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Mami Brunah Aro Sandaniaina of the Malagasy Lutheran Church asks the Council how their churches engage young people who have taken part in LWF youth programs. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Across Generations without Fear or Different Status

Council Looks at Youth Participation in the LWF Communion

Youth
Theology
Communion
News
27 Jun 2014
NFIs from the LWF and partner organizations are ferried by boat to remote islands in Twic East County, South Sudan.  Photo: LWF South Sudan/George Taban

Food Insecurity in South Sudan, as LWF Seeks More Financial Support for Intervention

Poor Response to Funding Appeals for Refugees in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

Humanitarian
News
27 Jun 2014
ELCG Secretary Samuel Jerry Goolsarran plants a tree at the Luther Garden in Wittenberg, Germany, on 10 June. Photo: LWF Center in Wittenberg/Annette Glaubig

Guyanese Church Secretary Goolsarran Reflects on the Reformation, Challenges Facing the ELCG

Planting Trees as a Living Memorial to the Beginning of the Reformation

Churches
News
27 Jun 2014
Bishop Ivan Abrahams, WMC general secretary (left), and Rev. Dr Setri Nyomi, WCRC general secretary. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Ecumenical Guests Praise LWF Determination to Reach Out

Council Hears Ecumenical Partners

Unity
Communion
News
23 Jun 2014
A South Sudanese girl at the Lietchor refugee camp in Gambella, western Ethiopia. Photo: Christof Krackhardt/ACT- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

World Refugee Day 2014

World Service Director Hitzler Affirms LWF’s Solidarity with Families Torn Apart by Conflict

Humanitarian
News
20 Jun 2014
Council members vote on LWF decisions. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

LWF Council Actions

Changes in Departments, Welcome to New Member Churches

Unity
Communion
Churches
News
19 Jun 2014
Dr Minna Hietamaki presents the First Report of the Working Group on the Self-Understanding of the Lutheran Communion to Council 2014. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Mutual Accountability for the Gift of Communion in the LWF

Council Receives Study Outline on Self-Understanding of the Lutheran Communion

Communion
Churches
News
18 Jun 2014
Mikka McCracken presents the report of the Committee for Advocacy and Public Voice at Council 2014. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

LWF Council 2014 Adopts Public Statements

Interreligious Dialogue, Peace and Justice

Climate
Communion
Churches
News
17 Jun 2014
Anastasiya Piddubska of Odessa, Ukraine, reports on the situation in her country during Council 2014. LWF/M. Renaux

LWF Council Issues Public Statement on the Ukraine

Praying Against Hate in a Divided Country

Churches
News
17 Jun 2014
Part of the communion: Bishop Langsung M Sitorus (center) with Bishop Dr Frank O. July, LWF President Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan, LWF General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge and Bishop Dr Tamás Fabiny. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner

Interview with Chair of LWF National Committee in Indonesia

“The Council Meeting Has Empowered Us”

Communion
Churches
News
16 Jun 2014
Rev. Dr. Gloria Rojas Vargas presenting the Assembly Planning Committee report. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

LWF chooses logo and theme for Twelfth LWF Assembly in 2017 in Namibia

500 years more of witness and service by the Lutheran Communion

Communion
News
15 Jun 2014
Human rights advocate Kamala Chandrakirana speaking on rights for women, ethnic and religious minorities at the Council 2014 interfaith keynote panel. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Keynote Panel Addresses Interfaith Relations in Indonesia

“Crucial Role” of Religious Groups in Society

Theology
Communion
Churches
News
14 Jun 2014

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