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Refugee work is part of ELCIC’s engagement as a church “In mission for others.” National Bishop Susan C. Johnson, seen here, visiting refugees in Adjumani, north Uganda. Photo: LWF Uganda
A "wonderful" sign of the calling into Church unity
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6 May 2016
6 May 2016
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ECCB synodal leader Daniel Ženatý, left, and synod council member Jiří Schneider before the entrance of the Diaconia office in Prague. Photo:ECCB.
“We stand with you as you stand with vulnerable people”
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3 May 2016
3 May 2016
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Haneen, a molecular lab technician at AVH since 2011, examines biopsies and provides cancer diagnoses in consultation with hospital pathologists. LWF/M. Renaux
Caring for the children of Palestine
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3 May 2016
  • Humanitarian
3 May 2016
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A church becomes a makeshift shelter for survivors of the earthquake. Photo: JELC
Severe quake damage to Kumamoto’s Lutheran churches and schools
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29 Apr 2016
  • Churches
29 Apr 2016
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Lutheran Bishop Dr Matti Repo (far left) with other ecumenical guests at the 16th Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Lusaka, Zambia. Photo: ACNS
Anglicans affirm Lutheran-Catholic agreement, endorse Reformation anniversary
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28 Apr 2016
  • Unity
  • Theology
28 Apr 2016
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Margret Akot collects clay for the stoves. Photo: LWF Uganda
A business made of clay
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27 Apr 2016
  • Humanitarian
  • Climate
27 Apr 2016
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Teacher Almaz Tesfaldet shows five-year-old Luz how to play a traditional drum at the Lutheran church-run pre-school in Asmara. The Eritrean Lutheran church kindergartens in the capital and three remote villages provide learning and recreation space for children from many faith backgrounds. Photo: LWF/Rainer Lang
Many faiths under one roof in Eritrean church kindergartens
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25 Apr 2016
  • Churches
  • Justice
25 Apr 2016
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An elderly woman in Gatlang village, Rasuwa district, at the border with Tibet, uses untreated timber to rebuild her home. LWF helps people to rebuild their village the traditional way. Photo: ACT/Paul Jeffrey
Rebuilding homes and heritage in Nepal one year on
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24 Apr 2016
  • Humanitarian
24 Apr 2016
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Evangelists take part in a training session in Yangon through a program run by the Myanmar Lutheran Church to provide its village congregations with lay leaders. This support is critical “for a young church with many small congregations in the villages,” says Ilona Dorji, LWF secretary for Project Coordination and Monitoring. Photo: LWF/I. Dorji
The joys and challenges of thousands across the LWF
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22 Apr 2016
  • Churches
22 Apr 2016
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