Sep2022
At the death of Queen Elizabeth II: a message from Bishop Paul Smith
Our Lord has called to himself, our Queen Elizabeth. Let us thank God for her many years of faithful Christian leadership both in the Commonwealth and throughout the world. Many of us, on both sides of the Tasman, learned to express a prayerful yearning for Her Majesty in the National Anthem sung at schools across… Read more
Dec2020
LCA/NZ farewells parish nursing pioneer
Mrs Lynette Wiebusch, the founding president of the Lutheran Nurses Association of Australia (LNAA), has died, aged 79.
Sep2020
Lutheran Teachers College founder dies
Rev Dr Rolph Mayer, a founding lecturer and longtime principal of the LCA’s Lutheran Teachers College (LTC), has died, aged 90.
Jul2020
Professional standards pioneer dies
Liz Crawford, the inaugural director of the LCA’s Professional Standards Unit (PSU), died last Thursday night, 16 July, after a long battle with cancer. A lawyer, Mrs Crawford served in that role and then as manager of the renamed Professional Standards Department (PSD) from 2011 until her retirement in July 2016. Prior to taking up… Read more
Apr2020
A tribute to Dr Joe Strelan
by Dr Vic Pfitzner
In Dr John (Joe) Strelan, God gave the church a special gift, a pastor, missionary, theologian, teacher, and writer who could communicate the gospel with rare clarity and teach the profound truths of the faith with rare simplicity.
Feb2020
Former LCA Secretary dies
Former LCA Secretary of the Church Myra Oster died late last month, aged 90. Mrs Oster, who succeeded the late Pastor Kevin Schmidt, was part-time general secretary from mid-1991 until the end of 1993. She fulfilled the administrative elements of the role, while Dr Peter Lockwood oversaw pastoral-related matters. Mrs Oster’s work as secretary was… Read more
Dec2019
Heaven welcomes home a champion
Ian (Watto) Watson, founder of the ‘Shed Happens’ movement, died yesterday, 5 December. ‘Every bloke’s a champion!’ was coined by Ian as a rallying encouragement to men to be all that God called them to be.
Nov2019
Lutheran Paralympic Games hero killed
Paralympian hero and lifelong Lutheran Kieran Modra was killed this morning in a road accident near Gawler, north of Adelaide, when a car collided with his bicycle.
Sep2018
Mission board recognises late pastor’s service
The Board for the LCA’s Finke River Mission has paid tribute to the ministry of the late Pastor Max Stollznow.
Sep2018
Late leader was ‘a pastor’s pastor’
Rev Dr David Stolz, who was Vice-President of the LCA from 2001 to 2006 – including two years beyond his official ‘retirement’ – and the church’s Victorian District President from 1988 to 2004, died on 24 August, aged 79.
