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Prof. Abdel Ross Wentz vice President Lutheran World Convention and LWF and Rev. Dr Carl E- Lund-Qvist, in charge of press relations at the First Assembly (1947). Photo: LWF

Prof. Abdel Ross Wentz vice President Lutheran World Convention and LWF and Rev. Dr Carl E- Lund-Qvist, in charge of press relations at the First Assembly (1947). Photo: LWF

History of the LWF

The LWF was established in 1947 as a Federation of Lutheran churches.

The LWF was founded in the wake of the Second World War, at a time when Lutheran churches aspired for greater fellowship and solidarity among themselves. It relies on four pillars:

  1. Rescue the needy
  2. Common initiatives in mission
  3. Joints efforts in theology
  4. A common response to the ecumenical challenge.

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