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Emma van Dorp lit five symbolic candles on the altar, as the church leaders affirmed the “wish to make more visible our common witness in worship and service, on our journey together towards visible unity.” Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
A source of hope towards Christian unity
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16 Jun 2019
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16 Jun 2019
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Council members voting on a new structure for the LWF Communion Office. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Equipped to serve the communion
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14 Jun 2019
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14 Jun 2019
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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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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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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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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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