Feb2018
Dr Grope: a model of faith in leadership
Rev Dr Les Grope ‘modelled what a leader should be’ according to those who succeeded him as head of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA). Dr Grope is survived by his sons Andrew and Peter, their partners Bernadette and Anna, and one grandchild, Louis.
Feb2018
Grants available for study
Grants are available to members of the LCA for study that will better equip them for service within the church. Usually up to $5000 for any one grant, the funding is to be used to cover costs associated with a study program or training project. Most grants are awarded to support courses no longer than… Read more
Feb2018
Youth have chance to share views
Do you know a young person who is passionate about sharing his or her voice on issues our church is facing? If so, please encourage them to nominate for the LCA National Youth Forum 2018 by contacting their local church district office. Grow Ministries hopes to gather up to 30 people aged between 16 and… Read more
Feb2018
Trial restructure put to test
An evaluation is underway of the trial restructure of the LCA’s governing bodies and national operations. General Synod called for the restructures to be trialled in 2015. Originally proposed by the LCA’s General Church Council (GCC), the trial restructure is aimed at providing more effective leadership and more mission-centric activity, and delivering resources more efficiently… Read more
Jan2018
New bishop for NSW district
Pastor James Haak is the new Bishop of the LCA’s New South Wales District. Bishop Haak was installed by LCA Bishop John Henderson at Immanuel Lutheran Church Woden Valley, in the Australian Capital Territory on 21 January. Bishop Henderson, who preached on Jonah 3:1–5,10 for the installation, said the story of Jonah was a great… Read more
Jan2018
Former LCA leader dies
Former Lutheran Church of Australia President Rev Dr Les Grope has died, aged 97. Dr Grope, who served in the role now known as LCA Bishop from 1972 until his retirement in 1987, died on Sunday (28 January) in Adelaide. Born on 19 December 1920 at Stockwell, about 80 kilometres north of Adelaide, Leslie Bernhard… Read more
Jan2018
Lady Flo dies, aged 97
Lutheran matriarch and former Queensland Senator Lady Florence Bjelke-Petersen died late last year, aged 97. The widow of the late former Queensland premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, she had been a resident at Lutheran Services’ Orana Aged Care at Kingaroy in the state’s southeast since 2014. At Orana, Lady Flo played the chapel organ in church… Read more
Dec2017
LCA to study Royal Commission recommendations
An LCA team working on issues relating to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse will study the commission’s recommendations and explore their implications for the church.
Dec2017
Former LCA International Mission scholarship student ordained in Cambodia
Daniel Orn, a former LCA International Mission scholarship holder at Australian Lutheran College (ALC), has been ordained as a pastor in LCA partner church, the Lutheran Church in Cambodia (LCC). Assistant to the Bishop – International Mission Glenice Hartwich represented the LCA at the ordination in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh on 11 November…. Read more
Dec2017
Church council member earns emergency post
LCA General Church Council (GCC) member Tim Wiebusch has been appointed as Chief Officer Operations for the Victorian State Emergency Service (VICSES).
