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LWF General Secretary Anne Burghardt has sent a letter to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Venezuela expressing solidarity and prayers for a peaceful transformation in the country. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF stands with church and people of Venezuela

General Secretary Burghardt sends pastoral letter assuring Venezuelans of solidarity and prayers for peaceful transformation 

Churches
News
16 Jan 2026
LWF staff from multi-purpose cash assistance centers across Poland, established to support Ukrainian refugees, gather in Bytom in October 2022 for training in community-based psychosocial support. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Poland: Model for churches and humanitarian actors working hand in hand

Looking back at a successful response to Ukrainian refugee crisis as LWF closes its country program in Poland 

Humanitarian
Communion
Churches
News
14 Jan 2026
Rev. Dr Imad Haddad is consecrated as Bishop of the ELCJHL in the Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem, 11 January 2026. Photo: ELCJHL

LWF welcomes new Lutheran Bishop in Jordan and the Holy Land

Rev. Dr Imad Haddad consecrated Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land

Communion
Churches
News
12 Jan 2026
Bishop-elect Rev. Catherine Ngina Musau, Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photo: KELC

LWF congratulates Kenyan Bishop-elect Catherine Musau

Historic election of first woman in the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Churches
News
08 Jan 2026
Lizwi Mtumtum, President of the Moravian Church in South Africa Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

South Africa: seeking a return to the missionary spirit

Lizwi Mtumtum, President of the Moravian Church in South Africa

Communion
Churches
News
02 Jan 2026
Participants in the first Men's Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana, a historic moment that brought together men from different communities to share their faith, reflections, and commitment to the life and mission of the church.

A milestone for men in Guyana church

First National Men’s Assembly provided space to strengthen commitment to ministry

Communion
Churches
News
30 Dec 2025
LWF New Year Message 2026 - EN

New Year message 2026

Communion
Churches
Governance
Document
29 Dec 2025
LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt speaking at the 2024 Council meeting

New Year message: when God makes all things new

As a new year, 2025, draws near, LWF General Secretary Rev.

Communion
Churches
News
29 Dec 2025
A youth gathering of the Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam, India. Photo: Neha Topno

Welcoming is a discipleship that must be lived
By
Neha Topno

Churches
Youth
Blog
23 Dec 2025

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