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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

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Top line, left to right: LWF Assembly youth delegate Gregnan Maiye Kua from Papua New Guinea; Phiona Uwase from the Lutheran Church of Rwanda; Bishop Semko Koroza, Evangelical Reformed Church of Poland; Elizabeth Johnson from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Bottom line, left to right: Annika Juurikka: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland; Bishop Sageus Keib from Namibia; Rutendo Gora from South Africa; Rev. Witness Maratu from Tanzania. Photos (1-6): Esther Williams, (7-8) Erick A. KPhoto: LWF

Top line, left to right: LWF Assembly youth delegate Gregnan Maiye Kua from Papua New Guinea; Phiona Uwase from the Lutheran Church of Rwanda; Bishop Semko Koroza, Evangelical Reformed Church of Poland; Elizabeth Johnson from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Bottom line, left to right: Annika Juurikka: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland; Bishop Sageus Keib from Namibia; Rutendo Gora from South Africa; Rev. Witness Maratu from Tanzania. Photos (1-6): Esther Williams, (7-8) Erick A. Kinyanguli. Photo: LWF

Different cultures, under one theme

LWF Council holds its last meeting before Kraków Assembly elects a new governing body.

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13 Sep 2023
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Opening worship

Opening worship is celebrated as Lutherans from around the globe gather for the LWF Thirteenth Assembly, held in Krakow, Poland on 13-19 September 2023 under the theme of ’One Body, One Spirit, One Hope’. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Vibrant song, words of hope mark Assembly opening worship

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13 Sep 2023
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LWF Thirteenth Assembly schedule EN

Program

Joint exploration and engagement with the theme “One Body, One Spirit, One Hope” is at the heart of the Assembly program. Assembly participants will explore together what it means to be one body, one spirit, one hope, with unity in diversity as…

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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt presents her report to the Thirteenth Assembly of the LWF in Krakow, Poland. LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt presents her report to the Thirteenth Assembly of the LWF in Krakow, Poland. LWF/Albin Hillert

Burghardt: In communion, God transforms despair into hope

14 SEP 2023 | LWF General Secretary outlines priorities and progress of the global communion of churches over six years since the previous Assembly in Namibia in 2017. 

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Tomáš Halík

Mons. Prof. Dr Tomáš Halík from Czech Republic delivered the keynote address at the Lutheran World Federation Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Halík: Christianity stands on threshold of new Reformation

14 SEP 2023 | LWF Assembly keynote speaker Tomáš Halík calls for a new 21st century reformation that can transcend traditional Christian boundaries to promote “culture of spiritual discernment.” 

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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt presents her report to the Thirteenth Assembly of the LWF in Krakow, Poland. LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt presents her report to the Thirteenth Assembly of the LWF in Krakow, Poland. LWF/Albin Hillert

Rev. Dra. Anne Burghardt: en comunión, Dios transforma la desesperación en esperanza

14 SEP 2023 | La secretaria general de la FLM expone las prioridades y los avances de la comunión mundial de iglesias en los seis años transcurridos desde la Asamblea anterior, celebrada en Namibia en 2017.

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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt presents her report to the Thirteenth Assembly of the LWF in Krakow, Poland. LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt presents her report to the Thirteenth Assembly of the LWF in Krakow, Poland. LWF/Albin Hillert

Burghardt: In der Gemeinschaft verwandelt Gott Verzweiflung in Hoffnung

14 SEP 2023 | LWB-Generalsekretärin blickt auf Schwerpunkte und Fortschritte der weltweiten Kirchengemeinschaft in den sechs Jahren seit der letzten Vollversammlung in Namibia 2017 zurück.

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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt presents her report to the Thirteenth Assembly of the LWF in Krakow, Poland. LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt presents her report to the Thirteenth Assembly of the LWF in Krakow, Poland. LWF/Albin Hillert

Burghardt : En communion, Dieu transforme le désespoir en espérance

14 SEP 2023 | La secrétaire générale de la FLM présente les priorités et les avancées de la communion mondiale des Églises au cours des six années qui se sont écoulées depuis la dernière Assemblée en Namibie en 2017.

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Tomáš Halík

Prof. Tomáš Halík vor den Delegierten der Dreizehnten LWB-Vollversammlung in Krakau (Polen). Foto: LWB/Albin Hillert

Halík: Das Christentum steht vor einer neuen Reformation

14 SEP 2023 | Hauptredner bei LWB-Vollversammlung Tomáš Halík ruft zu einer Reformation im 21. Jahrhundert auf, die traditionelle Grenzen des Christentums überschreiten und eine Kultur der geistlichen Urteilskraft fördern soll.

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Tomáš Halík

Prof. Tomáš Halík dirigiéndose a las personas que participan en la Decimotercera Asamblea de la FLM en Cracovia (Polonia). Fotografía: FLM/Albin Hillert

Tomáš Halík: El cristianismo se encuentra en el umbral de una nueva Reforma

14 SEP 2023 | El orador principal de la Asamblea de la FLM, Tomáš Halík, hace un llamado a una nueva reforma en el siglo XXI que pueda trascender las fronteras cristianas tradicionales para promover una “cultura de discernimiento espiritual”.

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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