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On 12 July, a confirmation service was held in Murska Sobota, observing the distancing and other rules. Photo: ECS
COVID-19: Keeping in contact and breaking new ground
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23 Jul 2020
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23 Jul 2020
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Global Commemoration of the 500 years of Reformation. Photo by: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano
More than 77 million Lutherans in 148 LWF member churches
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22 Jul 2020
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22 Jul 2020
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The ceiling of the Human Rights Council, in the Palais des Nations. Because of the COVID-19 crisis, the 44th session took place online. Photo: LWF/C. Kästner
LWF Statements to the 44th Human Rights Council
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21 Jul 2020
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21 Jul 2020
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Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus President Rev. Yonas Yigezu Dibisa in his office in Addis Ababa. Photo: EECMY
COVID-19: Being church in times of Coronavirus
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17 Jul 2020
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17 Jul 2020
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Most of the 12 UELCI united churches received approval for funding from the LWF Rapid Response Fund. Photo: UELCI
COVID-19: Youth “frontline warriors” in relief efforts
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16 Jul 2020
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16 Jul 2020
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Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: Dennis Jarvis
Preserve Hagia Sophia as a shared heritage, LWF urges Turkey
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15 Jul 2020
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15 Jul 2020
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Theology professor Niels Henrik Gregersen (left), from the University of Copenhagen, and Rev. Dr Beverly Wallace, associate professor of congregational and community care at Luther Seminary in St Paul, Minneapolis. Photo: Private / LWF/Albin Hillert
Being Lutheran: Exploring the Spirit at work in the world
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14 Jul 2020
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14 Jul 2020
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A group of ex-combatant families have purchased and now cultivate 36 hectares of land in the territory of San José de León, Colombia. They now live in the emerging community, which hosts a small restaurant, various committees for community organization and development, and which cultivates the land through agriculture, poultry and fish farming. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
G20 urged to take ambitious action in the wake of the COVID-19 and economic crises 
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13 Jul 2020
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13 Jul 2020
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Rev. Dr David Rakotonirina, President, Malagasy Lutheran Church Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF offers condolences to the Malagasy Lutheran Church
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13 Jul 2020
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13 Jul 2020
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