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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

    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

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Assembly Worship

Reconciled and Renewed – Assembly Worship (including Bible Studies)

Worship and Bible study are integral to the LWF Thirteenth Assembly, which begins and ends with worship services with Holy Communion.

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Hope for the Future - A Study Document for Renewing Jewish-Christian Relations

Hope for the Future - A Study Document for Renewing Jewish-Christian Relations

Hope for the Future

A Study Document for Renewing Jewish-Christian Relations

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Global Commemoration of the 500 years of Reformation. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Global Commemoration of the 500 years of Reformation. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Assembly: Worshiping in unity and hope

Embracing the "One Body, One Spirit, One Hope" Assembly theme, worship at the Assembly will invite global participants to find strength in unity and celebrate the diversity of the Lutheran Communion. Tom Witt, LWF Assembly Worship Coordinator…

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04 Aug 2023
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Village groups during the LWF Twelfth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Village groups during the LWF Twelfth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano

Assembly: Village groups will explore the theme in community

The village groups at the Thirteenth Assembly will bring together participants in discussion about the Assembly theme, offering diverse perspectives from the global communion. LWF’s Katariina Kiilunen, and Chad Rimmer share insights into the…

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20 Jul 2023
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General Secretary of the Council of Churches in Malaysia, Rev. Jonathan Jesudas, addressing the delegates of the Asia Pre-Assembly. Photo: LWF/Jotham Lee

General Secretary of the Council of Churches in Malaysia, Rev. Jonathan Jesudas, addressing the delegates of the Asia Pre-Assembly. Photo: LWF/Jotham Lee

Asia: Witnessing to Christ in a minority context in Malaysia

The General Secretary of the Council of Churches in Malaysia spoke to the delegates of the Asia Pre-Assembly, explaining the current situation of the Christian minority in the country and how it strives to give credible witness in the public…

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21 Jun 2023
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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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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 

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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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“There is one body, one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called” – Ephesians 4:4