News and Media
[ Back to News Releases ]  [ Back to Regional Pre-Assembly Consultations ]

News Releases from Latin America & Caribbean
Pre-Assembly Consultation
6-9 April 2003 in San Salvador, El Salvador

	Two of the Latin American LWF member churches are headed by women: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile by Rev. Gloria Rojas (left), and Nicaraguan Lutheran Church of Faith and Hope by Rev. Victoria Cortéz Rodriguez (right)

• Look for Signs of Healing in the Midst of Violence and Destruction
  Message from Latin American and Caribbean LWF Pre-Assembly Consultation (LWI 13.04.2003)
• Appeal to Invite Women and Youth Leaders to Regional Body of Church Heads
  Latin American and Caribbean Women Decry Increased Violence in Families (LWI 13.04.2003)
• Latin America and Caribbean Churches Called to Focus on Children and Youth in HIV/AIDS Work
  Churches Maintain Plan to Establish Post of Regional Coordinator (LWI 10.04.2003)
• Peace Agreements in El Salvador Ended the War, But Root Problems Remain
  "We Cannot 'Heal' the World if We Do Not Oppose 'This' Globalization" (LWI 9.04.2003)
• Argentine Pastor: Foreign Debt Issue Should be Brought to International Court of Justice
  Latin American Churches Urged to Affirm at LWF Assembly that Debt is Illegitimate, Unethical (LWI 9.04.2003)

	A cross section of participants in the regional PAC in San Salvador

• Brazilian Church President Altmann: Iraq War Probably the Greatest Tragedy Since World War II
  The Best of Humanitarian Aid Could Not Compensate for Long Term Consequences of War (LWI 9.04.2003)
• Signs of Death in the World Do Not Represent God's Will, Argentinean Pastor Tells LWF Churches
  Latin American and the Caribbean Region Pre-Assembly Starts in El Salvador (LWI 7.04.2003)
• Economic Globalization and the Church’s Healing Ministry Central Issues at LWF Latin American and Caribbean Pre-Assembly
  Churches Have Strong Ecumenical Involvement in the Region (LWI 4.04.2003)

[Site Map]     [LWF Assembly Home]      [Links]     [LWF Home]