheran World Federation's Twelfth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

An assembly the communion remembers with gratitude

Looking back to the Twelfth LWF Assembly in Windhoek, Namibia

(LWI) - One year ago, today, the member churches of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) gathered for the Twelfth Assembly in…

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10 May 2018

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