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Lutheran voices speaking up for people affected by HIV and AIDS
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1 Dec 2016
  • Churches
1 Dec 2016
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Genet Girma Eshete of Ethiopia talks to another particpant during the LWF Diakonia and HRM workshop in Nairobi. Photo: LWF/Afram Pete
Expressing God’s love through serving the neighbor
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1 Dec 2016
  • Churches
1 Dec 2016
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Molly Aringo with her dog. LWF has helped her embrace life again following a diagnosis of HIV. Photo: LWF/P. Kikomeko
“People would whisper and point”
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1 Dec 2016
  • Humanitarian
1 Dec 2016
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In a group work session, delegates at the consultationdiscussed how youth in many churches that are experiencing membership growth are a driving force for mission across all generations. Participants shared strategies on focus themes, resource mobilization, and inspiring activities that help to get more youth engaged in what the church is doing. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Diverse communities in different contexts seeking new ways of doing mission
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29 Nov 2016
29 Nov 2016
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Alwel Violet (26) experienced child marriage and abuse from her husband’s family. LWF helped her rebuild her life. Photo: LWF/ P. Kikomeko
Married at eight years old
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25 Nov 2016
  • Humanitarian
  • Gender
25 Nov 2016
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Keynote speaker Rev. Dr Rafael Malpica-Padilla, director of Global Mission, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux
Back to basics, bearing witness to God’s mission
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21 Nov 2016
21 Nov 2016
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ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton (third from right) said LSTC giving back the New Testament manuscript to the Greek Orthodox Church was “an expression of the essential partnership between theological education and Lutheran-Orthodox relations.” Photo: Will Nunnally
Important step toward reconciliation and witness to the world
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21 Nov 2016
21 Nov 2016
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Kalsen Seim contributed to the LWF’s ecumenical relations and to the wider ecumenical movement. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux
Tribute to Professor Turid Karlsen Seim (1945–2016)
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21 Nov 2016
  • Unity
21 Nov 2016
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Sanu in her school uniform. The prospect of higher education prompted her to find a way of attending school, even though school is a day's walk from home. Photo: Umesh Pokharel/LWF Nepal
Back to school after the earthquake
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18 Nov 2016
  • Humanitarian
18 Nov 2016
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