Mit Leib und Seele

Wiebke Zimmermann talks with Isabella Reimann Gnas. She is a newly elected Council member of the Lutheran World Federation and the Vice President of the LWF region Latin America and Caribbean. They speak about the election, topics for the term of office, and Isabella's youth leadership in her home church, the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil.

Lena Nickels talks with Celly Manirakoze and Boy Situmorang about the three priorities that the youth decided on during the Youth Pre-Assembly in Wisla Malinka and presented at the LWF Assembly in Krakow this September. They emphasize how important youth leadership and intergenerational justice are and what they actually imply. Another priority is inclusive churches – in regard of languages and disabilities.

Rebecca Treimer talks with Marta Zachraj-Mikołajczyk and Paweł Mikołajczyk about the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland. They introduce listeners to their church and some current developments in it. Since the church will host the assembly of the Lutheran World Federation next month Assembly one of the exciting tasks at the moment is how to welcome members of the LWF from all around the world. Marta and Paweł also talk about their pastoral work for more equality and inclusiveness in Poland and their church.

Rebecca Lühmann speaks with Savanna Sullivan about youth leadership in the church, how young people can be empowered, what their priorities are in very diverse global contexts and about friendship among Lutheran youth. Savanna Sullivan is the LWF's Youth Secretary and is at the moment getting youth delegates ready for the general assembly of the LWF in September.

Lena Nickels talks to three of the youth delegates of the European Pre-Assembly who prepare themselves for the Lutheran World Federation Assembly in Krakow this summer. The youth delegates decided on three topics that they want to raise and stand up for at the Assembly. Nicole Ridegård, Jussi Luoma und Igor Ahmedov talk about why climate justice, accessible and inclusive churches, and mental health are those three points of focus for them.

Wiebke Zimmermann ist mit Bettina Westfeld im Gespräch über ihre Position als Präsidentin der Landessynode und über Partizipation in der Kirche. Es geht darum, wer unsere Kirche mitgestaltet und wie wir einander dazu ermutigen können . Ist eine Frauenquote sinnvoll? Warum ist das Engagement von Lai:innen so wichtig? Wie kann Kirche alle Menschen zu Teilhabe einladen?

Andreas Wöhle erzählt von seinen Erfahrungen im lutherisch-jüdischen Gespräch. Zusammen mit Tim Götz geht er den Fragen nach, warum es für den Glauben von Christi*innen unerlässlich ist, sich mit dem Judentum zu beschäftigen, wie wichtig ein ehrlicher Dialog ist und welche Bedeutung Schuld und Verantwortung in diesem Dialog haben.