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Participating in the e-mobility pilot project, from left: Jan Westphal (director, Horizonte gGmbH Altenburg), Dietmar Wiegand (deputy head, Altenburger Land church district), Rev. Christian Sparsbrod ( Rudolstadt-Saalfeld church district) and Rev. Jens Bechtloff ( Kindelbrück pastorate) with the new cars. Photo: EKM/Diana Steinbauer
Speed limit, electric cars and a forest towards a climate-friendly church
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23 Jan 2019
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23 Jan 2019
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An LWF-run child-friendly space in Thi Kyar village, Mrauk U township, Rakhine state, Myanmar. Photo:C/Kästner
International NGOs call for unrestricted access to affected populations in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
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22 Jan 2019
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22 Jan 2019
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More than 250 migrants have drowned since the beginning of 2019 as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea to escape poverty and violence. Photo: Óglaigh na hÉireann
Lutherans in Italy call for compassion to end migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea
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22 Jan 2019
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22 Jan 2019
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From left: Lutheran Bishop Jerzy Samiec, President of the Polish Ecumencial Council and Orthodox Archbishop Abel, Diocese of Lublin-Chełm of the Church of Poland. Photo: PEC
Churches in Poland call for tolerance after killing of Gdansk mayor
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18 Jan 2019
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18 Jan 2019
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María Ruth Sanabria, Colombian human rights defender. Photo: LWF Colombia
María Ruth Sanabria: 40 years of taking risks to defend the rights of others
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18 Jan 2019
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18 Jan 2019
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LWF Vice-President Rev. Huberto Kirchheim, during the 1998 LWF Council meeting in Geneva. Photo: LWF/C. Rothenbühler
Tribute to former LWF Vice-President Huberto Kirchheim (1938-2019)
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17 Jan 2019
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17 Jan 2019
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Kenneth Mtata during a visit at the Ecumenical Center. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Zimbabwe Council of Churches calls for end to violence
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17 Jan 2019
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17 Jan 2019
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Rev. Dr Miriam Haar, LWF’s Theological Assistant. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Deeply Committed to Christian unity
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16 Jan 2019
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16 Jan 2019
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Rev. Inken Wöhlbrand has been director of the LWF Center Wittenberg since October 2018. Photo: LWF/Weyermüller
A home that connects Lutherans around the world
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16 Jan 2019
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16 Jan 2019
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