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Tanzania: Presiding Bishop calls for leadership values that foster unity ELCT retreat on a sustainable church
Church of Iceland offers equal opportunities for women Nordic church implementing LWF commitment to promote women and young people in leadership
Colombia: Pushing for peace and women’s rights Lutheran church joins other civil society representatives presenting shadow report to UN’s CEDAW committee
Ethiopian church empowers communities to thrive on their own EECMY social services reach 3 million people across Ethiopia
Honduran church models inclusion and opportunities for young women LWF member church works with partners offering alternatives to migration
Germany: Attention and space for God’s presence “Sabbath year” in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
India: Sharing the gospel and working for social justice in Tamil Nadu Interview with newly consecrated Bishop Daniel Jayaraj
Germany: The long road to equal rights for women in leadership Women’s right to vote and their representation in Lutheran synods
Ethiopia: Creativity in the face of hardship LWF supports people displaced internally by extreme climate and conflict
"You cannot be Christian without working hard for church unity" Msgr Matthias Türk reflects on two decades of Lutheran-Catholic dialogue
