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Report of the LWF finance committee chairperson Oberkirchenrat Olaf Johannes Mirgeler at the Council 2018 in Geneva. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF reports sound financial situation
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29 Jun 2018
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29 Jun 2018
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Market in Boroli refugee settlement, Adjumani. South Sudanese refugees have opened shops and are selling their fruits and vegetables here. Northern Uganda South Sudan refugee crisis. Photos: LWF/ C. Kästner
The Lutheran World Federation and Islamic Relief Worldwide publish manual on faith - sensitive humanitarian action
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29 Jun 2018
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29 Jun 2018
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Report of the LWF General Secretary Martin Junge at the Council 2018 in Geneva. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
“A defining moment for the church”
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28 Jun 2018
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28 Jun 2018
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LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa examined the significance of the Twelfth Assembly and the Reformation anniversary in his address to the 2018 Council. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Growing as a communion engaged with the world
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28 Jun 2018
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28 Jun 2018
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Cheryl Philip, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, presents the liturgy at the opening worship of the LWF Council 2018. All photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF Council 2018 opens with joyful worship
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28 Jun 2018
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28 Jun 2018
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Departure with enormous gratitude: (from l.) LWF General Secretary Martin Junge and Pastor Hans Kasch. Photo LWF/A. Weyermüller
“Energetic manner and theological wisdom”
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27 Jun 2018
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27 Jun 2018
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“Freely you have received, freely give” (Mt 10:8) is the theme of the Council. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Setting the tone for the communion in coming years
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22 Jun 2018
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22 Jun 2018
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Pope Francis at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute with Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the WCC Central Committee, Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima, Vice-Moderator of the WCC Central Committee, and Rev. Dr Martin Junge, LWF General Secretary. Photo: Peter Williams/WCC
Pope Francis visit: a recognition of the ecumenical movement
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21 Jun 2018
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21 Jun 2018
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Refugee children demonstrating playcards for their rights on the World Refugee Day 2018. Photo: LWF Nepal.
World Refugee Day: Children must be protected
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20 Jun 2018
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20 Jun 2018
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