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Lutheran World Federation (LWF) News

LWF Congratulates Palestinian Lutheran Pastor Raheb for German Media Prize

February 24, 2012 by communications coordinator

Promotion of tolerance and mutual respect starts at an early age at the ELCJHL-run Dar al-Kalima Evangelical Lutheran School in Bethlehem where the student body is 40 percent Christian and 60 percent Muslim. © ELCJHL/Elizabeth McHan Junge Lauds Holy Land Church Support to Peace-building Institutions GENEVA, 24 February 2012 (Lutheran World Information) – The Lutheran … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) News Tagged: Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, Lutheran World Federation, LWF, Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb

Lutherans Are Living Witness, Says LWF President Younan

November 17, 2011 by communications coordinator

BUDAPEST, Hungary/GENEVA, 17 November 2011 (LWI) –Lutherans offer the world “a communion of hope” in the midst of multiple challenges, Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan, President of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), said during the opening worship of the 16-18 November LWF Meeting of Officers in Budapest, Hungary. Presiding Bishop Péter Gáncs of the Evangelical … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) News Tagged: Lutheran World Federation, LWF

Shock and Horror at Attacks in Norway

July 24, 2011 by communications coordinator

Floral tributes outside Oslo Cathedral © Gunnar Grøsland LWF prays for victims and expresses its solidarity Geneva, 24 July 2011 (LWI) – The President and General Secretary of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) have reacted with shock and horror to the attacks in Norway’s capital, Oslo, and on the island of Utøya. In a letter … [Read more…]

Posted in: Church of Norway (CoN) News, ELCJHL News, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) News Tagged: Death, Norway, Press Release

Carrying the Cross of Christ Together in Solidarity and Suffering

March 31, 2011 by communications coordinator

(l/r) LWF General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge and President Bishop Munib A. Younan present Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with a Liberian cross fashioned from spent bullet casings as a symbol of the concern for peace and justice shared by the two church communions. © LWF/K. Rieth LWF Leaders Visit Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople CONSTANTINOPLE, Istanbul/GENEVA, 31 … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) News Tagged: Ecumenical, General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge, Lutheran World Federation, LWF

LWF President Urges Churches to Remain Vibrant Witnesses

March 15, 2011 by communications coordinator

LWF President Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan and LWF General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge with delegates at the Asia Church Leadership Conference. Gift of Unity in Diversity in Asian Lutheran Communion KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia/GENEVA, 15 March (LWI) – Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan, president of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), appealed to LWF member churches … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) News Tagged: Asian Lutheran Communion, Lutheran World Federation, LWF

Bishop Younan speaks on the occasion of the first World Interfaith Harmony Week

February 4, 2011 by communications coordinator

JERUSALEM/GENEVA, 4 February 2011 (LWI) – Classroom and playing field activities at Talitha Kumi Evangelical Lutheran School in Beit Jala, West Bank, are an opportunity for Christian and Muslim students to grow and learn together. This is one of the four schools run by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and Holy Land (ELCJHL). In … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) News Tagged: Interfaith, UN World Interfaith Harmony Week

LWF President Younan Invites Pope Benedict XVI to Help Plan 500th Anniversary Commemoration

December 16, 2010 by communications coordinator

LWF President Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan, assisted by General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge, presents Pope Benedict XVI with a gift from Bethlehem depicting the Last Supper. Second from left is Vatican employee of the hall Francesco Cavaliere. (© Servizio Fotografico “L’Osservatore Romano”) VATICAN City, Vatican/GENEVA, 16 December 2010 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) News Tagged: Bishop Munib Younan, General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge, Lutheran World Federation, Lutheran-Catholic Relations, LWF

LWF President Younan leads LWF Delegation on visit with Pope Benedict XVI

December 15, 2010 by communications coordinator

GENEVA, 15 December 2010 (LWI) – Representatives of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) led by the president Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan will visit Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on 16 December. The seven-member delegation includes also the general secretary, Rev. Martin Junge and these regional vice presidents of the Lutheran communion elected at … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) News Tagged: Bishop Munib Younan, Lutheran World Federation, Lutheran-Catholic Relations, LWF

Bishop Younan Meets with German President Wulff

November 30, 2010 by communications coordinator

BEIT JALA, November 30, 2010 – German President Christian Wulff met with the Rev. Dr. Munib A. Younan, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) and President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) on his recent visit to Bethlehem. President Wulff and Bishop Younan together spent time visiting Talitha … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) News Tagged: Evangelical Lutheran Schools, Germany

LWF President Calls on Worldwide Communion to be Prophetic

November 26, 2010 by communications coordinator

GENEVA, 26 November 2010 (LWI) – The worldwide family of Lutherans must work together to serve and heal the broken world, Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan, president of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) said in a 25 November address in Geneva. “We are called to work to eradicate poverty, to be prophetic against injustice, to … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) News Tagged: Bishop Munib Younan, General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge, Lutheran World Federation, LWF
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