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COVID-19

Congregations in Denmark have increased their online presence during the lockdown. Photo: LWF/ S. Gallay

COVID-19: "Push for digital engagement” in Denmark

Interchurch council of ELCD shares learnings on ministry during the lockdown

Communion
Churches
News
02 Jul 2020
The Lutheran church in Guatemala is one of 48 churches that received funding from the LWF’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund (RRF). Photo: ILAG/Diego GIL

COVID-19: Villages self-isolate to protect against coronavirus

Rapid Response Fund: Lutheran church in Guatemala traverses barriers to deliver food supplies

Communion
Churches
News
01 Jul 2020
LWF General Secretary Rev Dr Martin Junge (left) and President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photos: LWF/S. Gallay and LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF leaders: ‘Now is the time to be church’

Against challenges of post-COVID context, churches are called to work together, sharing treasures and talents 

Theology
Governance
Communion
News
29 Jun 2020
26 Jun 2020

Young Reformers’ Space

Youth
Churches
Event
A look through a smartphone to the Regensburg Dom Cathedral, Germany. Photo: ANBerlin/ flickr

COVID-19: Online worship increases outreach and attendance

German church study shows positive effects of digitalization

Communion
Churches
News
24 Jun 2020
Nyakuleng'a High School students received COVID-19 prevention masks from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zambia.  Photos: ELCZa/David Mang'enda

COVID-19: "A generous and open act of kindness"

LWF Rapid Response Fund supports church diakonia in Zambia

Communion
Churches
News
23 Jun 2020
LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Redefining churches’ role in post-COVID19 world

LWF President Musa reflects on new challenges and need to ensure no one is left behind 

Theology
Governance
Communion
News
22 Jun 2020
In this Voices from the Communion, Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria talks about the global refugee crisis, a protestant search-and-rescue mission and the biblical roots of welcoming the stranger.

Germany: Advocate for the rights of refugees

Voices from the Communion: Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm

Communion
Churches
Justice
News
19 Jun 2020
Leaders of the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil ask people to show a commitment to prayer and to stopping the rapid spread of the Coronavirus. Photo: © Pixabay / Juraj Varga

COVID-19: “Every death is a lament”

Leadership of Brazilian church sends pastoral letter

News
18 Jun 2020

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