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Men's voices vital in quest for gender justice In International Women’s Day message, Lutheran leaders call for stronger, broader commitment to gender equality
LWF joins prayer chain for climate justice Churches and individuals urged to take part in 10-month initiative leading up to COP26 climate summit
LWF promotes religious education as a path to ecological sustainability A Lutheran communion contribution to interdisciplinary approaches to teaching ecology
Finland: New emoji for forgiveness presented Former president Halonen selects emoji from hundreds of submissions
Iceland’s pastor for immigrants and asylum seekers Church seeks to ‘welcome the stranger’ as numbers of foreigners rise in the Nordic nation
LWF congratulates Church of Norway’s new leader Olav Fykse Tveit appointed as Presiding Bishop of his native country
2020 New Year Message: So that all have life in abundance “In times of exclusionary populism, silence is never an option”
Belarus artist depicts miracle of Incarnation This year’s Christmas card comes from the historic St Anna Lutheran Church in St Petersburg
2019 LWF Christmas message: Light in the darkness Invitation to Christians to make "the light of Christ visible and transformational"
16 Days: Working for women’s economic justice LWF promotes empowerment through skills and leadership training, access to land and seeds
