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While the media has put church responses to domestic violence under the spotlight in recent days, the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand (LCA) has been stepping up a 20-year campaign to prevent this abuse. Members of the church have been involved in various ecumenical groups which have developed resources and provided training for… Read more

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The LCA/NZ is moving into the final two months of the ordination consultations that are being held throughout Australia and New Zealand during March to October 2017. From August to October eight consultations will be held in the Victoria/Tasmania District, beginning with the consultation at the District Pastors Conference at Warrnambool on 2 August and ending… Read more

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by LCA Communications

Pastor Gordon Wegener has accepted the mantle from Pastor Bob Kempe as coordinator of the Continuing Education for Pastors (CEP) program. Pastor Kempe, who announced his retirement as coordinator earlier this year, had held the role on behalf of the LCA College of Bishops since CEP’s inception in 2012. Pastor Wegener’s appointment was announced by… Read more

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by LCA Communications

One of the greatest-ever Central Australian stories will soon be told at the Melbourne Film Festival (MIFF). The feature documentary is about the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir, whose magnificent voices have taken them from singing in the Ntaria (Hermannsburg), Utju (Areyonga) and Kaltukatjara (Docker River) Lutheran churches to packed concert halls and churches in Germany… Read more

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by LCA Communications

The fifth Australian Conference on Lutheran Education (ACLE5), held this year at the Adelaide Convention Centre, was the biggest ever. The headcount was 1127, which was nearly triple that of the first ACLE held in 1999. ACLE attracts leaders, educators, governors and guests from across Australia and also overseas. This year the conference welcomed 20… Read more

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by LCA Communications

Bishop Jack Urame and other leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (ELCPNG) visited Australia last month in recognition of their church’s partnership with the LCA. ELCPNG Director for Inter-Church Relations and Ecumenism Pastor Kinim Siloi and General Secretary Bernard Kaisom joined Bishop Urame in meeting with LCA Acting Bishop Rev Dr… Read more

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by LCA Communications

Veteran Lutheran Archives volunteer Dr Lois Zweck has received a Life-Long History Achievement Award from the History Council of South Australia. Dr Zweck, who has a doctorate in German Studies from the University of Adelaide, has conducted research spanning many areas, from genealogy and family history through to the histories of Germans in Australia and… Read more

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by Ingrid Phyn and Pauline Simonsen

Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation was a central feature of the Lutheran Church of New Zealand’s (LCNZ) biennial Convention of Synod in Wellington last month On Pentecost Sunday there were three related events, each with its own flavour. The first was a morning Reformation Commemoration Service at St Paul’s Lutheran Church, where Rev… Read more

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At least three Lutherans have been included in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List. The congratulations of the church are offered to these and any other members who were honoured. Kelvyn Prescott was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia or OAM, while Ross Harding and Garry Watson each were appointed as a Member… Read more

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Around 400 people gathered at Hermannsburg, in Central Australia, earlier this month to mark 140 years since a Lutheran mission was established at the site on the Finke River. On 8 June 1877, missionaries Schwarz and Kempe crossed to the northern bank of the river, 125 kilometres west-southwest of Alice Springs. They dug a well and found… Read more

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