In this Voices from the Communion, Bishop Kochendorfer shares about his early formation in the church, how that experience informs how he engages youth in his synod, and the value of relationships that span the globe.
The 50th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) started this week, The Action for Justice unit leads the Lutheran World Federations’ (LWF) advocacy work at the sessions, connecting local communities to global platforms by facilitating the presentation of oral statements by member churches and country programs.
With no end in sight to the Russian assault on Ukraine, the leader of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ukraine, Bishop Pavlo Shvarts, has been speaking out about the fears and feelings of helplessness that pastors and people are facing, together with his own hopes for a just peace in the region. His words come as the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council accepted a
The war in neighboring Ukraine changed the perspective on the upcoming Assembly, said the Presiding Bishop of the host church – the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (ECACP) – Jerzy Samiec. It made the Assembly and its theme even more relevant for the country and the region. He addressed members of The Lutheran World Federation’s (LWF) Council receiving
The German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine (GELCU) is now an individual member church of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF). The LWF Council accepted GELCU’s application for membership today, during the governing body’s meeting in Geneva.