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Msgr Matthias Türk, outgoing head of the Lutheran Catholic desk at the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, addresses participants at the LWF Council meeting in June 2018. Photo:Albin Hillert/LWF
"You cannot be Christian without working hard for church unity"
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11 Feb 2019
  • Unity
11 Feb 2019
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Thanks to collaboration between the LWF and IRW, locals have a fountain that provides safe drinking water. Photo: LWF/IRW
Nepal: Building better houses and promoting interfaith harmony
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7 Feb 2019
  • Justice
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7 Feb 2019
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Rev. Tseganesh Ayele of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus welcomes participants to the CMCR. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert
“As churches in mission, we belong to each other”
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6 Feb 2019
  • Governance
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6 Feb 2019
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The Tamrazyan family arrived in the Netherlands from Armenia nine years ago. Photo: Peter Wassing
Dutch pastor praises faith of refugee family
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5 Feb 2019
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  • Churches
5 Feb 2019
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A choir of the Addis Ababa Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Ethiopia. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert
Ethiopia: A vibrant Lutheran church with 9.3 million faithful
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4 Feb 2019
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4 Feb 2019
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Visiting LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge and his team join EECMY church leaders in a meeting with members of the Hundedo self-help group in Hadiya, on 31 January. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert
Ethiopia: Symbols of Hope help rebuild lives of young people
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1 Feb 2019
  • Humanitarian
  • Communion
1 Feb 2019
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Mexican Lutheran Church Pastor President Rev. Roberto Trejo Haager. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Mexican Lutheran church leader shares his vision of a healing community of believers
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1 Feb 2019
  • Communion
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1 Feb 2019
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Bhagwati Tamang lays bricks in Jogimara village in central Nepal after the devastating earthquake of April 2015. Following the disaster, the LWF worked jointly with Islamic Relief Worldwide and other partners to provide shelter in remote villages where thousands lost homes and livelihoods. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT
LWF highlights value of interfaith collaboration with the United Nations
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31 Jan 2019
  • Churches
  • Unity
31 Jan 2019
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A father carries his baby at the Aguas Calientes border post between Honduras and Guatemala, close to a military roadblock. No undocumented migrant was allowed out of Honduras or into Guatemala, and anyone with an arrest warrant on either side of the border was taken into custody. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
LWF in Honduras offers alternatives to migration
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31 Jan 2019
  • Humanitarian
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31 Jan 2019
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