The Lutheran World Federation communion in Africa kicked off its first in-person regional gathering in three years with a celebration of Eucharist during the opening worship at the Chapel of the Mekane Yesus Seminary (MYS) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 28 June.
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt concludes a week-long visit to the LWF World Service program in Uganda taking stock of what decades of service in the country has done, and continues to do, for refugees and host communities alike.
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt has arrived in Tanzania, for a week-long visit to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. The visit is the general secretary’s first to a member church in the Africa region since taking up her position in November 2021, and the program includes visits to a variety of programs and ministries of the