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Image A group of women participants at MLCâs jubilee. Photo: MLC Precious in God’s Eyes 16 days of activism to overcome gender based violence (LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is encouraging church leaders to speak up publicly against gender-based violence. Joining the…
Image The UEPAL consistory meeting had a long discussion before adopting the statement. Photo: UEPAL/ Bernard Guillot French churches push for gender equality at all levels Statement on balance and equity between women and men in the church endorsed (LWI) The Lutheran Church of Alsace - member of the Union of Protestant churches of…
Image Rev. Ruth Wolff-Bonsirven, âinspectrice ecclésiastique with the Union of Protestant Churches in Alsace and Lorraine writes her daily reflection on 9 May. Photo: Wolff-Bonsirven COVID-19: leading the church in post-crisis world A French pastor reflects on her experience of the virus and how it can help in responding to traumatized communities (LWI) - “My experience of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has left a profound sense of humility, and a deeper…
Image In the LWFs womenâs networks, lay and ordained women strengthen and support one another in prayer and action. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano Evaluation and outlook for women's network in Central and Western Europe Continued engagement for women’s empowerment and gender justice (LWI) – "It is important to take stock halfway between the last LWF Assembly in Namibia in 2017 and the next Assembly in Poland in 2023, and to identify the issues for…
Image Rev. Ruth Wolff-Bonsirven of the Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace-Lorraine. Photo: UEPAL France: Finding the voice of gender justice in Scripture Voices from the Communion: Rev. Ruth Wolff-Bonsirven of the Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace-Lorraine Ruth Wolff-Bonsirven was growing up in France’s north-eastern region of Alsace-Lorraine on the border with Germany, all children…
