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Image Oberrabbiner Sizomu Gershom aus Uganda kommt zum Beginn der Konferenz „Fremde willkommen zu heißen“. Foto: LWB/M. Renaux Standing together to strengthen refugee response Interfaith conference highlights how Christian, Muslim and Jewish groups are working to ‘welcome the stranger’
Image Die COVID-Pandemie war für viele theologische Einrichtungen sowohl eine Krise als auch eine Chance. Foto: LWB/A. Hillert Pandemic and Pedagogy: post-COVID theological education LWF teams up with ecumenical partners for a conference on how to support staff and student learning online
Image Eröffnung der Konferenz mit (v.l.) Mark Hetfield, Präsident und Geschäftsführer von HIAS, LWB-Generalsekretärin Anne Burghardt, und Waseem Ahmad, Geschäftsführer von Islamic Relief Worldwide. Foto: LWB/M. Renaux Welcoming the Stranger, Shaping the Future On World Refugee Day, LWF joins with Jewish and Islamic partners to highlight faith-based response to refugee crisis
Image Pfr. Dr. Larry Kochendorfer, Bischof der Synode von Alberta und den Territorien von der Evangelischen Lutherischen Kirche in Kanada (ELCIC), ist Ratsmitglied des LWB. Foto: LWB/S. Gallay Canada: “Faith is about relationships” Voices from the Communion: LWF Council member Bishop Rev. Dr. Larry Kochendorfer
Image COVID-19 verstärkt Ungleichheiten, wie den Zugang zu Impfstoffen. Foto: Mufid Majnun, Unsplash COVID-19: “Too many people” lack vaccine access LWF reiterates concern over vaccine inequity, and impact of pandemic on girls’ education
Image Eine Mitarbeiterin des LWB bei einer Schulung im Bezirk Obongi, Uganda. Foto: LWB/Albin Hillert Human rights council: advocating with communities from local to global to local Country programs and member churches join global conversation on human rights
Image Eine Frau geht in Richtung der Al-Quds-Universität in Abu Dis, Palästina, während im Hintergrund die von den israelischen Behörden errichtete Trennmauer zu sehen ist. Foto: LWB/Albin Hillert Israel-Palestine conflict: A lasting solution must include ending the occupation LWF Council statement insists on international human rights instruments
Image Looking forward to the Thirteenth Assembly: (from left) Anna Wrzesińska, Chairperson of the Local Assembly Planning Committee, Jerzy Samiec, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, LWF President Panti Filibus Musa and LWF General Secretary Anne Burghardt. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay Assembly preparations proceeding “with vigor” Acknowledging the richness of Lutheran identity
Image Pavlo Shvarts, Bischof der Deutschen Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in der Ukraine. Foto: LWB/S. Gallay Ukraine: Preaching the gospel brings us hope Bishop Pavlo Shvarts of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine on “accepting one’s human limitations”
Image Foto: Public domain “Shocking and disturbing” global food crisis requires sustainable response Council statement highlights key drivers of inequality, calls for political will to respond
