The 45 participants represented LWF member churches in the South Asia sub-region: NELC, and two churches in India that joined the LWF in 2025: the Bodo Evangelical Lutheran Church (BELC) and Manipur Evangelical Lutheran Church (MELC) of India. The workshop focused on foundational elements of L…
Through all of this runs an essential question posed to churches and Christians during Lent: what does it mean to walk toward the cross in this particular moment? Burghardt’s advice is to trust that even small steps may, like the mustard seed, grow and change the world — that transformative…
“Lent invites proximity — with God, with ourselves, and with realities we would rather avoid: our own complicity, strangers at the border, the suffering of the earth, systemic injustices, and fractured relationships,” said Rev. Dr. Anupama Hial, LWF Program Executive for Global Public Theology. “…
