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    Members of the Lutheran Church of Peru are actively participating in the claims of civil society
    Gustavo Driau
    • Feb 3
    • 1 min

    Members of the Lutheran Church of Peru are actively participating in the claims of civil society

    Members of the Lutheran Church of Peru are actively participating in the claims of Peruvian civil society for the damages caused by the...
    Perú coasts: oil spill cause ecological disaster
    Gustavo Driau
    • Jan 22
    • 2 min

    Perú coasts: oil spill cause ecological disaster

    A Spanish oil company Repsol ship that was hit by the swell caused by the volcanic eruption in Tonga, thousands of miles away, spilled...
    A country with more justice, more inclusive, and respectful of all human dignities.
    Gustavo Driau
    • Jan 13
    • 2 min

    A country with more justice, more inclusive, and respectful of all human dignities.

    The Chilean society is in the process of participatory democratic deliberation aimed at elaborating and approving a new national...
    IELB-Bolivia- Diakonia serving women and children in Cochabamba.
    Gustavo Driau
    • Jan 10
    • 1 min

    IELB-Bolivia- Diakonia serving women and children in Cochabamba.

    Villa Belén is a human settlement in the high hills of Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is home to working families who have come from rural...
    Peru: a distressing context due pandemic
    Gustavo Driau
    • Jan 10
    • 2 min

    Peru: a distressing context due pandemic

    Peru has the highest number of COVID deaths in proportion to its population. The impact of the pandemic is devastating, with 200,000...
    Argentina in an acute poverty crisis
    Gustavo Driau
    • May 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Argentina in an acute poverty crisis

    The pandemic has exposed social inequalities worldwide; at the same time, the distress is deeper. In the last three months, the...
    Rev. Wilma Rommel, elected presiding pastor in IELU Argentina-Uruguay
    Gustavo Driau
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Rev. Wilma Rommel, elected presiding pastor in IELU Argentina-Uruguay

    The United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Argentina and Uruguay held an ordinary general assembly on April 24, 2021. The assembly was...
    Ravaged by Covid, Brazil Faces a Hunger Epidemic
    Gustavo Driau
    • Apr 24, 2021
    • 6 min

    Ravaged by Covid, Brazil Faces a Hunger Epidemic

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/world/americas/covid-brazil-hunger.html The New York Times. Apr. 23rd, 2021 By Ernesto Londoño, Flávia...
    Hard poverty in Argentina: Companion church and World Hunger response.
    Gustavo Driau
    • Apr 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Hard poverty in Argentina: Companion church and World Hunger response.

    On March 31, 2021, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) of Argentina published its annual report on poverty....
    Solidarity from the Companion Church in Brazil IECLB
    Gustavo Driau
    • Apr 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    Solidarity from the Companion Church in Brazil IECLB

    Mauro B. de Souza, the vice president of IECLB sent this letter supporting ELCA response to the winter storms in Texas Dear Gustavo...
    It is Easter Sunday! Lutheran Diakonia Foundation, Brazil
    Gustavo Driau
    • Apr 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    It is Easter Sunday! Lutheran Diakonia Foundation, Brazil

    “When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus'...
    A sense of deep peace and uncontainable joy
    Gustavo Driau
    • Apr 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    A sense of deep peace and uncontainable joy

    2021 Easter Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone because they were afraid....
    Lutheran Diakonia Foundation, Brazil. Good Friday 2021
    Gustavo Driau
    • Apr 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    Lutheran Diakonia Foundation, Brazil. Good Friday 2021

    Good Friday 2021. Lutheran Diakonia Foundation, Brazil "Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of...
    Lack of progress in the implementation of the Colombia peace process
    Gustavo Driau
    • Apr 2, 2021
    • 6 min

    Lack of progress in the implementation of the Colombia peace process

    https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-03-30/politics-peace-and-poverty-a-powder-keg-called-colombia.html Politics, peace and poverty: a...
    Katie Kline is now a called and ordained ELCA minister of Word and Service.
    Gustavo Driau
    • Nov 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    Katie Kline is now a called and ordained ELCA minister of Word and Service.

    Katherine Christina Andert Kline is now a called and ordained minister of Word and Service in the church of Christ. On October 31st,...
    See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not work or spin
    Gustavo Driau
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not work or spin

    Amid pebbles and fog, yellow and solitary, the Amancaes lilies return every year. When Lima turns grayer than ever, and winter increases,...
    Conversations on Migrants Ministries
    Gustavo Driau
    • Sep 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    Conversations on Migrants Ministries

    On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, companion churches from Chile, Argentina, Colombia, and Peru participated in conversations with the...
    Lutheran School of Theology, Bogotá Colombia
    Gustavo Driau
    • Sep 8, 2020
    • 6 min

    Lutheran School of Theology, Bogotá Colombia

    The Lutheran School of Theology (LST) is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Colombia, IELCO. Nelida Mora is the coordinator...
    IELB programs promote rights for children and adolescents
    Gustavo Driau
    • Sep 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    IELB programs promote rights for children and adolescents

    Bolivia faces crucial human development challenges, a difficult situation in one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Structural...
    Programmatic and staffing changes in Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
    Gustavo Driau
    • Aug 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Programmatic and staffing changes in Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

    Dear brothers and sisters, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will...
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