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LWF Assistant General Secretary for International Affairs and Human Rights, Dr Ojot Miru Ojulu addresses the Geneva conference. Photo: WCC/Ivars Kupcis
Educating for peace in a multi-religious world
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22 May 2019
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22 May 2019
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Maria Immonen, director of LWF’s World Service department at the Women’s Forum organized by Caritas Internationalis. Photo: Lucia Ballester Bellver/Caritas
Lutheran perspectives on women in leadership
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22 May 2019
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22 May 2019
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Rev. Angela del Consuelo Trejo Haager, from the Mexican Lutheran Church at the Latin America and the Caribbean & North America leadership meeting in Peru. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
Churches in the Americas: witnessing together for justice and peace
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20 May 2019
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20 May 2019
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Rev. Dr Frank Otfried July, LWF Council member and Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg. Photo: EMH/Gottfried Stoppel
Getting to know the diversity of a denominational family
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17 May 2019
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17 May 2019
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World Service staff attending the GLTM hold the names of the countries where they are working. Photo:LWF/A. Hillert
Rooted in faith, committed to serving others
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16 May 2019
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16 May 2019
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A group of participants during the opening worship of the Africa Lutheran Church Leadership Consultation, hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, 13-17 May, in Moshi, Tanzania. All photos: LWF/ALCINET
Churches must affirm holistic witness despite challenging contexts
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16 May 2019
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16 May 2019
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ALIS participants at Truth Lutheran Church, a congregation of the ELCHK, where they were welcomed by senior pastor, Rev Jackson Yeung, and by Rev. Jenny Chan, former bishop of ELCHK and LWF Council member Photo: LWF/P.Lok
How the Holy Spirit shapes Lutheran identity
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15 May 2019
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15 May 2019
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Shaping the LWF communion: (from left) LWF Vice-President Astrid Kleist, LCiGB Dean-elect Rev. Eliza Zikmane, Rev. Dr Martin Lind, current Bishop of the LCiGB, and Oberkirchenrat Norbert Denecke, General Secretary of the LWF German National Committee. Photo: Astrid Kleist
Creating a space where trust can grow
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15 May 2019
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15 May 2019
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Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania and the Church of Sweden during their joint retreat in Moshi, Tanzania Photo: LWF
Tanzanian and Swedish church leaders hold joint retreat
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14 May 2019
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14 May 2019
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