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Palestine: Vocational Training for women 
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20 Sep 2022
  • Gender
  • Youth
20 Sep 2022
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Kazakhstan: "We can always find common ground"
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19 Sep 2022
  • Theology
19 Sep 2022
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(Participants in this year’s RoNEL included 16 LWF member church leaders from 13 countries. Seen here, from right: Pastor President Rev. Julio Caballero; (Honduras); Bishop Leila Ortiz (USA); Rev. Dr Nestor Paulo Friedrich (LWF Vice-President, LAC); Rev. Dr Sameul Dawai (Regional Secretary, Africa) and Bishop Johnes Meliyio (Kenya). Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
Church leaders: shared values across diverse contexts
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16 Sep 2022
  • Communion
  • Churches
16 Sep 2022
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IDPs in Mekelle collecting water in Seba Kare IDP camp. LWF has constructed a water system in the camp, which was previously supplied with water by water trucking. Photo: LWF/ T. Debessu
Relief for Tigray despite renewed fighting
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15 Sep 2022
  • Humanitarian
15 Sep 2022
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The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (ECACP) has initiated a prayer cycle for LWF member churches on their way to the Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC
Polish church launches prayer cycle prior to Assembly
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12 Sep 2022
12 Sep 2022
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Vice-President Urmas Viilma during the June 2022 LWF Council meeting in Geneva. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux
Estonia: The church, a treasure for future generations
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9 Sep 2022
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  • Churches
9 Sep 2022
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Olga, from Odessa, working in the LWF multipurpose cash assistance center in Gdánsk. Photo: LWF/ B. Pachuta
"This job makes me feel needed”
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9 Sep 2022
  • Humanitarian
9 Sep 2022
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(From right): Bishop Deddy Fajar Purba, Simalungun Protestant Christian Church (GKPS), Indonesia; First Vice-President Odair Airton Braun, Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil; Bishop Laurie Jungling, Montana Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Bishop Steven Lawrence, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia; and Presiding Bishop Kenneth Sibanda, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner-Meyer
Leadership for peace and reconciliation
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7 Sep 2022
  • Churches
  • Unity
7 Sep 2022
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During the UN climate conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, people protested against the inaction of governments to mitigate the climate crisis. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
We need increased climate ambition, says German bishop
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6 Sep 2022
  • Communion
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6 Sep 2022
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