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Image LWF Membership Statistics 2015 These excerpts from LWI 02/2016 summarize results from the 2015 statistical survey of Lutheran World Federation membership worldwide.
Image Joint LWF - PCPCU statement on Reformation Day 2017 The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) have issued a joint statement on Reformation D
Image LWF Twelfth Assembly: Sermons Sermons from the opening, closing and Global Commemoration services held during the Twelfth Assembly in Windhoek, Namibia, 10-16 May 2017.
Image The Wittenberg Witness The Wittenberg Witness is a common statement of The Lutheran World Federation and the World Communion of Reformed Churches, signed in Wittenberg (G
Image Refugees: An opportunity to grow together Joint ecumenical statement for World Refugee Day 2017 The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined the worldwide plea of a wide range of ecumenical groups for solidarity with the world’s millions of
Image The Participation of Women in the Ordained Ministry and Leadership in LWF Member Churches A baseline assessment among LWF member churches carried forward in 2016 on the proportion of women in decision-making positions and in the ordained
Image LWF Gender Justice Policy The LWF Gender Justice Policy lays out a biblically-rooted framework for the Lutheran global communion of churches to take concrete steps to implem
Image Department for Theology and Public Witness List of Publications, January 2017 Overview of DTPW publications including prices and ordering information.
Image Department for Theology and Public Witness annual report 2015 This 2015 report of the Department for Theology and Public Witness draws attention to some of the year's Reformation anniversary highlights, which
Image Omatala Omatala is an Oshiwambo word for “marketplace”; for The Lutheran World Twelfth Assembly, the Omatala is a space for encounter, creativity
