International representatives from Lutheran churches around the globe worship at the historic Town and Parish Church of St. Mary’s in Wittenberg May 6 during the Conference on Confessional Leadership in the 21st Century. In foreground, from left, are the Rev. John Ehlers, chairman of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England; Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt of the Selbständige Evangelisch Lutherische Kirche, Germany; Bishop Nicodemus Aiyene of the Gutnius Lutheran Church, Papua New Guinea; and the Rev. John Nathan, president of the Gutnius Lutheran Church’s Birip Seminary. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
