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Discontented U.S. Lutherans to form new church body
Posted by: LWF Asia on Thursday, September 02, 2010 | Read 28 times
New York (ENI). AUG 25 - Dissatisfied members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are forming a new church body they say will "uphold confessional principles" after disagreements on issues such as the ordination of clergy in committed same-sex relationships. The new body is to be called the North American Lutheran Church and is scheduled to be formed at a 26-27 August meeting in Grove City, Ohio. In 2009, the ELCA agreed to change its denominational rules to "open the ministry of the church to gay and lesbian pastors and other professional workers living in committed relationships".
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ALN52 Released!
Posted by: LWF-Asia on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 | Read 80 times
Dear Readers
ALN52 is a SPECIAL edition on the highlights of the LWF Eleventh Assembly in Stuttgart, Germany, July 20-27, 2010. Download for your reading pleasure by clicking on the newsletter (right). We will be printing this special issue in colour. If you are not on our mailing list for hard copy and would like one for this issue, please write to slk@lutheranworld.org View more photographs of the Assembly by clicking on "Photos" (left column of website)- for registered members only. ALN Team 19
LWF Provides Disaster Relief in Pakistan
Posted by: LWI on Thursday, August 19, 2010 | Read 83 times
 World Service Workers to Support ACT Alliance ResponseGENEVA, 18 August 2010 (LWI) – Two Lutheran World Federation (LWF) disaster relief specialists have been deployed to Pakistan to assist the ACT Alliance in providing emergency assistance to the victims of the flooding that has devastated the country in recent weeks. Bed Bahadur Thapa and Netra Prasad Subedi, currently working with the LWF Department for World Service (DWS) program in Nepal, will arrive in Pakistan soon, said Dr. Colette Bouka-Coula, DWS acting director. Accordingly to ACT Alliance, floods across Pakistan triggered by monsoon rain have killed 1,600 people, forced 2 million from their homes and disrupted the lives of one in eight Pakistanis. 12
LWF Eleventh Assembly - Message & Actions
Posted by: LWF-Asia on Thursday, August 12, 2010 | Read 186 times
 The LWF Eleventh Assembly Message and Consolidated Report of Actions are now available under "Assembly Documents" at the LWF Assembly website: www.lwf-assembly.orgAssembly Message: In a time of “grabbing and keeping,” we once again become aware that true humanity is found in receiving and sharing ... 06
LWF Vacancy Announcement: Area Secretary for Asia & the Middle East
Posted by: LWF-OP on Friday, August 06, 2010 | Read 173 times
Position: Area Secretary for Asia and the Middle East, Department for Mission and Development (DMD)
(Deadline for application extended to August 27) Reports to: Director for Mission and Development (DMD) Place of Assignment: Geneva, Switzerland Starting Date: 1 January 2011 Duration of contract: Initial contract of 4 years Required Qualifications: (click link) 05
LWF Eleventh Assembly concludes in joyful worship
Posted by: LWI on Thursday, August 05, 2010 | Read 145 times
 “We Recognize the Obligation of Feeding the World Physically and Spiritually”STUTTGART, Germany, 27 July 2010 – Participants in the Eleventh Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) celebrated the end of the meeting in a closing eucharistic service today in Stuttgart’s Stiftskirche. During the 20-27 July meeting of the highest decision-making body of the LWF, delegates discussed issues of concern in church and society under the theme, “Give Us Today Our Daily Bread.” The highlights are contained in the Assembly Message, in which delegates summarized the actions they intend to take as a result of their deliberations during the meeting. “The sacramental sharing of bread and wine obliges us to care for the daily bread of our societies,” states the message. “As a communion of small and large churches, we recognize that we fulfil the obligation of feeding the world physically and spiritually in various ways.” 04
LWF General Secretary-Elect Addresses the Assembly
Posted by: LWI on Wednesday, August 04, 2010 | Read 192 times
 “I learnt to hold on to values – justice, human dignity, non-violence, tolerance”TUTTGART, Germany, 26 July 2010 – Growing up in Chile under the rule of a military dictatorship and suffering the resulting losses of freedom “profoundly shaped” the values of the General Secretary-elect of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). In an address to the LWF Eleventh Assembly today, Rev. Martin Junge said that during his formative years, he “learnt to hold on to values – justice, human dignity, non-violence, tolerance – which the political and social contexts were belying almost daily.” Junge said that words from the pulpit affirmed these values in the people of his home church, inspired them to have hope, to develop “that evangelical stubbornness that leads to creative resistance,” and liberated in them the energy “to turn to their neighbors who were suffering from persecution, hunger, illness and from the loss of their rights.” The story of his faith journey reveals that he understands the mission of the church holistically, the General Secretary-elect said. “I believe that proclamation, diakonia and prophetic presence in society (advocacy) belong intrinsically together. They all influence each other in a process of transformation.” 04
Young Leaders Offer Themselves as Gifts
Posted by: LWI on Wednesday, August 04, 2010 | Read 158 times
 Youth Call on LWF to Address Issues of Sustainability, Gender Justice and LWF’s VisibilitySTUTTGART, Germany, 23 July 2010 – “We young people offer our enthusiasm, energy and networking skills to assist in raising the profile and visibility of the LWF,” declared youth delegates to the Eleventh Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Assembly as they concluded a creative, colorful and offered themselves as gifts to the communion. “We ask only for the opportunity and the forums to do this.” The presentation summarized the three issues identified as “important and urgent” by the LWF Pre-Assembly Youth Conference held in Dresden, Germany, 10-17 July 2010. Calling for priority on the issues of sustainability, gender injustice and the role of the youth in enhancing the visibility of the LWF, youth noted their dismay of “the lack of knowledge and awareness of the LWF, its role and its work in our own churches and communities.” In offering themselves as gifts to the communion, they said in order to be “active and constructive participants” in the life of the LWF, young Lutherans must be given opportunities, resources and information in order to better understand the communion’s structures and processes, they said. 04
Women Delegation Asks Assembly to Address Injustices
Posted by: LWI on Wednesday, August 04, 2010 | Read 118 times
 Women Identify Human Trafficking, Women in Leadership, and Poverty as Issues for AttentionSTUTTGART, Germany, 23 July 2010 – Human trafficking, leadership by women in churches and society, and unequal food distribution have emerged as key issues for women around the world, according to the presentation on behalf of women at the Eleventh Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). These issues were identified in the Women’s Pre-Assembly meeting and regional meetings as requiring action by the LWF. Human Trafficking Rev. Selma Chen of The Lutheran Church of Taiwan told the Assembly that at least 27 million people — women, men, and children — are being trafficked worldwide, within their own countries and across borders. Rev. Annika Laats of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church added that in “our own backyards,” people are being exploited and are being forced to work for little or no pay. 30
LWF Vice President for Asia is Ms Eun-hae Kwon, South Korea
Posted by: LWI on Friday, July 30, 2010 | Read 229 times
 New LWF Council Holds its First MeetingSTUTTGART, Germany/GENEVA, 30 July 2010 (LWI) – A new treasurer and seven vice presidents for The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) were elected by the LWF Council meeting in Stuttgart (Germany) 28-29 July, two days after the LWF Eleventh Assembly closed its business. The LWF council, also newly-elected at the Assembly, was led by Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. The bishop was elected LWF President at the Assembly. Click to see the full list + Council members from the various regions ... 29
Lutherans Take Historic Step in Asking for Forgiveness from Mennonites
Posted by: LWI on Thursday, July 29, 2010 | Read 166 times
 Assembly Participates in Powerful Service of RepentanceSTUTTGART, Germany, 22 July 2010 – In what Bishop Mark S. Hanson, President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), described as possibly “the most significant legacy this Assembly will leave,” the Eleventh Assembly of the LWF today took the historic step of asking the Mennonites for forgiveness for past persecutions. Delegates unanimously approved a statement calling Lutherans to express their regret and sorrow for past wrongdoings towards Anabaptists and asking for forgiveness. Hanson described the act of repentance and reconciliation as “communion building and communion defining. “We will not just look back; we will also look towards together to God’s promised future.” 24
Palestinian Bishop Elected President of the Lutheran World Federation
Posted by: LWF Assembly on Saturday, July 24, 2010 | Read 180 times
 Bishop Munib A. Younan is a Passionate Campaigner for Peace and Inter-Faith Dialogue in the Middle EastSTUTTGART, Germany, 24 July 2010 – Bishop Munib A. Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has been elected President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) by the Eleventh Assembly here, a gathering of 418 delegates and others from the LWF member churches. 23
Five Churches in Asia Join LWF
Posted by: LWI on Friday, July 23, 2010 | Read 160 times
Membership Reaches 145 Churches and 70.1 Million Members
STUTTGART, Germany, 21 July 2010 – Five new churches, all of them in Asia, have joined the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). The LWF Council approved their admission at its meeting 18-20 July. Three of the new churches are from Myanmar: the Lutheran Church of Myanmar, founded in 1995 with 1,620 members; the Myanmar Lutheran Church, founded in 1998, with 2,150 members; and The Mara Evangelical Church, founded in 1984, with 21,573 members. Also joining the LWF membership were the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in India, founded in 2007, with 15,400 members; and the Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church of Nepal, established in 1943, with 676 members. The five new churches bring the number of LWF member churches to 145 in 79 countries. LWF member churches now have a combined membership of 70.1 million (70,094,735). 23
Ecumenical Greetings
Posted by: LWI on Friday, July 23, 2010 | Read 143 times
 “Lutherans and Catholics Can No Longer Afford Our Differences”Walter Cardinal Kasper said that “Lutheran-Catholic relations have been since the beginning of our international dialogue … in my heart and will remain in my heart.” He said that the 1999 signing of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification was “a milestone of the ecumenical movement.” 23
“It is Time to Restructure”
Posted by: LWI on Friday, July 23, 2010 | Read 137 times
 Good Stewardship Demands Secretariat Changes: LWF TreasurerSTUTTGART, Germany, 21 July 2010 (LWI) – There has been a positive development in the Lutheran World Federation’s (LWF) membership fees, LWF Treasurer Mr Peter Stoll said in his report to the Eleventh Assembly. Since the 2003Assembly in Winnipeg, Canada, fees have increased from USD 2.6 million to USD 3.2 million in 2009. Nevertheless, there are still churches “in the North as well as in the South” that do not pay their membership fees, Stoll said. Although the financial situation of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is stable, efforts must be increased in order to secure its future in the longer term. Funds in the Endowment Fund, founded in 1999 with a long-term target of CHF 50 million, amounted to almost CHF 12 million at the end of 2009. The next goal is to reach CHF 20 million by 2017. Now is the time to financially restructure the LWF headquarters, said Stoll. All departments have faced financial deficits, he said, urging efforts to achieve balanced budgets. The Treasurer asked the Assembly to consider decentralizing the headquarters in order to “create more synergy with the resources of the member churches and regions,” and restructuring the seven LWF regions and all the departments of the LWF offices in Geneva, Switzerland, where the organization has been located since it was founded in 1947. |
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