Nov2016
Aboriginal workers set standards
by Marilyn Wall
More than 25 Aboriginal pastors, evangelists and church workers from Central Australia have attended the 2016 Docker River ‘Big Course’ to learn about the LCA’s Standards of Ethical Behaviour policy,… Read more
Nov2016
School’s sign of the times
by LCA Communications
Students from Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School (LORDS) at Pimpama on Queensland’s Gold Coast recently found a unique way to recognise the LCA’s 50.500 initiative and celebrate their own milestone…. Read more
Nov2016
Lutheran named NT’s Australian of the Year
by LCA Communications
Indigenous leader Andrea Mason has been named the Northern Territory’s Australian of the Year. Ms Mason, who worships at Alice Springs Lutheran Church, is the Chief Executive of the Ngaanyatjarra,… Read more
Nov2016
Religious leaders in climate call
by LCA Communications
LCA Bishop John Henderson has joined hundreds of religious leaders from around the world in adding their names to an interfaith statement urging the world’s political leaders to take swift… Read more
Nov2016
Marrakech Climate Conference and Interfaith Statement
by Bishop John Henderson
News of the US presidential elections has overshadowed the fact that world leaders are meeting once again to discuss action on climate change. This year the conference is in Marrakech,… Read more
Nov2016
Paris Terror Attack
by Bishop John Henderson
Once again the world has been shaken by a hideous terror attack. Lutherans in Australia and New Zealand, together with people of faith everywhere, unite in expressing our deep sympathy… Read more
Nov2016
Ordination project officer appointed
by LCA Communications
Timothy Pietsch has been appointed to organise the church-wide consultation on a draft doctrinal statement regarding the ordination of women and men in the LCA. The LCA’s Commission on Theology… Read more
Nov2016
A battle of faith
by Mark Hadley
Hacksaw Ridge DISTRIBUTOR: Icon RELEASE DATE: 3 November 2016 RATING: MA15+ There are times in life when we discover whether or not our faith in God is real. Hacksaw Ridge… Read more
Nov2016
The true spirit of renewal
by Rev John Henderson
People often ask me about Lutheran Renewal. What does the church think about it? How is the church going to respond to it? The desire for renewal is hardly surprising… Read more
Nov2016
‘More that unites us than divides us’
by LCA Communications
‘Today, we hear God’s command to set aside all conflict. We recognise that we are freed by grace to move towards the communion to which God continually calls us’