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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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Rev. Dr Fidon Mwombeki, director of the LWF Department for Mission and Development, presents a 70-year trajectory of mission thinking and activities in the LWF, during the Consultation on Contemporary Mission in Global Christianity in Geneva. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
“I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation…”
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18 Nov 2016
18 Nov 2016
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Chanset with her uniform and bicycle in front of her school. Photo: LWF/P. Simayvanh
Books and bicycles
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17 Nov 2016
  • Humanitarian
  • Justice
17 Nov 2016
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Participants in the Consultation on Contemporary Mission in Global Christianity. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
How are Lutheran churches shaping holistic mission today?
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16 Nov 2016
  • Churches
16 Nov 2016
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LWF/ DIPECO radio host Victor Linares on air. Photo: LWF Colombia/Nubia Rojas
A radio against disaster
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16 Nov 2016
  • Humanitarian
16 Nov 2016
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