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Augusta Victoria Hospital. Photo: LWF/DWS Jerusalem/M. Brown

Augusta Victoria Hospital to Care for Injured From Gaza

Call for Ceasefire via Social Media

(LWI) – The Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in Jerusalem has prepared a ward in the hospital to operate around the clock to receive injured and wounded patients from Gaza and give them medical care. …

One of 170 Iraqi Shia and Zoroastrian IDP families from Mosul sheltering in Christian village of Bandaywa. Photo: LWF/D. Poppe

Faith Communities Forced to Flee in Northern Iraq

LWF Condemns Extremist Actions; Explores Ways to Stand with Internally Displaced in the Region

(LWI) – Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge has strongly condemned the discrimination against Christians,…

Elisabeth Purba (center) explaining about HIV/AIDS in Desa Bulu Cina, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: LWF/C. KÃ¤stner

Raising Awareness for HIV/AIDS in Indonesia

Building Capacity Among Youth

(LWI) - “You are only in middle school. Why do you need to know about HIV and AIDS?” Elisabeth Purba asks. It is late morning in the village of Desa Bulu Cina, and a group of about 40 teenagers sits in the…

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baden

Church Name

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baden
Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Baden
Église évangélique luthérienne du Bade
Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en Baden

Affiliations

Community of Protestant Churches in Europe

National Committee

German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation

An income-generating garden for people living with HIV and AIDS in Musume, Zimbabwe. Photo: LWF/J. BrÃ¼mmer

Zimbabwe Lutheran Church Project Helps Save Lives, Promote Public Awareness

DMD Supported Project Provides Health and Prevention Care

(LWI) – A project run by The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member church in Zimbabwe with support from the Department for Mission and Development (DMD) is playing an important…

Rally in Wisconsin against deportation of children, July 2014. Photo: Light Brigading (via Flickr, CC-BY-NC)

Mass Deportation of Migrant Children to Central America

LWF Member Churches Criticize Action by the U.S. Administration

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has criticized plans by the United States Administration to expand the…

Members of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity. Photo: PCPCU/LWF-DTPW

Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue on Baptism and Unity Continues

Joint Commission Meets in Italy

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…

Bishop Munib Younan speaks to an injured boy in the Intensive Care Unit of St. Joseph's Hospital. Photo: D. Hudson/ELCJHL

Bishop Younan Leads Delegates Consoling Gaza-Injured in Jerusalem Hospitals

Augusta Victoria Hospital Offers Medical Team Support and Supplies

(LWI) – As the number of civilians caught in the conflict between Israel and Hamas increases, the Holy Land Lutheran Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan and representatives…

Increased efforts are needed to prevent the spread of this biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded. Â© EC/ECHO/Jean-Louis Mosser CC-SA

LWF Expresses Deep Appreciation of Efforts by Churches, Medical Staff to Fight Ebola in West Africa

More than 800 Deaths in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

(LWI) - In a letter addressed to member churches in West Africa, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Martin Junge has expressed his deep appreciation for…

Following Typhoon Haiyan, Ms Nevita Romero Montermoso, 67, lived in the make-shift shelter on the left for nine months before moving to her new NCCP house in mid-July. Photo: LWF/NCCP

Typhoon Haiyan: Building Back Better and Resilient Communities

LWF Assistance Provides Shelter and Livelihoods for Vulnerable Families

(LWI) – She describes it as her 67th birthday gift, and though it is categorized as transitional shelter, this is the only home for Nevita Romero Montermoso…

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