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Reformation 2017
LWF General Secretary announces he will step down in 2021

"Junge has personified LWF's passion for the church and for the world"
Piazza Martin Lutero in Rome, a reminder to care for the poor
24 September 2015
An important ecumenical witness for Christians (LWI) – Rome’s new Piazza Martin Lutero is not only a sign that Lutherans are welcome in the cosmopolitan Italian city but a reminder of Luther’s call for Christians to proclaim the gospel together by serving ...
Pleased to have one resource shared by all
20 August 2015
Bishop Susan Johnson, vice-president for the North American region of the Lutheran World Federation suggests numerous ways in which member churches can use the four Reformation booklets - Liberated by God’s Grace, Salvation - not for sale, Human Beings - ...
“Seeing with the eyes of the others”
20 July 2015
Prof. Dr Theodor Dieter on the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue
New Reformation booklets explore theological and contextual questions
2 July 2015
The Lutheran World Federation's Anne Burghardt offers insight into the four booklets produced for the 2017 Reformation anniversary theme, Liberated by God’s Grace, and its three sub-themes on salvation, human beings and creation. 
Norway’s Lutherans co-host LWF church leadership gathering
7 May 2015
“Liberated by God’s Grace” for Witness in Europe(LWI) – What does “liberated by God’s grace” mean for Lutheran churches and societies in Europe? How do the region’s experiences and challenges provide new perspectives for church engagement in ...
Namibia Welcomes Global Lutheran Communion
19 March 2015
Hundreds Attend Public Symposium on LWF Assembly(LWI) – “Grace always needs a context in which it can affect change,” said Namibian Bishop Burgert Brand at a public symposium hosted jointly by the country’s Lutheran churches and The Lutheran World ...
Liberated from All That ‘Divides Us’
13 March 2015
(Prof. Dirk Lange, currently seconded to the LWF as worship coordinator for the Twelfth Assembly and ecumenical commemoration of the 500th anniversary, reflects on the assembly theme and worship.)
Tribute to a Pioneering Woman in the Ordained Ministry
27 February 2015
As much as it is a fact that Jantine Auguste Haumersen was the first woman pastor ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it was another woman (later to be ordained as pastor as well) who prepared the way for women’s ...
A Reformation Anniversary Platform for LWF Member Churches
4 February 2015
“Connect, Contribute, Participate” (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches worldwide now have the possibility to “connect, contribute and participate” in the 500th anniversary of the Reformation through the newly launched LWF ...
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Twelfth Assembly of the LWF
4 February 2015
Windhoek, Namibia
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The three LWF member churches in Namibia are hosting the next meeting of the Assembly, the LWF’s highest decision-making body.   The theme of the Twelfth Assembly is “Liberated by God’s Grace,” with three sub-themes:
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Women on the Move
4 February 2015
Wittenberg, Germany
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The processes to celebrate the leadership of women in on-going reformation are among the intitiatives to mark the 500 years of Reformation in the LWF Communion. In order to plan strategic actions and initiatives to be implemented in the women’s network ...
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Conference of the Global Young Reformers Network
4 February 2015
Wittenberg, Germany
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"Workshop Wittenberg" This global encounter will bring together 144 young reformers from all LWF member churches and several theology students sent by Lutheran faculties.Within a two-week program, they will share and learn, work on the themes and decide together ...
Salvation - Not for Sale
3 February 2015
The gift of salvation confronts not only the pride that assumes God’s gifts can be acquired for personal status, but also the deceiving spirit seeking such free gifts for egoistic purposes.
Creation – Not for Sale
20 January 2015
Rapidly changing climate is threatening ecosystems and societies. This is a wake-up call to critically assess consumer driven lifestyles in order to safeguard creation. Does nature have a price? It is a fact that it is all there to buy: land, islands, minerals, ...
Human Beings – Not for Sale
20 January 2015
Seeing in the stranger a gifted person and ‘a gift for me’ makes dignity possible and holds others in great value.
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