LWF congratulates Bishop-elect Naledzani Sikhwari, who will be the first woman to lead a Lutheran diocese in Southern Africa.
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- God of peace. We pray for the people of Ukraine. Give leaders of nations the wisdom to choose peace over conflict and war. Be close to those who fear and comfort them. Lord, in your mercy.
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- LWF Council Member for Asia, Sally Azar is set to be the first woman ordained in her home church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land on 22 January. #WomensOrdination @LWFAsia @ELCJHL
- On this day in the year 1522, Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament was published. #Reformation500 #BibleYear
- "If we don't stand with them, who will?" Lutheran church leaders from Asia, Africa, Europe and America explain the biblical command and calling to support refugees. #WRD2019 #WithRefugees
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- On this day in 1906, German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born. #LutheranTheologians #LWFTheology
