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Affirming global solidarity with asylum seekers, migrants and the poor, from left: Bishop Gerhard Ulrich, United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD); LWF President Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan; Nordkirche’s Synodpräses Dr Andreas Tietze; and Tanzania’s Presiding Bishop Dr Alex G. Malasusa, LWF Vice-President for Africa. Photo: Nordkirche/Eberhard von der Heyde
A more just world includes care for refugees, migrants and asylum seekers
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24 Sep 2015
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  • Churches
24 Sep 2015
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Refugee family with caretaker, left, at the refugee home Rossauer Lände, Austria. Photo: Diakonie Refugee Service Austria/ Nadja Meister
Refugee crisis: Churches in other LWF regions express solidarity with Europe
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16 Sep 2015
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16 Sep 2015
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A volunteer helps a refugee child study for school. Photo: Diakonie Refugee Service Austria/Nadja Meister
Welcoming churches for thousands “outside the gates of Europe”
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16 Sep 2015
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  • Churches
16 Sep 2015
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U Kyaw Thein and his family in front of their flood-affected home. Photo: LWF Myanmar/ M. Celiz
LWF relief brings hope to people in Myanmar
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11 Sep 2015
  • Humanitarian
11 Sep 2015
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Japanese theologian Rev. Dr Arata Miyamoto speaks at the interfaith consultation where Pof. Notto R. Thelle from Norway (right) encouraged openness to the wisdom and experiences of other religions. Photo: LWF/I. Benesch
Call for theology that engages with Asia’s realities
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9 Sep 2015
  • Unity
  • Theology
9 Sep 2015
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LWF Vice-President for Asia, Eun-hae Kwon (left), with LWF Council member, Anna-Maria Klassen, praised young Lutherans for their efforts to address challenges faced by Christians globally. Photo: Johanan Celine Valeriano
Young reformers present innovative projects at global gathering
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7 Sep 2015
  • Communion
  • Churches
7 Sep 2015
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Refugees lie exhausted in a public place in Hungary, en route to northern European countries. Photo:MTI
“Duty to protect refugees is not only a moral obligation”
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4 Sep 2015
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  • Governance
4 Sep 2015
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Hungarian police form a cordon as refugees board a train for northern Europe. Photo: MTI
“What have you done or failed to do for one of these?”
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4 Sep 2015
  • Humanitarian
4 Sep 2015
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A refugee woman carrying a child prepares to board a train for northern Europe at Budapest's main station, Keleti.Photo: MTI
European member churches respond to refugee crisis
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4 Sep 2015
  • Humanitarian
4 Sep 2015
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