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Residents of Osorno, Chile, await their turn for COVID-19 vaccination in the Lutheran Church in Osorno, a local vaccination center. Photo: Rev. Miguel Ãngel NuÃ±ez — Residents of Osorno, Chile, await their turn for COVID-19 vaccination in the Lutheran Church in Osorno, a local vaccination center. Photo: Rev. Miguel Angel Nuñez

COVID-19: “We must be a part of the healing process”

Lutheran Church in Chile opens its doors as a COVID-19 vaccination site

(LWI) - The Lutheran Church in Osorno, a congregation of the Lutheran Church in Chile (ILCH) is sharing its building as a way to “serve a community in…

Thanks to the Lutheran communionâs emergency support, Gregorio PÃ©rez and other residents of Shupa village are replanting crops lost to two successive hurricanes. Photo: ILUGUA

Guatemalan church assists families recovering from hurricane impact amid COVID-19

Lutheran communion supports rural farming communities who lost everything

(LWI) – For Gregorio Pérez, a leader of the indigenous Maya Chortí in Guatemala’s southeastern department of Chiquimula, the rising number of Coronavirus (COVID-19…

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala during the selection process for director general of the World Trade Organization. Photo: Â©WTO/Jay Louvion

Trade must serve to “overcome inequalities”

LWF president sends congratulations to Okonjo-Iweala, first woman and first African to head World Trade Organization

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa has sent congratulations to the…

Participants in the LWF Peace Messenger Training in Jerusalem in September 2017. Photo: Ben Gray

Strengthening advocacy in LWF member churches through exchange and collaboration

Forums focusing on climate justice and interfaith relations and peacebuilding established

(LWI) - Through its Action for Justice (AFJ) Unit, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has initiated two…

In one of its COVID-19 response activities, the Cuban Lutheran church organized a community lunch for 320 people including members of the congregations of Cristo Vive, Cristo Redentor, Nuestro Salvador and Aposento Alto. Photo: IEU-SL

COVID-19: Cuban Lutheran church extends food and psychosocial aid

Assistance from the LWF reaches a growing number of people in need

(LWI) – When the United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod (IEU-SL) assessed categories of…

Evangelical Church of the River Plate Vice President Karina Arntzen. Photo: LWF/E. Albrecht

Argentina: "I’m convinced that dialogue is always the solution”

Voices from the Communion: Ms. Karina Arntzen

(LWI) - The daughter of a Yerba Mate tree farmer and a primary school teacher, Attorney Karina Arntzen is the first layperson to serve as vice president of the…

âPeace can only be achieved through dialogue,â said LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge. Photo: Stefano Alemani/Unsplash

LWF condemns violence, calls for prayers for Myanmar

Dialogue and peaceful solutions needed to end political crisis

(LWI) – In a statement issued on 5 March the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has condemned violence against demonstrators in Myanmar and called for restraint and peaceful…

In Honduras, ChamelecÃ³n, San Pedro Sula, the hurricanes Eta and Iota recently caused destruction to housing and infrastructure which will take years to recover - one example for the disastrous effects of climate change on vulnerable communities. Photo: Sean Hawkey / Life on Earth

LWF calls for recognition of human right to safe, clean, sustainable environment

Three statements on climate justice presented at 46th Session of Human Rights Council

(LWI) - At the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, The Lutheran…

Webinar participants after the session in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. Photo: LWF/ P. Omagwa

Young women from Kakuma speak about gender justice

Webinar from refugee camp in Kenya, brings voices of young refugees

(LWI) - Young women in Kakuma refugee camp face many obstacles when aiming for equal opportunities as men and boys. In a webinar: “Emerging Women who Choose to Challenge…

Lutherâs short treatise âOn the Freedom of a Christianâ calls believers to love God and serve our neighbors in need. Photo: LWF/M. DÃ¶lker

Freedom of a Christian: a compass for contemporary church

‘Being Lutheran’ webinar explores relevance of Luther’s text on liberty and service to neighbors in need

(LWI) - Luther’s 500-year-old treatise ‘On the Freedom of a Christian’ provides a compass for the churches today as they seek to…

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