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‘If the local church is going to succeed, then it needs to find God’s preferred and promised future within its community’, Professor Pastor Patrick Keifert challenged participants at the LCA Board for Local Mission’s ‘Thriving in Change’ conference series. He started with the premise that ‘each local church [of the apostolic era] understood themselves to… Read more

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The LCA’s Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence has met three times since last year’s General Convention of Synod, where delegates directed General Church Council to commit resources to address ‘the prevalence of family violence among us’. ‘It’s too easy to ignore the secular media campaigns and say it’s all about non-Christians – it’s not’,… Read more

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Swimmer Kyle Chalmers, a year 12 student at South Australia’s Immanuel College at Novar Gardens in suburban Adelaide, won a gold medal for Australia at last month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Kyle, 18, took out the men’s 100 metres freestyle event in a personal-best time of 47.58 seconds at his first Olympics. In… Read more

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Grow Ministries has developed a new training program designed to provide ongoing and sustainable leadership development for young adults of the Lutheran Church of Australia. Beginning in January 2017, the Grow Leadership program will require a part-time commitment for 11 months by participants. It will accept 12 young adults from across the church, as well… Read more

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Two new Live at the Chapel (LATC) venues were launched last month, with churches at Nambour in Queensland and Bendigo in Victoria joining the ministry network. The Nambour launch featured singer and ukulele-playing songwriter Nicolle Jean and folk/groove singer-songwriter Jason Daniels, who shared testimonies and music for the gathering at St John’s Anglican Church. This… Read more

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Mrs Tania Nelson has been installed as the LCA’s new Executive Officer – Local Mission. LCA Bishop John Henderson installed Tania to the new position last month at her home church at Blair Athol in suburban Adelaide. As the Executive Officer – Local Mission, Tania will play an important role in leading the development of… Read more

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Scholars, theologians, bishops, church leaders, clergy and lay people from 14 countries gathered in Melbourne recently, united by an interest in Martin Luther. Hosted by the Australian Lutheran Institute for Theology and Ethics, under the umbrella of Australian Lutheran College, the Martin Luther@500 conference attracted 180 people to the Catholic Leadership Centre across five days… Read more

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Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) has achieved the highest accreditation possible from the Australian Government as a not-for-profit agency. The accreditation follows a thorough review of aid and development agencies carried out every five years by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and results are linked to government funding and viability. The process… Read more

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Lutheran school teachers in Indonesia have met for a national conference for the first time. Sponsored by LCA International Mission, the conference drew 110 teachers from the 13 member churches of the Lutheran World Federation National Committee in Indonesia to a three-day gathering in North Sumatra’s Samosir District. The aim of the June conference was… Read more

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One hundred extra children will be able to attend pre-school at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya for a year, thanks to a marathon run thousands of kilometres away in Queensland. After seven months of training, Pastor Mark Vainikka from St Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Brisbane City, ran his first competitive 42km race in the Gold Coast… Read more

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