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• World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) receives corporate status

  January 16. 2013

• EKD Council Chair calls for Tolerance and Respect

  January 24, 2013

• EKD Council Chair challenges rich societies to rethink

  January 31, 2013

• EKD military bishop skeptical about German defense force participation in Mali

  January 17, 2013

• Women's World Day of Prayer focus on France in 2013

  January 02, 2013

• Bishops issue New Year warning against fear of the future

  January 02, 2013

• Diakonia agency calls for admitting Syrian refugees to Germany

  December 05, 2012

• Luther anniversary links Protestant Reformation to contemporary issues

  November 29, 2012

• World Communion of Reformed Churches to move its headquarters to Hanover

  November 5, 2012

• EKD Vice-president presses for ecumenical celebration of the Reformation anniversary

  October 30, 2012

• Federal Cross of Merit for Inventor of "Swords to Ploughshares"

  October 01, 2012

• Bishop Weber to head European Protestant body

  September 26, 2012

• EKD Council Chairman: Euthanasia must not become a business

  August 29, 2012

• Historical mission seminary gives way to University for Intercultural Theology

  August 23, 2012

• EKD Council Chairman: Nobody should go hungry due to biofuel

  August 21, 2012

• Johannes Friedrich: "Stop building settlements for the sake of peace"

  June 04, 2012

• Kässmann: Luther Had No Intention of Dividing the Church

  May 22, 2012

• Church Communion Criticizes Land Theft in Indonesia

  May 9, 2012

• EKD Sports Spoksperson Considers Boycotting EURO 2012 Appropriate

  April 30, 2012

• Protestant Church Wants to Step Up Dialogue with Other Religions

  April 27, 2012

• "Week for Life" Focuses on Inter-Generational Solidarity
• Council Chair Concerned about Threat of War in the Near East

  March 8, 2012

• WCC applauds EU court ruling on migrants' rights

  February 27, 2012

• WCC Executive Committee sends message to Syrian churches

  February 20, 2012

• Church Bank: Ethical Investments Growing

  February 3, 2012

• Schneider and Lehmann stress kinship between Protestants and Catholics

  January 20, 2012

• Youth longing for peace in the Arab world

  February 6, 2012

• Church peace commissioner calls for clear Bundeswehr mandate in Afghanistan

  December 28, 2011

• EKD Peace Secretary Stresses Role of Civil Society in Afghanistan

  December 6, 2011

• Church Parliament to Prepare Reformation Jubilee

  November 10, 2011

• September 11: EKD Council Chair Warns Against Religious Fanaticism

  September 09, 2011

• A call to end the violence in Syria

  August 10, 2011

• We cannot live with such dangers

  Statement on the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 6 and 9 August 1945

  August 5, 2011

• Protestant Church Criticizes Arms Trade with Saudi Arabia

  July 12, 2011

• WCC general secretary shocked by unleashing of violence in his homeland

  July 23, 2011

• EKD Bishop for Foreign Affairs urges global ecumenical debate on climate change.

  April 8, 2011

• "We cannot be ecumenical by ourselves"

  April 12, 2011

• Council Chair Urges a Lenten Period without Excuses

  March 10, 2011

• Global faith-based aid alliance says a billion hungry wrong

  November 1, 2010

• German president says 20 years later, Islam now part of Germany

  October 14, 2010

• Lutheran grouping congratulates Bachelet as head of UN Women Geneva

  September 20, 2010

• German Protestant who sought media independence, remembered

  September 06, 2010

• German Lutheran named to head global communicators' group

  July 22, 2010

• YMCA world council chooses Norwegian head

  July 20, 2010

• EKD Council Chairperson Schneider: Religion and Culture Belong Together

  June 17, 2010

• As G8 meets, churches' leader sounds warning on Haiti

  June 25, 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

• 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

• 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

• Congratulations for newly-elected global churches' leader

  August 28, 2009

• Norwegian Lutheran elected to lead World Council of Churches

  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

• 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

• German Protestants 'tweet' the Bible in 10 days

  June 2, 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

• Worshippers Have More Friends Than Non-Religious People

  Socio-Economic Study Reveals: Religion Is a Strong Cohesive Force

  December 17, 2008

• World Lutheran leader 'anguished and outraged' over Zimbabwe

  December 17, 2008

• Letters to God reach Jerusalem from all over the world

  December 11, 2008

• World Council of Churches seeks candidates for top job

  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

• Global Christian leaders censure Africa for Zimbabwe failure

  November 14, 2008

• German Churches Launch Prayer Projects

  Internet-Clip Explains Prayer: Candid Conversation with God

  November 19, 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

• Religious extremism 'one of greatest threats', says WCC leader

  October 17, 2008

• Anglican head urges joint Christian-Muslim approach on credit

  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

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