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Plenary session at the Twelfth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Velariano.
LWF Assembly issues Public Statement on the genocide in Namibia
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15 May 2017
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15 May 2017
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Martin Kopp speaks at the thematic plenary on
“Rethink economics to save a dying planet”
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15 May 2017
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15 May 2017
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Thousands of Lutherans and guests gathered for a festival of worship, witness, song and word and sacrament in Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia on Sunday, May 14th to mark commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. Photo: LWF/JC Valeriano
Namibian musical extravaganza gets bishops dancing and worshippers swaying
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15 May 2017
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Global Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation - highpoint of the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation in Windhoek, Namibia. Photo: LWF/JC Valeriano
Global Commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation attended by thousands in Windhoek, Namibia
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14 May 2017
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14 May 2017
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Voting at the Lutheran World Federation Twelfth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF Assembly elects 48 members of the new Council
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13 May 2017
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13 May 2017
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Rev. Dr Panti Filibus Musa, Archbishop of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, President of The Lutheran World Federation. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Nigerian Archbishop Panti Filibus Musa elected LWF President
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13 May 2017
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13 May 2017
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The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge, addressing the 800 participants from LWF’s 145 member churches at the Twelfth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
The Reformation anniversary is a milestone, not the endpoint for mission
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11 May 2017
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11 May 2017
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Christina Jackson-Skelton giving the report of the Finance Committee at the Lutheran World Federation's Twelfth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF total income has nearly doubled to almost EUR 780 million
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11 May 2017
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11 May 2017
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Keynote speech at the LWF Twelfth Assembly by Congolese surgeon Dr Denis Mukwege. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
“Mission to denounce evil”
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11 May 2017
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11 May 2017
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