LWF unanimously adopts Gender Justice Policy “A Call to Promote Dignity and Justice for all Human Beings”, the Latvian archbishop abstains from voting

22. Jun, 2013

GENEVA, 18 June 2013 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has adopted a wide-ranging policy on gender justice that urges inclusive and sustainable communities, churches and programs throughout the global communion of churches.

According to the unofficial information available to us, the results of the voting were following: all the members of the Council have voted „for” the document, noone has voted „against”, the archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia Janis Vanags has „abstained”.

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