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LWF Council members in the Ecumenical Center Chapel, during the opening worship service of the 2018 meeting. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Celebration of ecumenical milestone, Thirteenth Assembly, to feature at 2019 LWF Council
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5 Jun 2019
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5 Jun 2019
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Worship service at the LWF Council 2018. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
‘Freely you have received, freely give’
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4 Jun 2019
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4 Jun 2019
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The LWF delegation with (from left) Area Secretary for Europe Ireneusz Lukas, General Secretary Martin Junge and Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kazakhstan Jurij Novgorodov meeting with Dariga Nazarbayeva, Chairperson of the Senate of the Kazakh Parliament and Kazakh government officials. All photos: LWF/A. Weyermüller
Working towards peace in this world
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3 Jun 2019
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3 Jun 2019
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Bishop Patricia Davenport, ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod. Photo: Bob Fisher-SEPAComm
Bishop Patricia Davenport: Ministry on the front lines
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31 May 2019
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31 May 2019
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A symbol of peace: During a service in the Church of Christ the Redeemer in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, LWF General Secretary Martin Junge presents a Liberian cross to ELCRK Archbishop Yuri Novgorodov. Photo: LWF/A. Weyermüller
From the underground to the middle of society
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29 May 2019
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29 May 2019
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Prize winners Germán Graciano Posso and Genaro de Jesús Graciano with Verdiana Garcia from the Church of Sweden and Cesar Grajales, Diakonia Sweden Colombia Program. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
The dangerous task of defending human rights in Colombia
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28 May 2019
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28 May 2019
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LWF General Secretary Martin Junge visiting the congregation of Kamyschenka led by Pastor Rubin Sternberg (left). All photos: LWF/A. Weyermüller
Steadfast in faith, undaunted in prayer
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27 May 2019
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27 May 2019
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Ms Maria Immonen, director of LWF World Service, said practical ecumenical collaboration, “shows that faith and life are inseparable.”
Lutherans and Catholics: Together we can work miracles
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24 May 2019
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24 May 2019
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Delegates during the ALCLC, From left: Ms Minia Fecadu, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Eritrea; Ms Faith Wambua, Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church; Rev. Seganesh Ayele Asele, The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Rev. Justin Mofolo and Ms Mabel Madinga, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi.
Peace and justice issues are pertinent to the church’s mission in Africa
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23 May 2019
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23 May 2019
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