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A Laotian woman with a piglet provided by the LWF. Photo: LWF

Growing vegetables, raising livestock in Laos

LWF horticulture classes and small loans improve lives

(LWI) - Beans, cabbage, and aubergines. Joy tends all her plants with care. The 19-year-old looks after every bean plant, however small. Because, if it does not thrive, there will be…

In the wake of the church bombings in Surabaya, young people from the LWF member churches in Indonesia came together and lit 1000 candles, as a symbol of their solidarity with those affected, and also to push back terrorism in all forms. The youth pray that peace will prevail in Indonesia. Photo: National Committee of the LWF in Indonesia

A voice for peace following bombings in Indonesia

LWF National Committee calls for peace and harmony after terrorist attacks

(LWI) - Following terror attacks at three churches and a police station in Surabaya, Indonesia, on Sunday and Monday, the National Committee of the Lutheran World…

The medical team about to set off from Augusta Victoria Hospital. Photo: LWF

LWF medical team tending to injured in Gaza

“We feel their pain and stand with them”

(LWI) - A team of doctors and nurses from the Lutheran World Federation’s Augusta Victoria Hospital, in Jerusalem, is in Gaza supporting medical teams tending to Palestinians wounded by Israeli…

Participants to the LAC leadership conference. Photo: LWF/Eugenio Albrecht

Promoting good leadership in the Lutheran churches of the Americas

(LWI) Empowering the churches for mission was the focus of the recent leadership conference of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in the North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean regions.

The conference took place…

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark

Church Name

Den evangeliske-lutherske Folkekirke i Danmark
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark
Evangelisch-Lutherische Volkskirche in Dänemark
Église évangélique luthérienne du Danemark
Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en Dinamarca

Affiliations

Community of Protestant Churches in Europe – Leuenberg Church Fellowship
Conference of European Churches
National Council of Churches in Denmark
World Council of Churches
Porvoo Communion of Churches

National Committee

LWF National Committee in Denmark

Delegates at the LUCA meeting include the LWF Council members and advisor from the Africa region and the leaders of the three sub-regions. Accra, Ghana, May 2018. Photo: LWF/Felix Samari

A communion that engages the world

Key messages emerge from the Lutheran Council in Africa

(LWI) - The Lutheran Council in Africa (LUCA) has made a series of resolutions following its recent meeting in Accra…

The document on ecumenical diakonia is meant to clarify the understanding of diakonia and provide a common platform for acting and reflecting together. â The Vesper Church in Stuttgart has been a venue for local diaconal action. Photo: Gottfried Stoppel

New ecumenical study aims to strengthen diakonia

Forms basis for training, dialogue and cooperation

(LWI) - ACT, LWF, and WCC are collaborating on a document on Ecumenical Diakonia, aiming to clarify the understanding of diakonia and provide a common platform for acting and reflecting…

Adam Gnany, verger at the Hospitalkirche, at the roof of the church enjoying the wonderful view over Stuttgart. Photo: EMH/Ute Dilg

From refugee to church verger

Starting a new life with a church family in Germany

(LWI) - The bells were what appealed to Adam Gnany. As a boy in Baghdad he had watched men tugging a rope to get the bells to ring. Today Gnany lives in Stuttgart. When he slips into the…

Bishop Samiec, left, receives the award recognising his efforts to improve relations between his native Poland and Germany. Photo: Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland

Polish bishop Samiec Awarded for Work on Polish-German Reconciliation

Actively working for justice, peace and reconciliation in the public space

(LWI) The presiding bishop of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland has been awarded the…

Rev. Karla Steilmann, centre, with Dr. Vidal Rodriguez (Spain) and Nun Aura Guadalupe Ortega (Guatemala), who were both representing the Theological Education Institution. Photo: LWF

“Listening to different ways of thinking”

LWF youth represented at Catholic pre-synod meeting

(LWI) - Young Catholics pose the same questions of the church and their role within the church as young people of any other confession. "It is not something confessional, it is not that…

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