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Oberkirchenrat Olaf Johannes Mirgeler, chairperson of the LWF Finance Committee. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Positive results kept LWF financially stable through 2018
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14 Jun 2019
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14 Jun 2019
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An easily accessible hand-washing point at the Kyangwali refugee settlement, where LWF Uganda receives refugees arriving from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: LWF/B. Waddell
LWF Uganda scales up risk intervention against the spread of Ebola virus
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13 Jun 2019
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13 Jun 2019
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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge, presents his report to the 2019 Council meeting Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF General Secretary: ‘Hope is the antidote to paralyzing nostalgia’
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13 Jun 2019
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13 Jun 2019
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LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF President: Prophetic witness against injustices
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13 Jun 2019
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13 Jun 2019
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Five LWF vice-presidents: from left to right, Desri Maria Sumbayak, Propstin Astrid Klein, Archbishop Antje Jackelen, Rev. Jeannette Ada Epse Maina and Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton Photo: LWF/A. Hillert
Promoting gender justice in church and society
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13 Jun 2019
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13 Jun 2019
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Members of the panel discussing prospects for peace and human rights in Colombia. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
Churches pledge support for Colombia’s human rights defenders
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11 Jun 2019
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11 Jun 2019
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Participants during the October 2018 training of trainers’ workshop in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. On the far left, front row, is former EECMY president, Rev. Dr Wakseyoum Idosa, who coordinates the peace project. Photo: EECMY
Many partners, one objective: peace
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7 Jun 2019
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7 Jun 2019
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Working through the agenda: Consultations touched on the perspectives of the LWF, the “People on the move” diaconia process, the Nordic initiative “Being church in times of change”, the Jewish-Christian dialogue, and the work of the Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg. All photos: LWF/A.Weyermüller
"Only together we can be the Body of Christ"
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6 Jun 2019
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6 Jun 2019
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Participants at the Oslo workshop on Freedom of Religion and Gender Equality. Photo: Stefanus Alliance
Bridging the gap between gender justice and religious liberty
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6 Jun 2019
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6 Jun 2019
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