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The LWF is adding its voice to a statement calling for an end to the decade-long conflict in Syria and support for all those displaced by the violence Photo: LWF/R. Schlott
LWF joins call to conference on ending Syria conflict
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25 Jun 2020
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25 Jun 2020
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“I believe a second step may be needed to strengthen our resolve. As people of faith, we should both welcome and protect the stranger: welcome with open arms, and protect by advocating for their human rights, ensuring their dignity so that all refugees, all internally displaced people, may have hope and a future.” Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Not only welcoming, but protecting the stranger
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20 Jun 2020
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In this Voices from the Communion, Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria talks about the global refugee crisis, a protestant search-and-rescue mission and the biblical roots of welcoming the stranger.
Germany: Advocate for the rights of refugees
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19 Jun 2020
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19 Jun 2020
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A group of Oromo internally displaced people (IDP) move through the Burka Dare IDP site in Ethiopia. Photo: LWF/ Albin Hillert
World Refugee Day: Every Action Counts
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18 Jun 2020
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18 Jun 2020
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The two annual reports are available for download as resources on the LWF website. Montage: LWF/ S. Gallay
Annual Reports highlight humanitarian, development, and advocacy work
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3 Jun 2020
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3 Jun 2020
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LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge at the LWF’s Assembly in Windhoek, Namibia, in 2017. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF General Secretary announces he will step down in 2021
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20 May 2020
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20 May 2020
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COVID-19: Collective action for Argentina’s indigenous communities
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20 May 2020
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20 May 2020
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The Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Murye, Bishop of the Diocese of Kajo – Keji, South Sudan, talks to South Sudanese refugees in Uganda during in a road drive campaign with LWF. These road drives are used to sensitize refugees on COVID – 19 in the camps and settlements, to avoid mass gatherings. Photo: K. Logi / LWF
Lutherans and Anglicans join hands to support South Sudanese refugees
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18 May 2020
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18 May 2020
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Christian communities worldwide should be models for an economy of life in their own contexts urge the global Christian organizations. The photo shows LWF livelihoods projects in Nepal. LWF/Albin Hillert
COVID-19: Adopt an Economy of Life, urge global Christian organizations
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15 May 2020
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15 May 2020
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