A beautiful venue for an Assembly of hope

(LWI) - “We have worked together online, but now we were able to visit the sites in Krakow, so that we can prepare the program even better,” said Bishop Dr Tamas Fabiny, Chair of…

Read about the history of the Lutheran church in Poland and its work in an increasingly secular society through the pages of this new brochure, introducing the host church of the upcoming LWF Assembly in Krakow

A visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and museum during LWF’s Thirteenth Assembly will be “a call to action to stand together, wherever people’s dignity is being violated.”

Three Pre-Assemblies in Poland provide spaces for delegates to discuss shared challenges and shape priorities to bring to 13 to 19 September Assembly 

Participants gather for LWF Youth Pre-Assembly in Wisła Malinka, Poland. LWF member church representatives reflect on Thirteenth assembly theme, intercultural communication and youth priorities.

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

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”.

The LWF Assembly choir lifts up the spirit of the journeys in the main auditorium of the ICE Congress Centre in Kraków, Poland. The choir and the musicians are a global composition from all continents, all regions and many languages.

Ecumenical leaders meet together in Krakow, as Lutherans and Catholics present a joint statement looking forward to the 500^th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession which sought “to maintain the unity of the church.”