Lutheran World Federation newsletter: May 13, 2022

On 9 May the first women were ordained as pastors in The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland. Photo: LWF/Agnieszka Godfrejow-Tarnogórska

Stories

• Searching for identity in Svalbard’s Arctic region

• Poland: First nine women ordained as pastors

• South Sudan: flood recovery through sustainable livelihoods

• Americas: “God breathed life unto dry bones”

Events

• International Lay Leaders Seminar, 15 – 20 May 2022

• Meeting of the LWF Committee for Member Church Projects, 16 & 19 May 2022

• Asia Church Leadership Conference – ‘Ministry after the storm’ , 18-23 May 2022

• Jewish-Lutheran relations: Gathering Around the Tree of Life, 16 May 2022

• Peace Messengers training, 1 – 5 June 2022

Resources

• Baptism and Growth in Communion

• LWF in 2021 and 2022

• LWF Advocacy Framework

• LWF Photo Library

COVID-19

• LWF's response to Covid-19

• Rapid Response Fund for Member Churches