Feb2020
Meet our new pastors
Seven new pastors, from a wide range of backgrounds, are stepping out in faith to begin their first assignments in parishes around the church this year.
Feb2020
Ordination joy for Upper Moutere
Andy Marr was ordained as a Specific Ministry Pastor last month by LCA/NZ Bishop John Henderson at St Paul’s Lutheran Community Church at Upper Moutere in New Zealand.
Jan2020
Get to know our new pastors
Get to know the LCA/NZ’s newest pastors, who will all be stepping out in faith to begin their first assignments in 2020, through their responses to our Q&A.
Dec2019
LCA/NZ welcomes seven new pastors
Seven Australian Lutheran College graduates have joined the ranks of pastors of the Lutheran Church of Australia this week.
Nov2019
Ordination brings tears of joy
by Paul Traeger
Nearly 200 people attended the ordination service for Jeffrey Wheeler at Mount Liebig, 325 kilometres west of Alice Springs.
Nov2019
Further ordination meeting planned
The General Church Board (GCB) and the College of Bishops (CoB) of the LCA/NZ will meet again in early 2020 to continue looking at the issue of ordination in the church.
Oct2019
Prayer call for ordination meeting
LCA Bishop John Henderson has asked church members to pray for churchwide leaders as they take part in a special meeting about ordination later this week.
Oct2018
Synod says ‘no’ to ordination of women
Of the delegates registered at Convention, 161 voted against the resolution to ordain both men and women; 240 supported it.
Aug2018
Church called to pray in Synod lead-up
LCA Bishop John Henderson has called on all members to pray for the church’s leaders, and the delegates and organisers of next month’s 19th General Convention of Synod in Sydney as they prepare for the triennial meeting.
Jul2017
Ordination consultations nearing conclusion
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
