1 JUN 2023 | LWF invites media to report from the Thirteenth LWF Assembly in Krakow, Poland. Accreditation is now open, the deadline for journalists who wish to attend in-person is June 10.

8 SEP 2023 | More than a thousand participants from around the global Lutheran communion will be gathering in Krakow, Poland, over the coming week for the opening of the LWF Thirteenth Assembly.

13 SEP 2023 | Over 1,000 people joined the opening worship of The LWF Thirteenth Assembly, hosted by the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland at Krakow’s ICE Congress Centre from 13 to 19 September.

13 SEP 2023 | In his address on the opening day of LWF’s Thirteenth Assembly in Kraków, LWF President Musa looked back at key challenges and signs of hope over his years in office.

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. 

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.” 

14 SEP 2023 | In his report to LWF’s Thirteenth Assembly in Kraków, the finance committee chairperson highlighted income growth and a proactive approach to managing the organization’s finances. 

15 SEP 2023 | As a communion of churches, we are called “to keep the Body together, be it the unity of churches, [or] be it defending human bodies from violence and dominance.” In the first of three plenary sessions exploring the theme of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Thirteenth Assembly, “One Body, One Spirit, One Hope,” Indonesian theologian Rev. Dr Benny Sinaga spoke about the many ways in which human bodies are broken and suffer from hunger, conflict, discrimination, and oppression.

15 SEP 2023 | A visit to the former concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau on day three of the LWF Assembly in Kraków marks a key moment for delegates to reflect on the theme of “One Body, One Spirit, One Hope.” 

16 SEP 2023 | Call to unity requires openness, respect and recognition of common goal, Ethiopian seminary president Rev. Dr Bruk Ayele Asale tells participants at Kraków Assembly