LWF Council Actions Seek Greater Engagement for Peace and Justice
(LWI) In addition to public statements and other actions taken at its 2013 meeting, the Council of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) adopted resolutions for LWF’…
(LWI) From 22 to 23 June 2013, an estimated 1,500 people attended celebrations at the Tumaini University Makumira (TUMA) in Arusha, Tanzania, marking 50 years since the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania: 50 Years of Unity
(LWI) Students, teachers, pastors and guests filled the white chairs in the new assembly hall of Tumaini University Makumira (TUMA) near Arusha to participate in an…
(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has lauded the full communion of Canada’s Lutheran and Anglican churches, marked in an unprecedented Joint Assembly highlighting the…
First IELU Lutheran Deaconess to Serve as a Pastor
(LWI) The United Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELU) in Argentina has for the first time called a deaconess trained in diaconal service to serve as a congregation pastor.
LWF Supports Congolese Church Contribution to NGO Shadow Report
(LWI) Growing support from churches towards initiatives addressing sexual and gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is heightening…
(LWI) – Reconciliation between Lutherans and Mennonites initiated at the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Eleventh Assembly has brought the two traditions closer on peace issues, says the…
PITTSBURG (USA)/GENEVA, 15 August 2013 (LWI) – The 2013 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly has elected Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton to be its 4th…
Coping with Church Growth in World’s Most Populated Country
(LWI) – “I am impressed by the dynamic developments that are taking place in the church in China,” said The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge…
