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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

    Overview of the host church, country, protocol and formalities requested of attendees, information about the visual identity of the Assembly, the way in which an Assembly is prepared, and extensive information on the pre-Assemblies

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    Messages from the Pre-Assemblies take up the theme of the Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Jotham Lee

    The Assembly theme, One Body, One Spirit, One Hope, reminds us that in a fragmented world, we are called to unity in the one body of Christ. The theme is drawn from Ephesians 4:4 (NRSV)

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    Thirteenth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation, Krakow, Poland, 13-19 September 2023, at the ICE center

    The Assembly program comprises a rich array of events: from the opening ceremony, worship, prayers, Bible study and visits, to plenary sessions and the business of the Assembly.

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The Assembly Planning Committee and Local Assembly Planning Committee visited key venues of the Assembly, including the ICE conference center and the Wawel castle where this photo is taken. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

The Assembly Planning Committee and Local Assembly Planning Committee visited key venues of the Assembly, including the ICE conference center and the Wawel castle where this photo is taken. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

LWF Assembly Planning Committee meets in Krakow

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…

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03 Nov 2021
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A view over the city of Krakow. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

A view over the city of Krakow. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF Assembly Visitors program guidelines

This document outlines the guidelines for the visitors program for participants attending the Assembly part or full time.

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Arrival - departures airport terminal

Arrival - departures airport terminal

Travel Arrangements to LWF Assembly Krakow Poland

This document details procedures and information for travel arrangements to the Assembly.

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Visa information and documents

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Visa information to enter Poland for the Assembly

This document provides background information on the visa (Schengen) application process to enter Poland for the Assembly to assist participants as

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Subsidy request form cover photo

Subsidy request form cover photo

Subsidy Request Form

Download and complete the application form to request a subsidy as outlined by the policy on subsidizing costs of Assembly delegates.

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Der Eingang zum ehemaligen Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau. Foto: LWB/A. Danielsson

The entrance to the Auschwitz-Birkenau former concentration camp. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Auschwitz visit a key event at Krakow Assembly

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.”

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30 Aug 2023
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Participants of the Women’s Pre-Assembly in Wrocław, Poland, after the opening worship. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert 

Participants of the Women’s Pre-Assembly in Wrocław, Poland, after the opening worship. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert 

Serving the church as equals

Women’s Pre-Assembly begins in Wrocław, Poland

(LWI) - In the days leading up to the Thirteenth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), 107 women, both lay and ordained, from across the world gathered in Wrocław, Poland, for the…

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09 Sep 2023
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Delegates from the Men’s Pre-Assembly in Krakow, Poland

Delegates from across the LWF’s seven regions take part in the first Men’s Pre-Assembly in Krakow, Poland. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

Men’s Pre-Assembly highlights values of humility and hope

A first ever Pre-Assembly of men stresses need for servant leadership and listening to the voice of the Spirit

(LWI) - Men from around the seven regions of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) met together in Krakow on 11 September for…

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12 Sep 2023
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Members of the outgoing LWF Council, together with the President and General Secretary

Members of the outgoing LWF Council, together with the President and General Secretary Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF Council looks back on journey from Windhoek to Kraków

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

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12 Sep 2023
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Top line, left to right: LWF Assembly youth delegate Gregnan Maiye Kua from Papua New Guinea; Phiona Uwase from the Lutheran Church of Rwanda; Bishop Semko Koroza, Evangelical Reformed Church of Poland; Elizabeth Johnson from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Bottom line, left to right: Annika Juurikka: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland; Bishop Sageus Keib from Namibia; Rutendo Gora from South Africa; Rev. Witness Maratu from Tanzania. Photos (1-6): Esther Williams, (7-8) Erick A. KPhoto: LWF

Top line, left to right: LWF Assembly youth delegate Gregnan Maiye Kua from Papua New Guinea; Phiona Uwase from the Lutheran Church of Rwanda; Bishop Semko Koroza, Evangelical Reformed Church of Poland; Elizabeth Johnson from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Bottom line, left to right: Annika Juurikka: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland; Bishop Sageus Keib from Namibia; Rutendo Gora from South Africa; Rev. Witness Maratu from Tanzania. Photos (1-6): Esther Williams, (7-8) Erick A. Kinyanguli. Photo: LWF

Different cultures, under one theme

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

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13 Sep 2023

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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