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Reformation 2017
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"Junge has personified LWF's passion for the church and for the world"
Wittenberg momentum for Reformation commemoration
22 June 2016
LWF Council 2016 affirmed the ties that connect Lutherans WITTENBERG, Germany/GENEVA 22 June 2016 – Leaders of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) said this year’s governing body meeting in  Wittenberg offered delegates opportunities to connect to the ...
A community of love
16 June 2016
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Pilgrim Station, Opening worship, "Heavenly Cross" inauguration in the Luther Garden - The day in pictures
15 June 2016
A solemn opening service in the historic town church in Wittenberg, the unveiling of the redesigned “Heavenly Cross” in the Luther Garden, a "living monument" of the Reformation was followed by a morning of intense discussions with ecumenical partners ...
“Heavenly Cross” inaugurated at Luther Garden
15 June 2016
LWF leaders and German President Gauck unveil work of art German President Joachim Gauck and leaders of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) today inaugurated the sculpture “Heavenly Cross” (Himmelskreuz) in the Luther Garden, in Wittenberg.
Pilgrims on the way to Wittenberg: a documentary in photos
15 June 2016
More than 200 participants in the LWF Wittenberg Pilgrimage walked from the St Nicolai Church in Coswig along the Lutherweg towards Wittenberg. On the way they stopped at pilgrimage stations to sing and discuss the themes of the 2017 Reformation anniversary, ...
Double celebration for Eritrean church
7 June 2016
Church ties 150th anniversary to Reformation festivities GENEVA 3 June 2016 (LWI) - Lutherans in Eritrea are not only getting ready to mark 500 years since the Reformation but will this year celebrate 150 years of the Lutheran church in their country.
The lantern is lit: official launch of LWF Assembly preparations
3 June 2016
LWF President Younan, Namibian Vice President Iyambo at launch (LWI) - Over 500 guests celebrated the official launch of preparations for the Twelfth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) at Parliament Gardens in the Namibian capital Windhoek on ...
Joint Ecumenical Commemoration to be held in Lund Cathedral and Malmö Arena
1 June 2016
Joint commemoration: liturgy in Lund Cathedral and public event in Malmö Arena open to wider participation (LWI) – The joint Lutheran-Catholic ecumenical commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation on 31 October in Lund, Sweden will consist ...
Press Release: A joint Catholic-Lutheran “Common Prayer” for 500 years of Reformation
8 January 2016
GENEVA/VATICAN CITY, 11 January 2016 - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) have invited Lutheran churches and Catholic bishops’ conferences across the world to make use of a jointly-developed ...
A “twin-principle” on the common themes of the Reformation
18 December 2015
SÃO LEOPOLDO, Brazil – Reformation – Education – Transformation (R-E-T): Would we, more than a 100 people from over 40 countries, manage to identify clearly the intersection of these areas? Would we able to find common themes and lessons so that it ...
500 trees, 500 faces for the Reformation anniversary
25 November 2015
An opportunity to learn about the Lutheran Costa Rican Church (LWI) - The Lutheran Costa Rican Church (ILCO) is showing its commitment to the care for creation by planting 500 trees to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017. The initiative ...
Resisting capitalism, militarism and patriarchy
2 November 2015
At a time in which religions have become instruments for political and economic purposes, it is relevant to ask from within a religious tradition what its true political potential may be. Three claims particularly stood up for me today at the LWF conference, Global ...
Deepening Lutheran theology to engage with economic and political realities
20 October 2015
GENEVA, 20 October 2015 (LWI) – How do theological questions that triggered the Reformation movement 500 years ago relate to the political and economic realities that face church and society in the 21st century?
Joint ecumenical witness towards inclusion and inter-dependence
15 October 2015
Junge’s perspective on “From Conflict to Communion” in Scherer Lecture at Chicago (LWI) – As Lutherans and Roman Catholics jointly tell the Reformation story, they offer a powerful witness to a fragmented world, says Rev. Dr Martin Junge, General ...
Reformation Day 2015: invitation to reflect on theme, Liberated by God’s Grace
15 October 2015
LWF General Secretary’s letter urges member churches to think about what it means to be liberated by God’s grace (LWI) – As churches move closer towards Reformation Day this year and prepare for the 500th Reformation anniversary, LWF General Secretary ...
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