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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge at the LWFâs Assembly in Windhoek, Namibia, in 2017. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary announces he will step down in 2021

"Junge has personified LWF's passion for the church and for the world"

(LWI) – LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge announced today that he will be stepping down from his position on 31 October 2021, three years before his term ends…

The Rev. Elitha Moyo displays a COVID-19 best practices and gender-based violence prevention poster in the Mberengwa Ward 23 area, a border community in Zimbabwe at increased risk for both. Photo: ELCZ

COVID-19: Zimbabwe church expands awareness to border community

Border town vulnerable to virus spread, rise in violence against women

(LWI) - Concerned that the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is going unchecked among unauthorized border crossings, the…

The two annual reports are available for download as resources on the LWF website. Montage: LWF/ S. Gallay

Annual Reports highlight humanitarian, development, and advocacy work

Showing impact and change

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has issued two annual reports highlighting its humanitarian, development and advocacy work in 2019. They complement the global LWF Annual Report 2019, which was issued…

The Lutheran Center in Tiaong, Quezon Province, a Lutheran Church in the Philippines ministry, gathers in April with social distancing. Photo: LCP

Being the church in times of COVID-19

In LWF survey member churches report impact of Coronavirus

(LWI) - The Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has posed significant challenges for the member churches of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). A survey in all seven regions revealed…

An activist against sexual violence in conflict speaks up during an LWF event together with the Mukwege foundation in November 2019. LWF is working with the Mukwege foundation and SEMA, a global network of survivors to end wartime sexual violence in 21 countries. Photo: LWF/ L. Gillabert

Human Rights Council: Concern about sexual violence in South Sudan

LWF statement addresses human rights abuses by armed forces and civilians

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has expressed “deep concern” about the high incidence of sexual and gender-based violence in South Sudan.

In a…

Rev. Angela Trejo Haager of the Mexican Lutheran Church, one of the coordinators of the LWF Women and Gender Justice Network of churches in Latin America and the Caribbean. Photo: LWF/A.Danielsson

Bible studies highlight gender justice work

LWF’s network of women in Latin America and the Caribbean provide hope through reflections on pandemic

(LWI) - Women in ordained ministry across Latin America and the Caribbean are sharing biblical reflections to support members of their…

Chanset, an ethnic Khmu girl in northern Laos, with school uniform, books and other items provided by LWF as part of a program to provide access to quality education for girls. Photo: LWF/P. Simayvanh

LWF calls for urgent action on women’s rights

A statement marking 25th anniversary of Beijing conference laments slow pace of progress on gender justice

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is urging world leaders, meeting at the UN General…

Rev. Elitha Moyo Gender Justice Coordinator for the ELCZ says, âWe need to appreciate each other regardless of gender.â Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Zimbabwe: Women and men working together for gender justice

Voices from the Communion: Rev. Elitha Moyo

(LWI) - Rev. Elitha Moyo of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe (ELCZ) feels strongly about cooperation between the…

LWF General Secretary Martin Junge addressed the Faith for Nature conference which is taking place in SkÃ¡lholt, Iceland, via video stream. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Creation is a gift, not a commodity

LWF General Secretary addresses "Faith for Nature" conference

(LWI) - The survival of humankind as "created creatures in a created world" will depend "how we might seek fulfillment in life in gifts and resources that are not for sale,"…

Rev. Dr Marcia Blasi standing next to a statue of Katharina von Bora at Faculdades EST, Brazil. Photo: Private

A time to teach and learn “a diakonia of solidarity”

Voices from the Communion: Rev. Dr Marcia Blasi

(LWI) – For many higher institutions of learning around the world, the coronavirus disease pandemic not only ushered in an unexpected shift from in-person to online teacher-student…

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