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Participants in the 2019 LWF Peace Messengers training workshop in Tallinn, Estonia. Photo: LWF/S.Kit

Young peacemakers key to post-pandemic world

Webinar showcases vital role of young people in advancing interfaith solidarity, peace and security

(LWI) - Young peacemakers from different countries and diverse religious communities held an online brainstorming session on 1 December to…

Photo: Sustainability Institute LAC /Scheila Dillenburg

COVID-19: LAC churches enhance learning to be “a more caring church”

Lessons learned from “practical” education during a pandemic

(LWI) – Following a series of bi-monthly online meetings, leaders in decision-making positions in The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Latin America and the…

A woman washes her childrenâs hands in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. LWF has reinforced hygiene education to prevent a spread of COVID-19 in the camp. Photo: LWF/ P. Omagwa

Kenya: COVID-19 has secondary effects on women and children refugees

Gender impact assessment shows rising inequality

(LWI) - An increased workload for women, more violence against women and children, and neglect of people living with disabilities: these are the main impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on…

Madam Martha Abugri was among 13 needy widows who received food supplies at the ELCG Grace Lutheran Church in Narango, in the Upper Eastern region. Photo: ELCG/Prosper Atiiga

COVID-19: A time to “look out for the most vulnerable” in Ghana

LWF’s support bridged a critical gap for elderly and widowed church members

(LWI) – When the government imposed a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease in March, the…

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

Unexpected joy during an unprecedented Christmas

LWF President Musa shared LWF’s 2020 Christmas Message

(LWI) – In a Christmas season marked by uncertainty and fear from the unfamiliar and unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christians are invited to trust in the promise…

The Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB) writes a manifesto after COVID death tolls reach 200,000. âAgility and efficiency will be the difference between life and death.â Photo by Unsplash/Zoran Kokanovic

COVID deaths reach 200,000, Lutheran church in Brazil issues manifesto

Church Presidency calls for free vaccines for everyone

(LWI) - In Brazil, the new year began with the number of Coronavirus deaths reaching 200,000 sparking the Presidency of the…

The LWF National Committee in Indonesia installed an internet satellite tower on the properties of four Lutheran churches in remote areas to assist online learning. Church pictured is HKBP. Photo: by Andi Gultom/KNLWF.

Indonesian churches enable online learning in rural areas

LWF National Committee in Indonesia builds towers for internet access

(LWI) - "The internet is for learning for the sake of increasing knowledge and skills, yet many have been left without access during the pandemic,” said the Lutheran…

In its COVID-19 response, the Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala distributed food and sanitation supplies to families living in remote villages. Photo: ILAG/Diego Gil

LWF churches prioritize prevention and vulnerable families in second RRF phase

Need for rapid COVID-19 response persists, the Lutheran communion’s support continues

(LWI) – Implementation of a second phase of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund (RRF) has begun, with 44 of the communion’s…

LWF country representative Sophie Gebreyes and EECMY-DASSC staff Desta Hadera (right) meet Eritrean refugees in an EECMY church in Mekelle. Photo: LWF/C. Masanga

Ethiopia: Stories of flight and loss from Tigray

LWF and partners to start humanitarian response

(LWI) - From everyday life into chaos: For the people affected by the recent conflict in Ethiopia, life as they knew it ended abruptly with the military offensive in the Tigray region. Even…

LWF General Secretary Rev Dr Martin Junge (left) and President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photos: LWF/S. Gallay and LWF/Albin Hillert

Churches offer “witness of hope and compassion”

LWF leaders send message of thanks, support and theological reflection to mark the start of Lent

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa and General Secretary, Rev. Dr Martin Junge have…

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