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Appeal to G20: address debt crisis and save lives Christian leaders call for tax reforms and debt relief ahead of G20 summit in Saudi Arabia
Empowering faith actors as gender justice advocates Women’s Human Rights Advocacy Training offers practical support to those advocating for change at grassroots level
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Online-support to pray during difficult times Voices from the Communion: Grétar Halldór Gunnarsson, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland
Online Reformation Day prayer engages Lutherans worldwide LWF youth reflect on need for ongoing reformation, unity in baptism
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Witnessing together in a broken world New publication from five signatories of Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
Between faith and fake news LWF webinar on “Truth-Telling and Resisting ‘Disinfodemic’” discusses media literacy in the church
LWF youth to lead online Reformation day prayer “‘One Body, One Spirit, One Hope’ Reformation Day Global Prayer”
Ecumenical relations in times of pandemic Leaders of Christian World Communions discuss ‘being church’ in post-COVID societies