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Image Communion: On Being the Church Report of the Lutheran—Reformed Commission between the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), 2006—2
Image “Here I am; for you called me.” - Youth Participation and Leadership in the LWF Member Churches This resource presents the results of a survey mapping youth participation and leadership conducted in October-November 2013.
Image Intergenerational Sharing in the LWF Communion - Toolkit This resource reports on the first-ever session of the LWF Council focusing on intergenerational sharing, held at the June 2013 meeting in Geneva t
Image Working Together: Christian-Muslim Humanitarian Partnerships Workshop This final report of the workshop Working Together: Christian-Muslim Humanitarian Partnerships contains the background to the LW
Image Resource: Religion: Help or Hindrance to Development? Authors from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin and North America reflect on the many ways in which religion has positively influenced development and ass
Image Seeking Conviviality | Re-forming Community Diakonia in Europe This resource, produced by an international solidarity group engaged in diakonia locally, identifies the most important challenges to the church an
Image Theological Practices That Matter Theological reflections on such diverse practices as reading the Bible; worship; baptism; forgiveness of sin; church discipline; inclusion of child
Image Being the Church in the Midst of Empire: Trinitarian Reflections Many of us have lived under various kinds of political and economic empires, and directly experienced some of the positive but also the oppressive
Image Deepening Faith, Hope and Love in Relations with Neighbors of Other Faiths The intent is to deepen commitment to and theological discernment within interreligious relations.
Image Lutherans Respond to Pentecostalism These articles seek to further deeper ongoing theological conversations about how Pentecostalism is influencing practices in Lutheran churches, esp
