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• LWF at COP29: strengthening the climate justice call for the most vulnerable people | Event updates

• Asia: Stand in solidarity and share hope | Event updates

• Church leaders call on G20 to halt growing inequality, ramp up climate action

• Empowered for change: new graduates of theology, gender justice and leadership program

• Walking Together in Kakuma

• A vision for inclusive, justice-oriented, and responsive theological education

• Europe: Strengthening women in church and society

• Asia: faithful churches bringing hope to societies

• Abound in hope: Asia Church Leadership Conference

• Cambodia: Sharing the message of hope

• Concerns over violence following elections in Mozambique

• LWF joins humanitarian leaders in calling for immediate action as Gaza crisis deepens

• LWF and ecumenical partners urge global action for biodiversity and climate justice

• New report: Good practices for climate justice advocacy

• Mental health support to refugee students in Poland

• A Global Lutheran Songbook to celebrate 500 years of hymnal tradition and diversity

• From Doctrine to Daily Life: 25 years of the JDDJ

• Reformation Day: Celebrating diverse traditions of Lutheran identity

• LWF highlights education challenges for refugee children at African Commission

• Increase faith-based advocacy efforts for justice

• Liturgy and Lutheran identity: new LWF liturgical studies coordinator

• Diaconal actors in Asia showcase local solution-driven best practices

• A historic moment: synodality in action by Rev. Prof. Dr Dirk Lange

• Czech Republic: faith and trust in a secular society

• Brazil: Two centuries of public witness to the faith

• How LWF empowers communities in Burundi

• Former GNC/LWF General Secretary Awarded Anna Vasa Prize for Lifelong Commitment to Unity

• New report highlights effective climate loss and damage responses

• Partnership for people in Bangladesh

• Pathways and places of encounter, by Rev. Prof. Dr Dirk Lange

• Europe: learning to be “church for others” | Photo Album

• Women’s rights: advocacy anchored in theology

• Countering stigma and poverty in Nepal

• Vital U.S. support for Augusta Victoria Hospital

• Katharina Zell: a Reformation legacy of courage and faith by Isabella Reimann Gnas

• Reflections on a relational church by Rev. Prof. Dr Dirk Lange

On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we highlight the Lutheran World Federation’s commitment to advocating for indigenous rights globally. Through initiatives like the “Pathways to Equality” project in Namibia, their advocacy handbook, and participation in global human rights councils, the LWF continues to work for justice, dignity, and the empowerment of indigenous communities worldwide.

• Great Britain: a Polish bishop for a migrant church

• Anna Krauss takes up leadership of Wittenberg Center

• Church leaders meet for retreat in Geneva and Wittenberg

• LWF publishes liturgy to mark 25th anniversary of JDDJ

• Symbols of Hope Nigeria: Restoring life in dignity

• Palestine-Israel: LWF joins call to uphold international law, protect civilians

• LWF responds to flooding in Nepal

• The risk of listening and discerning by Rev. Prof. Dr Dirk Lange

• LWF issues call to prayer for peace on 7 October

• A vital Lutheran voice at the Vatican Synod

• 45 years of building resilience in Uganda

• Hungarian Lutherans teach the language, foster integration

• Lutheran journey in a changing European context

• Photo: For the tenth time, LWF World Service  has organized the Talent competition "Kakuma Got Talent in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. The event fosters creativity, boosts morale, and offers a sense of normalcy amid the challenging conditions of the camp.

• Finland: searching for religious identity in a shifting society

• Africa: “In Christ, we are one body”

• Africa: Perspectives for an inclusive, just and intergenerational church

• New York: Faith leaders call for true and transformative peace

• LWF and Taizé: Crafting unity and hope from refugee camp sand

• Myanmar: LWF reassures churches after Typhoon Yagi

• Greenland: a church and people in rapid transformation

• 10 years “Kakuma Got Talent”

• 2026 call for member church projects includes training

• ‘Global Faith Unfiltered’ priorities: Creation groans but hope inspires action, by Rev. Jussi Luoma

• Cameroon: Trusting others to lead for church growth, by Rev. Delphine Fongeh Nsufor

• Photo: Floods, caused by heavy rains, impacted the Far North region of Cameroon.

• AI and Church Communication: Balancing Innovation with Connection

• Iraq: A decade of relief and recovery

• Cameroon: LWF’s solidarity with flood-affected communities

• USA: first Latina and ‘Luthercostal’ bishop

• LWF expresses condolences to Malagasy Lutheran Church

• Being connected is a source of hope

• Hope in focus as LWF greets CPCE Assembly

• Photo: Rev. Dr. Anne Burghardt, LWF General Secretary, delivering the keynote address at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland during their Mission Partnership Consultation in Helsinki on 29 August.

• Christians worldwide join for Season of Creation

• Communities of hope in a divided world

• Indonesia: Empowering women for leadership on Nias island

• Burundi: From Bumba to the world

• Photo: Delegates from 12 LWF member churches take part in 2nd meeting of the Climate Justice Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean

• Angola: celebrating 70 years of growth and development

• Every small success fuels my commitment

• Argentina: local solutions to climate change challenges

• First step toward LWF scholarships alumni network

• New commissions to further dialogue with Roman Catholics and Pentecostals

• LWF helps evacuate sick and injured from Gaza

• Acting for humanity: gratitude for LWF humanitarian staff

• Photo: In an urgent appeal for peace, the LWF warns “there is everything to lose through an escalation of the conflict” in the Middle East region. Photo: Wafa / APAImages (CC-BY-SA)

• LWF appeals for de-escalation in Middle East

• First shipment of LWF medication arrives in Gaza

• Together for climate justice

• India: Theology that embraces tolerance and prioritizes justice, by Rev. Anup Indwar