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Image Participants at the 2024 Asia Church Leadership Conference in Hong Kong. Photo: LWF/Johanan Celine Valeriano Asia: Stand in solidarity and share hope Asia Church Leadership Conference concludes with a pledge to strengthen ties and support those who suffer (LWI) - “Hope is a shared language in our uncertain world,” affirmed over 100 participants in the Asia Church Leadership Conference…
Image The faith leaders are calling on the G20 to fix inequality and tackle climate change, which is the greatest challenge facing humanity today. The photo above shows a farmer participating an LWF project "Gender Transformative Climate Adaptation" in Cameroon and Chad. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux Church leaders call on G20 to halt growing inequality, ramp up climate action In a letter to G20 leaders meeting in Brazil, LWF and partners call for far-reaching tax policies and meaningful climate action (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined with ecumenical partners in urging the leaders of G20…
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Image The Participation of Women in the Ordained Ministry and Leadership in LWF Member Churches A baseline assessment among LWF member churches carried forward in 2016 on the proportion of women in decision-making positions and in the ordained
Image Women on the Move postcards Commemorations of the 500 years of Reformation normally highlight important actors, principally the male names of history: Martin Luther, Jean Calv
Image The ongoing reformation of the church: the witness of ordained women today In March, 2008, a small ad hoc consultation of women was held in Geneva, under the auspices of the LWF Department for Theology and Studies, in coll
Image Women on the Move This publication is for both, men and women, who have been touched by Faith, kissed awake by hope and transformed by love.
