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The LWF communion in Europe includes 43 member churches in 25 countries, with a combined membership of 36.7 million at the end of 2010. Eleven churches have a membership over 500,000 and 12 churches have fewer than 25,000 members.
The Nordic region is one of three LWF regions in Europe.
Communion in the Nordic Countries
The Nordic member churches have always felt close to one another geographically and culturally. Through the Porvoo Agreement, many of the region’s churches share a specific basis for and perspective of ecumenical cooperation, through which the LWF communion shows itself as being open to and inspiring for ecumenical existence and activity.
Meeting regularly within the Lutheran family of the region, the churches reassure each other of their identity, so that ecumenical activities directed at making visible the wider communion of the Church in its various Denominations can be undertaken even more decisively. Through close relationships with Lutheran Member churches in the Baltic region, interregional communion is expressed on a permanent basis.
LWF Regions | Central Eastern Europe | Central Western Europe | Member Church Directory
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Norwegian Church to Support Constitutional Proposal to Change Relations with State Structures
Structures have implications for identity, says LWF General Secretary Junge
LWF General Secretary Urges Active Church Involvement in Global Issues
European Church Leaders Meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic/GENEVA, 16 May 2012 (LWI) – Churches must be global citizens addressing issues that can only be tackled at the worldwide level, Rev. Martin Junge, general secretary of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) told Lutheran leaders from Europe.
Norwegian Church to Support Constitutional Proposal to Change Relations with State Structures
Structures Have Implications for Identity, Says LWF General Secretary Junge
OSLO, Norway/GENEVA, 27 April 2012 (LWI) – The process has started in Norway to end a 500-year state-church tradition of the King/Government appointing bishops. A constitutional change in May 2012 will shift the responsibility for the appointment of bishops of Church of Norway from the state to the church.
Workshop to Launch Diaconal Reconfiguration Process in Europe
Community Diakonia as Response to Economic Insecurity
GENEVA, 6 December 2011 (LWI) – A group of Lutherans from different parts of Europe is converging on Helsinki for a three-day workshop on re-forming community diakonia in the region.
Lutherans Worldwide Are Allies in Quest for Mutual Understanding, Church of Norway Told
Helga Haugland Byfuglien Installed as Presiding Bishop
GENEVA, 7 October 2011 (LWI) – The President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan has pledged the support of Lutherans in Norway’s fight against hate, two and a half months after the shocking attack on Norway.
“Being there for the whole population”
Voices from the LWF member churches in Norway
Geneva, 5 August 2011 (LWI) – A good two weeks after the attacks in Oslo and Utøya many Norwegians and the Church of Norway are overwhelmed by the great expressions of solidarity that have come in from all over the world. During these days of mourning and grief the church has assumed a special role and thus made it easier for many Norwegians to cope with their pain.
Shock and Horror at Attacks in Norway
LWF prays for victims and expresses its solidarity
Geneva, 24 July 2011 (LWI) – The President and General Secretary of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) have reacted with shock and horror to the attacks in Norway’s capital, Oslo, and on the island of Utøya.
Europe’s Lutheran Churches Challenged to Have Common Expression
Closer Relations between Regions Urged
LONDON, United Kingdom/GENEVA, 12 April 2011 (LWI) – At their regional consultation last week, delegates from The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Europe grappled with the question of how expressions of Lutheranism on the continent should look, with some emphasizing the need for new forms of collaboration and others urging caution about taking regionalism too far.
Emphasis on Lutheran Communion Response to Today’s Social Questions
Lutherans in Great Britain Host Delegates from LWF European Churches
LONDON, United Kingdom/GENEVA, 8 April 2011 (LWI) – The worldwide Lutheran communion has a mission to answer today’s social questions in light of the gospel, Bishop Frank O. July of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg, Germany, told Lutheran leaders from across Europe.
