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A selection of news relevant to EKD and of press releases of EKD's partner churches and church bodies. News used with permission from Ecumenical News International and other agencies.

German Lutheran named to head global communicators' group
July 22, 2010
YMCA world council chooses Norwegian head
July 20, 2010
European theology faculties warn of shift to religious studies
July 14, 2010
As G8 meets, churches' leader sounds warning on Haiti
June 25, 2010
EKD Council Chairperson Schneider: Religion and Culture Belong Together
June 17, 2010
WCC calls on parties to Thailand's conflict to negotiate, abandon violence
May 20, 2010
Unhappy with Copenhagen accord, churches urge ongoing action
December 22, 2009
Copenhagen bells ring, candles flicker, archbishop links love to climate
December 15, 2009
German Supreme Court Curbs Sunday Shopping
Open Shops During All Advent Sundays Unconstitutional

December 1, 2009
UN now looks to faith leaders, to help end violence against women
November 26, 2009
Prayers And Candles Brought Berlin Wall Down
German Churches Commemorate 20th Anniversary With Thanksgiving

November 9, 2009
Role of faith, prayer in opening of Berlin Wall underscored
November 9, 2009
German Protestant bishop 'disappointed' on talks with Catholics
October 28, 2009
First female bishop elected to lead German Protestants
October 28, 2009
Jesus would have 'tweeted' says initiator of Twitter Bible
October 15, 2009
One billion now hungry, says report on 'right to food'
October 13, 2009
What happened in Leipzig around prayers and toppling communism
October 08, 2009
Pastor honoured for role in protests that felled the Berlin Wall
October 07, 2009
German bishop writes about divorce and breast cancer battle
Oktober 01, 2009
German church leaders visit North Korea
September 15, 2009
Norwegian Lutheran elected to lead World Council of Churches
August 28, 2009
Congratulations for newly-elected global churches' leader
August 28, 2009
Global church grouping to elect new leader at Geneva meeting
August 26, 2009
One building for 18 denominations in Hamburg 'harbour city'
August 24, 2009
German church opens Web site to mark peaceful revolution
August 7, 2009
Scripture Distribution Drops Slightly
August 5, 2009
Lutheran Bishop Wants More Positive View of Mission Maria Jepsen: Dark Sides of History Highlighted All Too Often
July 27, 2009
Yemen: Abducted Christians Still Missing
July 21, 2009
Conference of European Churches votes for reform by 2013
July 20, 2009
Fall of Iron Curtain means churches need 'one voice' in new Europe
July 20. 2009
Offer hope to crisis-hit world, European churches' leaders urge
July 16, 2009
On 10 July, Protestants celebrate 500 years since Calvin's birth
July 10, 2009
Iran must respond to discontent, says German pastor in Tehran
June 19, 2009
Atheist Campaign: Christians "Jump on the Bus"
Evangelicals Accompany Atheists on Round Trip Through Germany

June 18, 2009
Bible School Students Murdered in Yemen
German Nurses Were On a Short-Term Hospital Internship

June 17, 2009
PRESS STATEMENT by United Church Council - Namibia Evangelical Lutheran Churches
June 12, 2009
German Protestants 'tweet' the Bible in 10 days
June 2, 2009
Social justice needed to revive economies faith leaders tell EU
May 12, 2009
Church remembers rigged East German elections 20 years ago
May 9, 2009
East German "revolution" remembered in church campaign
April 30, 2009
Protestant leader lambastes Germany's major role as arms exporter
April 17, 2009
German Protestants launch mammoth effort to 'tweet' the Bible
April 9, 2009
Ilse Junkermann is first female bishop in former East Germany
March 27, 2009
Protestants in northwest Germany look to form united church
March 19, 2009
Precious Renaissance painting stolen from Norwegian church
March 10, 2009
Don't target minorities in global crisis says Protestant leader
February 20, 2009
Professor, pastor and communicator vie for Berlin bishop's post
February 15, 2009
Germany's debate on Holocaust rages as Vatican clarifies again
February 4, 2009
Berlin library launches appeal to save Bonhoeffer's papers
January 16, 2009
Church groups warn about 'collapse' of Sudan peace pact
January 12, 2009
Jerusalem Christian leaders seek day of prayer, halt to Gaza violence
January 8, 2009
World Lutheran leader 'anguished and outraged' over Zimbabwe
December 17, 2008
Worshippers Have More Friends Than Non-Religious People
Socio-Economic Study Reveals: Religion Is a Strong Cohesive Force

December 17, 2008
World Council of Churches seeks candidates for top job
December 11, 2008
Letters to God reach Jerusalem from all over the world
December 11, 2008
Churches urge Europe's leaders to build a greener economy
December 8, 2008
Woman pastor who is HIV 'survivor' gives hope to others like her
December 2, 2008
Why should religions engage on climate? Faith summit discusses
December 1, 2008
'Iraq is finished' say Christians who fled conflict
November 25, 2008
German Churches Launch Prayer Projects
Internet-Clip Explains Prayer: Candid Conversation with God

November 19, 2008
Global Christian leaders censure Africa for Zimbabwe failure
November 14, 2008
Half of Church of England clergy 'will be women' by 2018
November 13, 2008
German Protestant Church Calls For Change in Lifestyle Counter Climate Change and Preserve God¹s Creation
November 10, 2008
Archbishop of Canterbury praises Zimbabwean Anglican leader
November 10, 2008
German churches say they failed to oppose persecution of Jews
November 10, 2008
Year to mark Calvin's 500th anniversary to be launched in Geneva
October 31, 2008
Church condemns killing of aid worker as 'offence against God'
October 21, 2008
Religious extremism 'one of greatest threats', says WCC leader
October 17, 2008
Anglican head urges joint Christian-Muslim approach on credit
October 17, 2008
State corruption to blame for Zimbabwe collapse says bishop
October 17, 2008
German Protestants recall Anglican bishop of reconciliation
October 3, 2008
Financial panic must not derail anti-poverty plans say faith leaders
September 29, 2008
World Council of Churches honours former leader Philip Potter
September 25, 2008
Relations with Catholics, Islam key issues for new WCC leader
August 28, 2009
World Council of Churches looks to bigger tent for next assembly
August 28, 2009
Christian dialogue with Islam sought by new Berlin bishop
May 12, 2009

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