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    LWF Youth Pre-Assembly at the Heja Game Lodge. Photo: LWF/JC Valeriano

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    10 May 2017, Windhoek, Namibia: Delegates respond to the opening session of the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

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    Messages from the Pre-Assemblies take up the theme of the Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Jotham Lee

    The Assembly theme, One Body, One Spirit, One Hope, reminds us that in a fragmented world, we are called to unity in the one body of Christ. The theme is drawn from Ephesians 4:4 (NRSV)

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    Thirteenth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation, Krakow, Poland, 13-19 September 2023, at the ICE center

    The Assembly program comprises a rich array of events: from the opening ceremony, worship, prayers, Bible study and visits, to plenary sessions and the business of the Assembly.

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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt (right) and Cardinal Kurt Koch of the Roman Catholic Church (left) pictured as worship with common word is celebrated with representatives from the Roman Catholic Church alongside a variety of different Christian traditions on the last day of the Lutheran World Federation Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt (right) and Cardinal Kurt Koch of the Roman Catholic Church (left) pictured as worship with common word is celebrated with representatives from the Roman Catholic Church alongside a variety of different Christian traditions on the last day of the Lutheran World Federation Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Common Word: preparing for the 500th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession

19 SEP 2023 | The Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt and the Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity Cardinal Kurt Koch presented the Common Word to the Thirteenth LWF Assembly

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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt (right) and Cardinal Kurt Koch of the Roman Catholic Church (left) pictured as worship with common word is celebrated with representatives from the Roman Catholic Church alongside a variety of different Christian traditions on the last day of the Lutheran World Federation Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt (right) and Cardinal Kurt Koch of the Roman Catholic Church (left) pictured as worship with common word is celebrated with representatives from the Roman Catholic Church alongside a variety of different Christian traditions on the last day of the Lutheran World Federation Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

“Palabra común”: avanzando juntos y juntas hacia el aniversario de Augsburgo 

19 SEP 2023 | La secretaria general de la Federación Luterana Mundial (FLM), Rev. Dra. Anne Burghardt, y el prefecto del Dicasterio Vaticano para la Promoción de la Unidad Cristiana (DPCU, por su sigla en...

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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt (right) and Cardinal Kurt Koch of the Roman Catholic Church (left) pictured as worship with common word is celebrated with representatives from the Roman Catholic Church alongside a variety of different Christian traditions on the last day of the Lutheran World Federation Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt (right) and Cardinal Kurt Koch of the Roman Catholic Church (left) pictured as worship with common word is celebrated with representatives from the Roman Catholic Church alongside a variety of different Christian traditions on the last day of the Lutheran World Federation Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Message commun : Préparation du 500e anniversaire de la Confession d'Augsbourg

19 SEP 2023 | La secrétaire générale de la Fédération luthérienne mondiale (FLM), la pasteure Anne Burghardt, et le préfet du Dicastère du Vatican pour la promotion de l'unité des chrétiens (DPUC), le…

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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt (right) and Cardinal Kurt Koch of the Roman Catholic Church (left) pictured as worship with common word is celebrated with representatives from the Roman Catholic Church alongside a variety of different Christian traditions on the last day of the Lutheran World Federation Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt (right) and Cardinal Kurt Koch of the Roman Catholic Church (left) pictured as worship with common word is celebrated with representatives from the Roman Catholic Church alongside a variety of different Christian traditions on the last day of the Lutheran World Federation Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Wspólne słowo: w drodze do 500. rocznicy Wyznania Augsburskiego

19 WRZ 2023 | Sekretarz generalna Światowej Federacji Luterańskiej (ŚFL), ks. dr Anne Burghardt, oraz kardynał Kurt Koch, Prefekt Dykasterii ds. Jedności Chrześcijan przedstawili "Wspólne słowo" na Trzynastym Zgromadzeniu Ogólnym Światowej Federacji Luterańskiej, które kończy się 19 września w Krakowie.

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Newly elected LWF Council members

Newly elected Council members stand to be recognized upon their election at the LWF Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Ein neuer Rat wird die LWB-Kirchengemeinschaft führen

19 SEP 20123 | Die Dreizehnte Vollversammlung des LWB hat in Krakau (Polen) einen neuen Rat, das jährliche Leitungsgremium des LWB, gewählt.

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Newly elected LWF Council members

Newly elected Council members stand to be recognized upon their election at the LWF Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

A new Council to govern the LWF communion 

19 SEP 2023 | The LWF has a new Council, its annual governing body, elected by the Thirteenth Assembly meeting in Kraków, Poland. 

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Newly elected LWF Council members

Newly elected Council members stand to be recognized upon their election at the LWF Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Un nuevo Consejo de gobierno para la comunión de la FLM

19 SEP 20123 | La FLM tiene un nuevo Consejo, su órgano rector que se reúne anualmente, elegido por la Decimotercera Asamblea reunida en Cracovia (Polonia).   

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Newly elected LWF Council members

Newly elected Council members stand to be recognized upon their election at the LWF Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Un nouveau Conseil pour gouverner la communion de la FLM

19 SEP 20123 | The LWF has a new Council, its annual governing body, elected by the Thirteenth Assembly meeting in Kraków, Poland. 

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Youth lead a climate march through the venue

Begleitet von jungen Menschen, die für ihren bevorstehenden Dienst in der weltweiten Gemeinschaft beten, werden die neu gewählten LWB-Ratsmitglieder im Rahmen des Abschlussgottesdienstes der Dreizehnten Vollversammlung des Lutherischen Weltbundes (LWB) in ihr neues Amt eingeführt. Sie fand vom 13. bis 19. September 2023 in Krakau (Polen) unter dem Thema „Ein Leib, Ein Geist, Eine Hoffnung“ statt. Foto: LWB/Albin Hillert

Gesandt, „allen Menschen das Evangelium der Versöhnung zu verkündigen“

20 SEP 2023 | Im Abschlussgottesdienst der Dreizehnten Vollversammlung, in dessen Rahmen auch der neue Rat offiziell in sein Amt eingeführt wurde, betonte LWB-Generalsekretärin Burghardt die Berufung, „allen Menschen das Evangelium der Versöhnung zu verkündigen“ und eine „vertrauenswürdige Welt aufzubauen“.

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Youth lead a climate march through the venue

Youth lead a climate march through the venue during the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Thirteenth Assembly, held in Krakow, Poland on 13-19 September 2023 under the theme of 'One Body, One Spirit, One Hope'. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Sent to “bring the gospel of reconciliation to all people”

20 SEP 2023 | At the closing worship of the Thirteenth Assembly and installation of a new Council, LWF General Secretary Burghardt emphasized the call to "bring the gospel of reconciliation to all people” and build “a trustworthy world.”

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“There is one body, one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called” – Ephesians 4:4