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Global Lutheran Songbook

A singing communion: Pilgrimage, Freedom, Belonging

LWF staff with Tapan Kumar Karmaker and Tarik Sayed Harun, RDRS. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner-Meyer

Partnership for people in Bangladesh

"New ways of working together”

(LWI) - A renewal of a long-standing cooperation and partnership: On 18 October 2024, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) World Service and Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS) in Bangladesh signed a…

Assistant General Secretary for Ecumenical Relations Dirk Lange. Photo: CatholicPressPhoto/A. Giuliani

Pathways and places of encounter

Reflection after the third week of the 2024 Synod of Bishops

The third week at the Synod on synodality focused primarily on the topics of pathways and places. The “conversation in the Spirit” moved from last week’s consideration of…

Prof. Dirk Lange, Assistant General Secretary for Ecumenical Relations, meets Pope Francis with other ecumenical delegates during the Synod. Photo: Vatican Media

A historic moment: synodality in action

Reflections on the final week of the 2024 Synod of Bishops

The final week at the General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops was anything but ‘ordinary’! It was in fact extraordinary on several levels.

The discussion in small…

As Christian communions mark the 25th anniversary of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ), General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt (left) and Assistant General Secretary for Ecumenical Relations Prof. Dr Dirk Lange (right) share insights on its ongoing impact in shaping theological dialogue and fostering engagement for the common good. Photos: LWF/Albin Hillert (left), LWF/S. Gallay (right)

From Doctrine to Daily Life: 25 years of the JDDJ

The enduring impact of justification by faith and its relevance today

(LWI) - When it was signed in Augsburg, Germany, in 1999, the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ) was hailed as a milestone in Lutheran-Catholic…

500 years of Reformation – 500 Trees in Wittenberg: the Luthergarten is a living, international, and ecumenical monument, planted for the Reformation anniversary in 2017; as a symbol of the commitment of the LWF to advocating for Climate Justice, and equipping member churches to care for creation. Photo: LWF

Reformation Day: Celebrating diverse traditions of Lutheran identity

Lutheran churches mark the Reformation anniversary in diverse contexts

(LWI) – Reformation Day, 31 October, commemorates the occasion in 1517 when Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg…