Open AccessLutheran service to the migrants. Global and Polish experiences
Author(s) -
Jerzy Sojka
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ecumeny and law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2391-4327
pISSN - 2353-4877
DOI - 10.31261/eal.2021.09.1.04
Subject(s) - confession (law) , agency (philosophy) , service (business) , work (physics) , political science , local church , sociology , theology , law , social science , economy , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , economics
The article presents Lutheran engagement for migrants, using the examples of activities undertaken by the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, as well as by the Lutheran World Federation, which is the biggest global organisation of Lutheran Churches all over the world. In case of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession the text provides an overview of the initiatives undertaken since 2015 in service to the migrants on the parish and Church levels, as well as in cooperation with ecumenical partners (including the activities within the Polish Ecumenical Council and in cooperation with the Catholic Church). In case of the Lutheran World Federation, the first step was to present the theological justification for the Federation’s engagement in the work for migrants, and the next one — to outline the characteristics of the work of the Department for World Service (Federation’s humanitarian agency) in 2018.