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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…

LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

LWF President: “Be witnesses of radical hope”

Grateful for churches carrying “each other’s burdens” and providing support during pandemic

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa has urged all member churches to be witnesses of “radical…

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Junge highlights LWF’s agility, resilience, clarity of mission

In his report to Council, the General Secretary says LWF is stable and well-positioned to face post-pandemic period

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has highlighted the agility and…

Children in the Beldangi refugee camp in Jhapa district, Nepal, where the LWF provides care and maintenance support to Bhutanese refugees. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Mercy as watchword for post-pandemic world

LWF General Secretary sends New Year message to member churches

(LWI) - In a New Year greeting to all The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches, General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge looks ahead at the challenges that…

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New Year Message 2019

General Secretary Rev.

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New Year Message 2018

In New Year Message General Secretary Junge says churches are called to offer a life-giving witness.

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New Year Message 2016: "Every single one counts under God's reign”

“… If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of t

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2015 New Year Message from the LWF General Secretary

In his New Year's Message addressed to the LWF Council and Member Churches, LWF General Secretary, Martin Junge, expresses his gratitude for G

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New Year Message 2014 from the LWF General Secretary

“But as for me, it is good to be near God.” (Psalm 73:28)

Dear sisters, dear brothers in Christ,