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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

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

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Kinga Marjatta Pap from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary is the Chairperson of the International Worship Planning Committee for the Assembly. Photo: private

Kinga Marjatta Pap from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary is the Chairperson of the International Worship Planning Committee for the Assembly. Photo: private

Ungarn: Glaubwürdiges Zeugnis in turbulenten Zeiten ablegen

Interview mit Kinga Marjatta Pap, Vorsitzende des Internationalen Planungsausschusses für die Gottesdienste während der Dreizehnten Vollversammlung

(LWI) – „Dass die weltweite Kirchengemeinschaft in der Region Mittel- und Osteuropa…

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22 Apr 2022
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Kinga Marjatta Pap from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary is the Chairperson of the International Worship Planning Committee for the Assembly. Photo: private

Kinga Marjatta Pap from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary is the Chairperson of the International Worship Planning Committee for the Assembly. Photo: private

Hungary: Sharing stories of credible witness in turbulent times

Voices from the Communion: Kinga Marjatta Pap, Chairperson of the Thirteenth Assembly International Worship Planning Committee

(LWI) – “Bringing the global communion to Central and Eastern Europe is a strong encouragement…

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22 Apr 2022
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Prayer, worship, and Bible study are central aspects of LWF’s Assembly life. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Prayer, worship, and Bible study are central aspects of LWF’s Assembly life. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Planungen für gottesdienstliches Leben während Dreizehnter Vollversammlung schreiten voran

Internationaler Planungsausschuss für die Gottesdienste tagt in Krakau, Polen

KRAKAU, Polen/GENF (LWI) – „Ein wichtiger Teil unseres Besuchs war es, den Kontakt zur gastgebenden Kirche aufzubauen“, sagte Kinga Marjatta Pap, die…

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23 Mar 2022
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Prayer, worship, and Bible study are central aspects of LWF’s Assembly life. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Prayer, worship, and Bible study are central aspects of LWF’s Assembly life. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Shaping the spiritual and community life of the Thirteenth Assembly

International Worship Planning Committee meets in Kraków, Poland

(LWI) – “Building contacts with the host church formed an important part of our visit,” said Kinga Marjatta Pap, chairperson of the International Worship…

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23 Mar 2022
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Assembly Jarmark

Delegates look at beautiful items produced by local groups of women at the Assembly Jarmark, a marketplace for ideas and partnerships. Photo: LWF/Marie Renaux

Crafts tell the story of church ministries in East and Central Africa

Assembly Jarmark offers an opportunity for the Lutheran Communion in Central and Eastern Africa to share how the ministries of churches in the region serve the community. 

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18 Sep 2023
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Lutherans from across the continent of Africa at the Africa pre-assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Lutherans from across the continent of Africa at the Africa pre-assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Afrika: Botschaft der vorbereitenden Konsultation betont Einheit und Bildung

Durch Bekräftigung der Prioritäten bei der Behandlung politischer, religiöser, sozialer und wirtschaftlicher Herausforderungen auf dem Kontinent verpflichten sich die Kirchen in Afrika dazu, sich „auf das zu konzentrieren, was uns vereint, nicht…

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24 May 2023
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Lutherans from across the continent of Africa at the Africa pre-assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Lutherans from across the continent of Africa at the Africa pre-assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Africa: Pre-Assembly message highlights unity, peace, and education

Churches in Africa commit to “focus on what unites us, not what divides us” as they affirm priorities for addressing political, religious, social and economic challenges on the continent.

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24 May 2023
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Cynthia Mimagu Harases of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in The Republic of Namibia shares a remark during a group conversation during the Africa pre-assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Cynthia Mimagu Harases of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in The Republic of Namibia shares a remark during a group conversation during the Africa pre-assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Afrika: Die prophetische Stimme der Kirche dringend nötig

Kirchenleitende besprechen die Arbeit der lutherischen Kirchen in Afrika, die vielfältigen Kontexte, ihre Freuden und Herausforderungen und bekräftigen die Bedeutung der prophetischen Stimme der Kirche.

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22 May 2023
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Cynthia Mimagu Harases of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in The Republic of Namibia shares a remark during a group conversation during the Africa pre-assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Cynthia Mimagu Harases of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in The Republic of Namibia shares a remark during a group conversation during the Africa pre-assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Africa: Prophetic voice of the church is urgently needed

Church leaders reflected on the work of Lutheran churches in Africa, their diverse contexts, joys and challenges, affirming the importance of the prophetic voice of the church.

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22 May 2023
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Bishop Naledzani Sikhwari of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In Southern Africa delivers a keynote lecture as Lutherans from across the continent of Africa gather in Nairobi for a regional, Africa pre-assembly to the LWF. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Bishop Naledzani Sikhwari of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In Southern Africa delivers a keynote lecture as Lutherans from across the continent of Africa gather in Nairobi for a regional, Africa pre-assembly to the LWF. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Afrika: Hoffnung auf sozialen Wandel neu entfachen

LWB-Generalsekretärin Burghardt und südafrikanische Bischöfin Sikhwari beleuchten auf der vorbereitenden Konsultation für Afrika das Vollversammlungsthema aus dem Blickwinkel von Einheit und Hoffnung.

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11 May 2023

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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