Dec2017
Same-sex marriage: pastoral messages and other resources
LCA Bishop John Henderson has released a pastoral letter to members in response to the passing of the Marriage Amendment (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill in the House of Representatives.
Dec2017
LCA welcomes six new pastors
Six Australian Lutheran College graduates have joined the ranks of pastors of the Lutheran Church of Australia this week.
Dec2017
LCA member attends world climate conference
LCA member Sam Suke last month attended the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany, as a youth delegate with the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). Sam, 24, was chosen to attend the UNFCCC – also known as COP23 – after representing the LCA in the LWF’s Global Young Reformers Network at the… Read more
Dec2017
Lutheran chaplain earns top Army post
Lutheran pastor and Command Chaplain Darren Jaensch is being commissioned as the Australian Army’s new Director General Chaplaincy this month. With the new rank of Principal Chaplain (Brigadier), Chaplain Jaensch will oversee the chaplaincy capability of, and chaplains within, the Australian Army. He will be responsible to the Chief of Army for overseeing the management… Read more
Nov2017
Long-term servants retire
David Sweeney, who has been the long-term printing representative for The Lutheran and many LCA departments and agencies, is retiring early next year after 45 years’ service with Openbook Howden Print & Design (OBH) and its predecessors. David started in the industry in 1973 with Lutheran Publishing House (LPH), the LCA’s former church resources, publishing… Read more
Nov2017
Electronic giving program turns 20
The LCA’s electronic giving program (REG) has been operating for 20 years and now collects more than $6.4 million in church members’ offerings annually. According to the latest figures, there are more than 300 LCA congregations using REG, with 2400 individuals and families giving $533,500 a month through the system. REG is facilitated through the… Read more
Nov2017
LCA campaigns against domestic and family violence
by Ian Rentsch
The LCA this month is launching its Campaign for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence under the tagline Hidden Hurts Healing Hearts.
Nov2017
Statement a ‘joint witness’
Archbishop Christopher Prowse of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and LCA Bishop John Henderson have signed a joint statement issued to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
Oct2017
Conference–goers sent to follow God’s call
by by Tania Nelson
More than 90 people attended the first two-day SENT Conference at Our Saviour Lutheran Church Rochedale, in Queensland, earlier this month to learn that God is calling us to have hearts to ‘go and make disciples’. Organised by the LCA’s New and Renewing Churches department, the conference brought together lay people and pastors interested in… Read more
Oct2017
Scholarships share reconciliation mission
LCA International Mission has teamed up with LCA Reconciliation Ministry to provide short-term scholarships for three Lutheran pastors from overseas LCA partner churches. Rev Dr Jon Raihman Sipayung and Rev Rio Pendi Nababan from Indonesia were in Australia for eight weeks recently, while Rev Shigeo Sueoka from Japan visited for five weeks. Dr Jon is… Read more
