Global Young Reformers Network
Encouraging youth engagement for climate justice action

Call for small-scale climate justice projects in member churches
Encouraging youth engagement for climate justice action
12 April 2021
Call for small-scale climate justice projects in member churches
El Salvador: Climate education and climate action go hand in hand
29 March 2021
Youth lead project to improve environment and food security
Serbia: Apple trees as a sign of faith and creation
15 March 2021
Youth-led climate project contributes to biodiversity conservation and environmental awareness
Small-scale climate justice projects: Call to youth in member churches
13 November 2020
Empowering young people to advocate for climate justice (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) calls for small-scale climate projects initiated and led by youth, i.e. persons aged 30 or younger. Proposals are invited until 6 December. Each project should ...
Argentina: LWF Youth leads reforestation mission
20 October 2020
Church mission launches campaign to plant 180 thousand trees
COVID-19: Adopt an Economy of Life, urge global Christian organizations
15 May 2020
Coronavirus pandemic a prophetic moment (LWI) – The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a new urgency to adopting an “Economy of Life.” Global Christian organizations that represent millions of people across the world are calling for action during a “prophetic ...
Working together for justice, peace and reconciliation
15 May 2020
LWF publishes 2019 Annual Report
“We must hear the cry of the Earth”
13 December 2019
Latin American participants share COP25 experience (LWI) - As COP25 in Madrid is set to draw to a close, representatives of Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Latin America summarize their experiences of what has been a challenging two weeks ...
Faith communities mobilize in Madrid on eve of COP25
2 December 2019
Interfaith service and dialogue set tone for fortnight ahead   (LWI) – Gathering at the Iglesia de Jesús in central Madrid, representatives of various religious traditions met on 1 December to pray and dialogue together in view of an intense agenda ahead, ...
Climate finance: A moral challenge
21 December 2018
After listening to a plenary discussion at the United Nations climate change negotiations in Katowice, Poland, I realized not only the moral challenge of climate change, but also the moral challenge of our policies in addressing this dire issue.
Are we constructing or destructing the future?
20 December 2018
We, as faith communities, and as the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), are still very much hopeful of a better future, a future that’s safe and secure for all creation. We are currently in the context where, on a daily basis, we ask ourselves if we still ...
The down-to-earth truth: Troubling times on Lake Toba
20 December 2018
The idea of “climate change” rings ‘commonsensically’ familiar to subsistence farmers on Samosir Island of Lake Toba in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province. The expression conveying climate change in the local language of Toba Batak—“tingki na ...
A strong basis to implement climate agreement but the poor have been left behind
18 December 2018
LWF Youth Secretary says COP 24 outcome lacks commitment to the most marginalized (LWI) - Negotiations at the United Nations (UN) climate conference in Katowice, Poland, have resulted in guidelines that “provide a strong basis to implement the Paris Agreement, ...
On the way to COP24 in Poland
20 November 2018
Youth delegate Helena Funk visits UN Church Center and GreenFaith in New York
Participation, encounter, enthusiasm
14 November 2018
VELKD Synod raises issue of youth participation (LWI) – The 2018 General Synod of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD) has made proposals for the participation of youth and young adults in its member churches and governing bodies.
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