wfn.org | LWI 2009-046 LWF General Secretary Says Quest for Daily Bread Is Also a Spiritual Issue

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LWF General Secretary Says Quest for Daily Bread Is Also a
Spiritual Issue 
"What Is Enough? Perspectives on Food Security and Sovereignty"
- Special LWI Edition and LWF Sunday 

GENEVA, 12 August 2009 (LWI) - The General Secretary of the
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has urged Lutherans around the
world to challenge systems that keep nearly one billion people
hungry.

"The quest for 'daily bread' is not only a deep ethical, moral
and theological question but also an existential and spiritual
challenge for our worldwide family of Lutheran churches," says
Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko. 

Noko's remarks are in the foreword of an LWF publication
focusing on the moral and practical concerns of the global food
security crisis and the challenge it offers Lutheran ministries
around the world, especially in view of the organization’s
upcoming assembly.

"What is Enough? Perspectives on Food Security and Sovereignty"
is the title of a special edition of Lutheran World Information
(LWI No. 05/2009) published to support reflections on the LWF
Eleventh Assembly theme, "Give Us Today Our Daily Bread." The
assembly, the organization's highest decision-making body, will
be held from 20 to 27 July 2010 in Stuttgart, Germany. 

Contributions to the LWI edition portray the need for just food
systems around the world and illustrate how Lutherans are
resisting unfair systems while assisting those in need. 

In the 24-page publication, authors from different world
regions, including countries in which the LWF is represented,
offer perspectives on food security, education, climate change,
land rights and advocacy. 

The publication includes LWF Sunday 2009 liturgical material as
well as biblical and theological reflections on what it means to
gather around the table and celebrate God's abundance. This
material can be adapted for LWF Sunday, marked annually on or
around Reformation Sunday, to celebrate the diversity of LWF's
membership worldwide. 

In addition to the English and German language versions, the LWF
Sunday material is available in French and Spanish. See the LWF
Web site at:
http://www.lutheranworld.org/Essentials/LWF-Sunday.html#LWF_Sunday_2009

A low-resolution PDF file of LWI No. 05/2009 is available at:
http://www.lutheranworld.org/What_We_Do/OCS/LWI-2009-PDF/LWI-200905-EN-low.pdf

To order copies, please contact Ms Colette Muanda:
cmu@lutheranworld.org  

More information about the upcoming LWF Assembly is available
at: http://www.lutheranworld.org/Assembly2010.html (357 words)

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