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LWF volunteers John Garang and Peter Jok at Adjumani refugee camp, Uganda. DCA/ACT/LWF/Mai Gad

Now Refugees in Uganda, LWF South Sudanese Staff Support Emergency Response in Adjumani

LWF Provides Life-Saving Assistance to Thousands Seeking Refuge in Camps

Humanitarian
News
30 Jan 2014
Rev. Martin Junge presents a cross from Central America to the Most Rev. Andres Poder, archbishop of EELC. Photo: Tiit Kuusemaa

Strengthening Lutheran Identity in Estonia

Encouragement in Secular Society

Governance
Churches
Humanitarian
News
28 Jan 2014
Participants of the Christian-Muslim consultation on public space in the “Peace Hall” in Münster, Germany, where the Peace of Westphalia treaties were signed after the Thirty Years War in Europe. Photo: Marion von Hagen

Religions in the Public Space: A Contested Terrain

Christian and Muslim Scholars Strive for a Definition of Secularity

Theology
News
24 Jan 2014
Conference participants discuss new approaches. Despite the diversity in Europe, diaconal workers face similar concerns. Photo: Szilard Szabo

Conviviality in Europe’s Diaconal Efforts

Seeing Church in a New Way

Churches
News
23 Jan 2014
German Charge d’Affaires, UNHCR and LWF representatives at the NFI handover. Photo: LWF Chad/S. Dalou

LWF Non-Food Items for Sudanese Refugees in Eastern Chad

Chad Hosts over 420,000 Refugees from Neighboring Countries

Humanitarian
News
23 Jan 2014
“If it is God’s world, we cannot close our eyes to the injustice that is taking place in it.” Bishop emeritus Dr Zephania Kameeta of ELCRN speaks out on economic justice. Photo: LWF/C. Kästner

Churches Are Advocating for an Economy of Life

Bishop emeritus Dr Zephania Kameeta Speaks Out on Being the “Yeast to Make the Bread Rise”

Communion
Justice
News
22 Jan 2014
With the huge influx of Syrian refugees, classrooms in Mafraq public schools are even more crowded than usual.  Photo: LWF/Mats Wallerstedt

LWF Affirms Support for Ecumenical Efforts to End Conflict in Syria

Junge Participates in WCC Consultation on Syria

Governance
Humanitarian
News
17 Jan 2014
(l. to r.) LWF President Bishop Dr. Munib Younan and LWF Vice-President  for Africa Bishop Dr Alex G. Malasusa at the dedication of the Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photo: ELCJHL

New Lutheran Church in Jordan “Emblematic of Freedom of Religion”

LWF President Munib Younan Dedicates Church at Baptismal Site in Interreligious Celebration

Governance
Churches
News
16 Jan 2014
Dr. Dina El-Omari, Centre for Islamic Theology (ZIT) Münster, gives a welcome address at the Christian-Muslim consultation

Joint Theological Reflection Creates Shared Space

First Cooperation between the LWF and a University Institute for Islamic Theology

Theology
News
16 Jan 2014
(from left) Oberkirchenrat Norbert Denecke, LWF National Committee in Germany General Secretary; Rev. Martin Junge, LWF General Secretary; Stephan Dorgerloh, education minister of the state of Saxony-Anhalt; Rev. Anne Burghardt, LWF Secretary for Ecumenical Affairs. Photo: LWF/C. Kästner

Lutheran Reformation is a Global Citizen

(LWI) - Starting from Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, the Reformation has become a global citizen.

Communion
Churches
News
14 Jan 2014
Tabisa Nyabol and her grandchildren in Adjumani, Uganda. Photo: ACT-DCA-LWF/Mai Gad

Massive Influx of South Sudanese Refugees into Uganda Calls for Scaled-Up Humanitarian Response

LWF to Increase Support for Thousands Arriving Daily

Humanitarian
News
14 Jan 2014
Newly arrived refugees from the Central African Republic receive a hot meal in Dosseye camp in southern Chad. Photo: LWF Chad/S. Dalou

LWF Providing Assistance in Central African Republic Crisis

Hot Meals and Non-Food Items Provided

Humanitarian
News
08 Jan 2014

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