Lutheran Bishop Gómez reflects on Romero’s influence on the global church
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador/GENEVA, 27 May 2015 (LWI) - Salvadoran Lutheran Bishop Medardo E. Gómez was among church leaders who witnessed the beatification…
Violence against women is alarming, congregations can do more
MOSHI, Tanzania/GENEVA, 2 June 2015 (LWI) - “Are we as churches sometimes unable to speak about violence against women and girls because we experience it and practice…
GENEVA, 2 July 2015 (LWI) – The Global Young Reformer’s Network of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) will meet in Wittenberg, Germany, for a workshop on the Lutheran Reformation. From 22 August…
Latin American churches find space for change in their HIV work
GENEVA, 20 July 2015 (LWI) – The work of churches on HIV and AIDS can offer space for transformation, according to a new publication by The Lutheran World Federation…
“Networking is one of the traits of vital ministry”
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil/GENEVA – 23 July 2015 (LWI) - A Lutheran foundation in Brazil is weaving together a group of small diaconal institutions to create a network that will enable its…
Assistance to the displaced and people with disabilities
(LWI) – In the midst of the 16-month-old war in the Ukraine that has killed over 6000 people and displaced 1.5 million, the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Ukraine (GELCU…
Credibility and accountability urged at West African workshop
(LWI) – The President of the Lutheran Communion in Central and Western Africa (LUCCWA) Archbishop Christian Ekong, has urged churches in the communion to set up structures that…
