Interfaith Fasting Initiative for the Climate Continues

(LWI) – Delegations from The Lutheran World Federation (LWF); the international Catholic climate organization CIDSE and the World Council of Churches (WCC) at COP19 hosted a press…

Monthly Action Begins 1 January in Solidarity with Those Vulnerable to Climate Change

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) together with many other global organizations is launching a monthly Day of Fasting for the Climate…

Reflections on Day of Fasting for the Climate

(LWI) – As The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) embarks on its monthly Day of Fasting for the Climate, the seven young delegates who launched the campaign reflected on it as a galvanizing act…

(LWI) - Starting from Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, the Reformation has become a global citizen. This idea was the theme of a meeting between Rev. Martin Junge, the general secretary of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), and Stephan…

“Promote an Economy That Places Life First”

(LWI) – Church leaders from Asia, Africa and Latin America today joined Fast for the Climate.

The fast, which takes place the first day of every month is meant as a regular day of…

Meeting with Executive Director of UN Women Mlambo-Ngcuka

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge underlined the communion of churches’ commitment to gender justice and the empowerment of women at a…

Iceland’s Bishop Guðmundsdóttir Reflects on her Leadership Journey

(LWI) – Forty years ago Solveig Lára Guðmundsdóttir attended a worship service at the Reykjavík cathedral that changed her life.

It was the ordination…

Creative Witness of the Church

(LWI) – LWF Vice President Rev. Dr Gloria Rojas Vargas has been appointed chaplain to the presidential palace in Chile. The appointment was issued by Chile President Michelle Bachelet on 14 May.…

Land Insecurity and Climate Change Linked to Poverty

(LWI) - Lutheran church leaders and diaconal actors from across Africa have called for renewed efforts to keep hope alive for Africa’s poor.

Meeting at Accra, Ghana, 15-18 May, 48…

Press Conference in Paris in Front of French Parliament Building

(LWI) – A coalition of French religious and lay organizations will launch the monthly “Fast for the Climate” campaign – a global interfaith initiative spearheaded…