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The assembly report can be downloaded on the LWF website. Photo: LWF/ S. Gallay
Report of Twelfth LWF Assembly published
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12 Mar 2018
  • Communion
12 Mar 2018
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A lie-in in front of the White House, organized by students in Washington after the school shooting in Florida, calls for more legislation on privately owned firearms. Photo: Lorie Shaull/ Flickr
ELCA Bishops stand with youth in addressing gun violence and school safety
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9 Mar 2018
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  • Churches
9 Mar 2018
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LWF Communion Office staff participate in a workshop on preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. The workshop followed the 2017 Assembly commitment to focus work on eliminating sexual and gender based violence. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Preventing sexual harassment in the office: from policy to practice
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8 Mar 2018
  • Theology
  • Gender
8 Mar 2018
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A refugee builds a traditional house in Moyo, northern Uganda. The country has been commended for its progressive refugee policy, allowing displaced people to settle and start a livelihood. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner
LWF urges UN members to support progressive refugee policies
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6 Mar 2018
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  • Humanitarian
6 Mar 2018
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Earlier this year the Lund Cross, which was used at the joint commemoration in Lund in 2016, was installed in the chapel of the Ecumenical Center. Photo: LWF/M. Aronson
Visit of Pope Francis to the Ecumenical Centre will strengthen quest for unity
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2 Mar 2018
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2 Mar 2018
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LWF receiving refugees at Lefori collection point, in Northern Uganda. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner
South Sudan crisis set to become Africa’s largest
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28 Feb 2018
  • Humanitarian
28 Feb 2018
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Bishop Dr Ruben Ngozo, center, LWF Area Secretary for Africa, Rev. Dr Elieshi Mungure, to his left, and LWF Vice President for Africa, Rev. Dr Jeannette Ada Epse Maina, second from right, outside the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cameroon. Photo: LWF
Strengthen communion by working more closely together
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27 Feb 2018
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27 Feb 2018
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Participants in the WICAS western Europe meeting discussed the gender equality and the MeToo movement. Photo: Photo: LWF/A.Weyermüller
Fair living and working conditions for women
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26 Feb 2018
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  • Theology
26 Feb 2018
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“For us Lutherans this is a hopeful step on the journey towards the shared Eucharistic table,
A hopeful step for Lutheran-Catholic couples
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23 Feb 2018
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  • Unity
23 Feb 2018
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