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Participants in the LWF European Regions’ Conference in Rome, Italy. Photo: Gerhard Frey-Reininghaus

Impulses from New Media in European Lutheran Churches, But for Some, War Is a Reality

LWF Vice-Presidents Reflect on Hopes and Challenges in Church and Society

Governance
Communion
Churches
News
31 Oct 2014
Rev. Martin Junge visiting one of LWF/DWS Haiti projects. Photo: LWF/DWS Haiti

LWF Haiti Program Continues Projects to Promote Sustainable Development, Environmental Protection after 2010 Earthquake

Income Generating Schemes, Support to Most Vulnerable Groups

Governance
Humanitarian
News
31 Oct 2014
Participants at the panel discussion on the 2017 Reformation anniversary. Photo: Gerhard Frey-Reininghaus

Jubilee of Lutheran – Catholic Dialogue Is a Time to Express Hope

PCPCU President Cardinal Koch Speaks at LWF European Church Leaders’ Conference

Unity
Theology
Governance
News
31 Oct 2014
ELCI Dean Heiner A. Bludau speaks at the LWF European regions’ conference. Photo: Gerhard Frey-Reininghaus

European Lutherans Express Solidarity with Italian Church for ‘Welcoming the Stranger’

Message from LWF Regional Church Conference

Theology
Communion
Churches
News
31 Oct 2014
Non-food items being readied for distribution to Kakuma residents affected by the flooding. Photo: LWF/DWS Kenya-Djibouti

LWF Emergency Assistance to Refugees in Kenya’s Flooded Kakuma Camp

ACT Alliance Response Fund to Provide Clean Water, Shelter, Food, Protection and Psychosocial Support

Humanitarian
News
29 Oct 2014
LWF assisting in the distribution of winter clothes sponsored by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bavaria in Khanki camp, Northern Iraq. Photo: LWF Iraq

Concern for Iraqi Refugees as Cold Season Approaches

LWF Assists With Shelter, WASH and Winter Clothing

Humanitarian
News
24 Oct 2014
Queuing for distribution of non-food items in Kakuma. Photo: LWF/DWS Kenya-Djibouti

Kakuma Refugee Camp Resilient in the Midst of Flooding

Nine Dead, Two Thousand Affected as River Overflows

Humanitarian
News
23 Oct 2014
Photo: LWF/E. Neuenfeldt

Connect, Participate and Contribute to the Lutheran Reformation

LWF General Secretary Invites Churches to 2015-2017 Process

Theology
News
23 Oct 2014
Rev. Martin Junge, General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, speaks to a plenary session of the second ACT Alliance assembly meeting in the Dominican Republic. Photo: Sean Hawkey

ACT Alliance Assembly: Junge Stresses Tangible Expression of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace

World Service Interim Director Maria Immonen Elected to ACT Governing Board

News
23 Oct 2014
LWF President Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan, with members of the EST Gender Research group in São Leopoldo. Photo: EST/ Adriana Gastellu

In Brazil, LWF President Younan Urges Church to Proclaim Equality and Dignity for All

Bishop Younan Visits Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil

Governance
Gender
News
22 Oct 2014
The IERP wiphala symbolizes life in communion amidst different cultures and peoples. Photo: IERP

IERP: Celebrating Diversity and Life in Communion

United Church Synod Launches Its “Ecological Mark”

Climate
Churches
Humanitarian
News
22 Oct 2014
A teacher and students at Dar al-Kalima Evangelical Lutheran School in Bethlehem, West Bank. Photo: ELCJHL/Elizabeth McHan

LWF President Bishop Younan Receives Canadian Award for Peace Work

2014 Civis Mundi Award

Governance
Justice
News
22 Oct 2014

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