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August 24, 2010

Two hands and a heart beckon to Dresden. Poster Kirchentag 2011

Katrin Göring-Eckardt, president of the Kirchentag, and Bishop Jochen Bohl of Saxony have presented the poster for next year's Kirchentag. Germany's largest church gathering will take place from June 1 to 5, 2011. Its theme will be "... there your heart will be also."

 

July 26, 2010

Palestinian Bishop Elected President of the Lutheran World Federation. Foto vom palästinensischen Bischof Munib A. Younan, der am Samstag (24.7.2010) zum neuen Präsidenten des Lutherischen Weltbundes (LWB) gewählt worden ist. (Foto: epd-bild / Norbert Neetz)

Three hundred and sixty registered delegates voted, representing 145 member churches from 79 countries. Rt Rev. Dr Younan received 300 votes affirming his election. He succeeds Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, who has been President of the LWF since the last Assembly in Winnipeg, Canada, in 2003.

 

July 20, 2010

"Give Us Today Our Daily Bread". Assembly Logo

"Hunger is not God's fault; it's our fault," said The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Bishop Mark S. Hanson at the opening press conference of the federation's Eleventh Assembly. The LWF comprises 140 churches in 79 countries. 1,000 people, including 418 delegates from the member churches will participate in the Stuttgart assembly.

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