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Welcoming the stranger, living as neighbors LWF’s Rev Anne Burghardt joins Muslim and Jewish leaders to showcase shared response to global refugee crises
Applications open for second phase of Hélène Ralivao Fund scholarships 16 May deadline: Churches are encouraged to invite women candidates
Climate justice: “Immediate and inclusive action needed” IPCC report on “Mitigation of Climate Change” presented
Improving lives for generations – for hope and a future LWF General Secretary Burghardt concludes visit to World Service program in Uganda
Lutheran-Catholic report: Baptism and Growth in Communion LWF and Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity publish report concluding Fifth Phase of dialogue
Ukraine: “I don’t want to sit around until the war is over” Ukrainian refugees welcomed by Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
Uganda: ‘We understand our work as putting faith into action’ Refugees, host communities testify to impact of World Service program in Uganda
Stepping up vocational training for Palestinian students LWF and Lutheran church in Holy Land join together to strengthen inclusive technical training for women and men
‘There’s no commandment greater than loving your neighbor’ LWF General Secretary Burghardt joins South Sudanese congregation worshipping and witnessing in exile
Germany: With heart and mind – doing what is necessary for the people of Ukraine Voices from the Communion: Felix Kalbe, volunteer aid driver
LWF invites youth to apply for Peace Messengers training in June 15 April deadline to submit applications endorsed by an LWF member church
Ukraine: “One minute we’re in school, the next we’re running for our lives” Nigerians fleeing Ukraine welcomed by students and faculty of Hungary’s Theological Institute
