Teaching young church members about the faith and traditions of the church
(LWI) An application named Church (Kyrkan in Swedish) puts children in front and centre. Interactive games offer young children a chance to use smartphones and…
(LWI) - Global faith leaders from different Christian traditions and communions, including the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge, are inviting Christians…
Gratitude for compassion and solidarity of member churches
(LWI) “Refugees don’t leave their homeland because they want to. They leave because otherwise their lives are in danger,” says Rev Dr Martin Junge, general secretary of The…
Faith organizations learn UN mechanisms to promote women
(LWI) - Feminist faith actors will be critical to ensuring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are implemented, the director of the UN Women liaison office in Geneva has told a…
Partnership welcomed between FBOs and UN on women’s rights
(LWI) - Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has said faith-based organizations and the UN’s committee on the elimination of discrimination…
Trying to save land from farmers, mining companies, hydro schemes
(LWI) - The mountains, the water, the earth and all of life. Guatemalan rights defender Maria Corina Ramirez Hernandez is trying to defend them all. Each of these elements…
Lutheran church promotes message of “immeasurable value of human life”
(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has expressed concern about rising violence in Nicaragua. “The escalation of violence and the emergence of armed groups…
ELCJHL Bishop Azar: law excludes other religious groups
(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is concerned about the impact that a new law passed by the Israeli parliament will have on the human rights of minorities. The law, passed…