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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

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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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Rev. Dr Bruk Ayele

Rev. Dr Bruk Ayele, president of the Mekane Yesus seminary in Ethiopia speaks as part of a thematic plenary of the theme of 'One Spirit', at the LWF Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Asale: Nurturing unity of spirit in pursuit of common goal

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

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Rev. Dr Bruk Ayele

Pfarrer Dr. Bruk Ayele Asale, Leiter des Mekane-Yesus-Seminars in Äthiopien, spricht zu den Teilnehmenden der Dreizehnten LWB-Vollversammlung während der thematischen Plenarsitzung zum Thema „Ein Geist“. Foto: LWB/Albin Hillert

Asale: Die Einheit des Geistes stärken für ein gemeinsames Ziel

16 SEP 2023 | Der Ruf zur Einheit braucht Offenheit, Respekt und das Erkennen eines gemeinsamen Ziels, sagt der äthiopische Seminarleiter Pfarrer Dr. Bruk Ayele Asale, den Teilnehmenden der Vollversammlung in Krakau 

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Rev. Dr Bruk Ayele

Rev. Dr. Bruk Ayele Asale, presidente del Seminario Mekane Yesus de Etiopía, dirigiéndose a las personas que participaron en la Decimotercera Asamblea de la FLM durante la sesión plenaria temática sobre “Un Espíritu”. Foto: FLM/Albin Hillert

Rev. Dr. Bruk Ayele Asale: Alimentar la unidad del Espíritu en pos de un objetivo común

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

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Rev. Dr Bruk Ayele

Le pasteur Bruk Ayele Asale, président du séminaire Mekane Yesus en Éthiopie, devant les participant-es à la Treizième Assemblée de la FLM lors de la séance plénière thématique sur " Un seul Esprit ". Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Asale : Nourrir l'unité de l'Esprit en vue d'un objectif commun

16 SEP 2023 | L'appel à l'unité doit se faire dans l'ouverture, dans le respect et la reconnaissance d'un objectif commun, déclare le président du séminaire éthiopien, le pasteur Bruk Ayele Asale, aux participant-es de l'Assemblée de Cracovie.

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Marian Turski

Polish historian and journalist Marian Turski, a Holocaust survivor, shares his testimony with participants in the Thirteenth Assembly of the LWF, in Kraków, Poland. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Turski: Stop hate speech, antisemitism and xenophobia

Holocaust survivor Marian Turski addresses LWF’s Assembly in Kraków, urging delegates to combat hate speech and turn fear of strangers into empathy for “the other.”

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16 Sep 2023
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Rafael Malpica de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana de Estados Unidos de América (ELCA) en Chicago. Foto: Eugenio Albrecht

Rafael Malpica de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana de Estados Unidos de América (ELCA) en Chicago. Foto: Eugenio Albrecht

Trazando el significado de “Un cuerpo”

La Decimotercera Asamblea de la Federación Luterana Mundial (FLM) ha congregado a delegados de todo el mundo en Cracovia, Polonia, bajo el lema "Un cuerpo, un espíritu, una esperanza". En este contexto, dos participantes, Natan de Oliveira…

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16 Sep 2023
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Bischop Henrik Stubkjær, neu gewählter LWB-Präsident

The Thirteenth Assembly has elected Danish Bishop Henrik Stubkjær as the new LWF President. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Henrik Stubkjær elected new LWF President

16 SEP 2023 | Danish Bishop Henrik Stubkjær has been elected as the new President of the LWF to guide the global communion of churches over the coming years. A theologian, who is well known for his diaconal and ecumenical work, Stubkjær is currently serving as head of the diocese of Viborg in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark.

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Hopes and reflections on the Assembly, Top line, left to right: Carmen García, LWF/WS Colombia and Venezuela Program, and Joren Reichel, Protestant Church in the Netherlands. Bottom line, left to right: Nicole Ridegard, Church of Sweden, and Rev. Elina Bahalon Soren, Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church in India. Photo (1-3): LWF/Jeremiasz Ojrzyński, (4): LWF/Esther Williams

Hopes and reflections on the Assembly, Top line, left to right: Carmen García, LWF/WS Colombia and Venezuela Program, and Joren Reichel, Protestant Church in the Netherlands. Bottom line, left to right: Nicole Ridegard, Church of Sweden, and Rev. Elina Bahalon Soren, Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church in India. Photo (1-3): LWF/Jeremiasz Ojrzyński, (4): LWF/Esther Williams

Voices from the Thirteenth LWF Assembly

Around 1,000 participants are attending the 13 - 19 September LWF Assembly in Kraków, Poland. Lutheran World Information (LWI) gathered some impressions.

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16 Sep 2023
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Marian Turski

El historiador y periodista polaco Marian Turski, superviviente del Holocausto, comparte su testimonio con las personas que participan en la Decimotercera Asamblea de la FLM en Cracovia (Polonia). Foto: FLM/Albin Hillert

Marian Turski: Stop a la incitación al odio, el antisemitismo y la xenofobia

Marian Turski, superviviente del Holocausto, se dirigió a la Asamblea de la FLM en Cracovia e instó a los delegados y las delegadas a luchar contra la incitación al odio y convertir el miedo a los extranjeros en empatía hacia “el prójimo”.

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16 Sep 2023
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Bischop Henrik Stubkjær, neu gewählter LWB-Präsident

La Federación Luterana Mundial ha elegido al obispo danés Henrik Stubkjaer como el nuevo presidente. Foto: LWF/Albin Hillert

Henrik Stubkjær elected new LWF President

16 SEP 2023 | La FLM ha elegido al obispo danés Henrik Stubkjaer como el nuevo presidente que guiará a la comunión mundial de iglesias durante los próximos años. Se trata de un teólogo conocido por su labor diaconal y ecuménica que actualmente está al frente de la diócesis de Viborg en la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en Dinamarca.

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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