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Children in the Beldangi refugee camp in Jhapa district, Nepal, where the LWF provides care and maintenance support to Bhutanese refugees. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Mercy as watchword for post-pandemic world

LWF General Secretary sends New Year message to member churches  

Theology
Governance
Communion
News
01 Jan 2021
LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Unexpected joy during an unprecedented Christmas

LWF President Musa shared LWF’s 2020 Christmas Message

Governance
Churches
News
17 Dec 2020
Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazaar IDP camp receive a distribution of WASH kits by LWF's local partner. Photo: LWF/ B. Khanal

Partners for peace and humanitarian aid in Myanmar

LWF speaks at Canadian Parliament on human rights in Rakhine State

Churches
Justice
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15 Dec 2020
This year’s LWF Christmas card features an indigenous mother and child from Guyana. Photo: Cleveland Bradford/Eclipse Digitalphoto Studio

LWF Christmas card: “A representation of hope”

Churches in Suriname and Guyana contribute portrait of indigenous mother and child

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Churches
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11 Dec 2020
LWF staff support for the

Masculinity and the ministry of encouragement
By
Rev. Dr Chad Rimmer

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Gender
Blog
07 Dec 2020
Youth playing at the bank of the Río Pogue, Atrato. Photo: LWF Columbia
15 Dec 2020

Webinar: A River with Rights

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Participants in the 2019 LWF Peace Messengers training workshop in Tallinn, Estonia. Photo: LWF/S.Kit

Young peacemakers key to post-pandemic world

Webinar showcases vital role of young people in advancing interfaith solidarity, peace and security

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Unity
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02 Dec 2020
The Lutheran World Federation, along with partners World Council of Churches, FinnChurchAid, Church of Sweden, and Mission 21, set up a four-day training workshop on Women Human Rights Advocacy for Faith-Based Organizations. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
9 Dec 2020

Webinar Transformative Masculinities 2 (UPDATE)

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Gender
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Christmas Message 2020

Youth
Unity
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Document
01 Dec 2020

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