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Image A peace dove and flowers at a monument in Amsterdam. Photo courtesy of Albin Hillert LWF New Year Message: ‘Seek peace and pursue it’ General Secretary Junge invites Lutheran churches to be peacebuilders (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is inviting its member churches to pursue peace with determination in 2019. In his New Year Message to the…
Image Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert 2020 New Year Message: So that all have life in abundance “In times of exclusionary populism, silence is never an option” (LWI) - In his New Year message, the General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Rev. Dr Martin Junge calls on churches to bear witness to the gospel message…
Image New Year Message 2016: "Every single one counts under God's reign” “… If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of t