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Image Renato Valenga speaking at the training seminar for the 2018 National Youth Campaign. Photo: Martina Scherer Climate justice: When the church speaks, people listen A young LWF activist from Brazil was among the facilitators of a climate hackathon to mark International Youth Day The ‘hackathon’ on climate emergency, hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC)…
Image Courtesy: Chuck Moore/Random Snaps Photography Good trouble for a healthy planet Called to act with urgency to limit human-induced global warming Addressing a college graduate class in Lewiston, Maine, United States, five years ago, Congressman John Lewis urged, “You must find a way to get in the way and get in good…
Image LWF delegate to the UN Climate Conference COP26, Katarina Kuhnert from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, speaks on “Energy Transition – Deciding our Future”. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Canada: Decolonizing and investing in reconciliation is the best climate justice action Indigenous nations, colonization, and achieving future sustainable living After attending the UN climate conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, I fly back to my home north of the Arctic Circle in…
'Bring Back the Life' A Song by Desert Rose, South Africa’s leading Universal World Music Band in remembrance of Typhoon Haiyan (one year since Nov8 2013) and other clim
LWF Solidarity Visit to the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, March 2015 From 9 – 13 March, 2015 LWF General Secretary joined by Pamela Oyieyo, LWF Council member, Carsten Bruhn-Lauritsen (Partner Coordinator, Mission Af
LWF President Welcomes Council 2014 to Indonesia LWF President Bishop Dr Munib Younan welcomes LWF Council members to Indonesia for the governing body’s 2014 meeting.
Christmas Video Message 2020 LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa Video Christmas Message 2020 'Unprecedented Christmas – Unexpected Joy'
Online Theology Course Eight-week pilot course in Lutheran theology, which ran from October 2017 until the end of January 2018.
Image Christmas Message 2017 In this year’s Christmas message, LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa reflects on peace.