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Through its Waking the Giant initiative, the LWF supports the work of churches and faith-based organizations towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
15 Sep 2020

Waking the Giant: Webinar on SDG16

Churches
Justice
Event
The 1 September online prayer service inaugurated the 2020 Season of Creation which runs until 4 October. Photo: LWF/Chad Rimmer

Youth lead prayers to open Season of Creation

Online ecumenical worship highlights 2020 theme of ‘Jubilee for the Earth’

Youth
Unity
Theology
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03 Sep 2020
Regional Lutheran communion institute offers churches free online courses. Photo: Julia M Cameron

LAC institute offers free online courses to strengthen church witness and service

Regional Sustainability Institute promotes innovative learning to build churches’ capacity

Communion
Churches
News
03 Sep 2020
The Lutheran Church in Chile organized food distribution to help people who had lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: ILCH

COVID-19: Challenged to a new spiritual language and more efficient diakonia

Dealing with the pandemic in the Lutheran Church in Chile

Theology
Communion
Churches
News
02 Sep 2020
By keeping a strict ratio of how many seeds to sow per hectare, and by sowing Cassava and Groundnut together, refugees near the Ngam refugee camp in Cameroon can both increase harvests and retain soil fertility over a longer time. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Celebrating a “Jubilee for the Earth”

In 2020 the Season of Creation invites a new understanding of spiritual and ecological connectedness  

Unity
Theology
Climate
News
25 Aug 2020
The LWF team in Northern Iraq distributed food aid to vulnerable families in Summel District in Dohuk Governorate. To respond to #COVID19, the government has issued movement restrictions and other measures which impact on the livelihood of many families. Photo: LWF Iraq

World Humanitarian Day: maintaining hope, in times of crisis

Talk about the mental health of aid workers, LWF World Service director says

Churches
Humanitarian
News
19 Aug 2020
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19 Aug 2020

Economy of life in a time of inequality, pandemic and climate change

Unity
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Event
Gathered in Addis Ababa from 23-27 October 2019, Lutherans from across the globe join in consultation under the theme of ’We believe in the Holy Spirit: Global Perspectives on Lutheran Identities’. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
2 Sep 2020

Being Lutheran: Webinar 3 of series on Lutheran identities

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Event
Speakers at Being Lutheran Webinar 2: (Left) Sister Dr Nicole Grochowina, Germany, and Rev. Dr Marcia Blasi, Brazil. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert & Faculdades EST

Being Lutheran: How theological education leads to transformation

Second webinar explores how COVID-19 pandemic calls for new ways of nurturing community

Theology
News
13 Aug 2020

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