At the recent session the Human Rights Council, the LWF commended the Burundi government for constructive engagement with the Universal Periodic Review and called for further protection of the rights of women.…
GENEVA, 31 July 2014 (LWI) – Lutherans and Roman Catholics continued their dialogue on what kind of unity might arise out of their shared understanding of the Christian sacrament of Baptism in…
Online voting of International Preaching Contest started
(LWI) A young pastor will hold the sermon at the closing worship in the Twelfth assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Namibia on 16 May. Young ordained Lutherans from…
Local churches reach out to Muslim communities as LWF condemns attack
(LWI) - Following the mass shootings in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, local Lutheran churches have expressed solidarity with the country’s Muslim community…
Five Christian communions proclaim anew the good news of God's liberating grace
(LWI) - Participants at a historic gathering of church leaders from five Christian World Communions have issued a statement recommitting themselves to…
LWF’s intervention at 40th session of UN Human Rights Council
(LWI) – The human rights situation in Myanmar, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan, and access to justice for people living with albinism were key topics for The…
(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) continues to express the communion’s solidarity with all those affected by the Easter Sunday attacks targeting Christian places of worship and…
“In times of exclusionary populism, silence is never an option”
(LWI) - In his New Year message, the General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Rev. Dr Martin Junge calls on churches to bear witness to the gospel message…
