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Participants, with Hansbauer front row, second from left, at the 2023 summer course of the Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg. Photo: Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg

Strasbourg: searching for a common vocabulary
By
Mr. Simon Hansbauer

Theology
Blog
28 Aug 2023
Mark Mullan, the LWF Team Leader in Ukraine, meets a family in Kharkiv whose apartment was damaged by a missile strike. LWF will renovate this family’s home. Photo: LWF/ Anatoliy Nazarenko

“One of the most challenging countries I ever worked in”
By
Mark Mullan

Humanitarian
Blog
18 Aug 2023
Roger Kalimira, in front of a water bladder he helped install. Photo: LWF/ M. Idjawo

Water in the desert
By
Roger Kalimira

Humanitarian
Blog
18 Aug 2023
Rama Ramanathan, second from left, shares ideas with participants at the LWF Lay Leaders’ Seminar in Geneva. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Two paintings, one global communion
By
Mr. Rama Ramanathan

Theology
Communion
Churches
Blog
30 Jun 2023
Hania Walica

Starting out on the road to gender justice advocate
By
Ms Hania Walica

Gender
Blog
17 Mar 2023
Mx. Kayla Zopfi

International Women’s Day: Fury, love, curiosity
By
Mx. Kayla Zopfi

Justice
Gender
Blog
08 Mar 2023
      Helena Funk from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony at the GEM School for an Economy of Life in Berlin. Photo: LWF/S. Kit

Challenging the ‘Mushroom Man’ economic model
By
Ms. Helena Funk

Theology
Climate
Blog
14 Jul 2022
Cameroonian theologian Rev. Tientcheu Djomgoue Marie Besong, a scholarship holder of LWF’s Hélène Ralivao Fund. Photo: Private

Toward more inclusive, safe, and just communities
By
Rev. Tientcheu Djomgoue Marie Besong

Governance
Churches
Gender
Blog
27 Apr 2022
LWF delegate to the UN Climate Conference COP26, Katarina Kuhnert from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, speaks on “Energy Transition – Deciding our Future”. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Canada: Decolonizing and investing in reconciliation is the best climate justice action
By
Ms Katarina Kuhnert

Youth
Climate
Churches
Blog
09 Mar 2022
Installation service and reception for LWF General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt, in the chapel and lobby of the Ecumenical Center, Geneva (Switzerland), 17 November 2021. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Rev. Anne Burghardt: the first 100 days
By
Rev. Anne Burghardt, LWF General Secretary

Theology
Governance
Communion
Blog
16 Feb 2022
Prof. Dr Dirk Lange during the visit of an LWF delegation to the Vatican in June 2021. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Walking together towards the manger
By
Prof. Dr Dirk Lange, LWF Assistant General Secretary for Ecumenical Relations

Unity
Theology
Blog
25 Jan 2022
Courtesy: Chuck Moore/Random Snaps Photography

Good trouble for a healthy planet
By
Ms Ruth Ivory-Moore

Youth
Theology
Climate
Blog
01 Oct 2021

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