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Children wearing the traditional Burmese skin conditioner thanaka in a Temporary Learning Space in Ohn Taw Gyi South camp, Rakhine State. Photo: LWF Myanmar

Myanmar: LWF Resumes Implementation of Programs

Back to School for Students and Teachers in Rakhine State

Youth
Justice
Humanitarian
News
16 May 2014
Armand Yabinti, community outreach officer for the LWF emergency program in CAR, outside the ruins of his house in Bohong village, Ouham Pendé prefecture.  Photo: LWF/P. Mumia

LWF Reaches Out to Displaced Populations in Central African Republic

Insecurity Hampers Timely Response to Enormous Needs

Humanitarian
News
15 May 2014
LWF Communion Office staff says

LWF Communion Joins in Prayer for Abducted School Girls

Special Prayers and Fasting in Nigerian Congregations

Theology
Communion
Churches
News
13 May 2014
Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner

Scheduled Accompaniment Visit of the LWF with the Church of Sweden

“Uphold a common future”

Communion
Churches
News
12 May 2014
LWF staff provides a displaced woman in Bor with a water, sanitation and health kit. Photo: LWF/South Sudan

Calling the International Community to Action in South Sudan

NGOs Propose Seven Steps to Address Crisis, Churches Call to Prayer

Justice
Humanitarian
News
12 May 2014
(left to right) Dialogue participants Helen Haggai and Amina Ahmed. Photo: LWF/I. Benesch

Joint Interreligious Declaration on Peace Building, Democracy and Development

Christian and Muslim Leaders Sign at Dialogue Meeting in Tanzania

Unity
Theology
Justice
News
09 May 2014
Ordination ceremony of Hanna Schramm in April 2014. Photo: LWF/Leonardo Pérez

“A genuine alternative”

Interview with Rev Hanna Schramm, the first woman minister of the Lutheran Church in Chile (Iglesia Luterana en Chile, ILCH)

Theology
Gender
News
08 May 2014
Bishop Dr Malasusa and Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal. Photo: LWF/I. Benesch

Tanzania’s vice-president addresses LWF interfaith conference

“Build new structures to promote peace”

Theology
Governance
Justice
News
07 May 2014
ELCT bishops at the church’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 2013. Photo: LWF/H. Martinussen

No Place for Violence

LWF Expresses Solidarity With Church and Victim of Explosion in Tanzania

Churches
News
07 May 2014
Ethiopian landscape. Photo: LWF/M. Egli

LWF Pays Scheduled Accompaniment Visit to EECMY

“Expression of the Vitality of Communion Relationships in the LWF”

Communion
Churches
News
06 May 2014
Children look for valuable items in the ashes of what was once the central market in Bor. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance

LWF Joins Call to End Violence against Civilians in South Sudan

A Callous Disregard for Civilian Life

Justice
Humanitarian
News
29 Apr 2014
The Lutheran Church in Chile has ordained its first woman as a minister. Photo: Leonardo Pérez

Lutheran Church in Chile Ordains First Woman Pastor

All LWF Member Churches in Region Now Welcoming Women as Ministers

Theology
Churches
Gender
News
28 Apr 2014

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