Board for Mission

World Mission Logo

This is the logo of the World Mission Ministry of the Lutheran Church of Australia.

The concentric circles reflect the words of Acts 1:8 where Jesus describes our mission task with what could be called concentric circles:

'Jerusalem... Judea ... Samaria … the ends of the earth'.

The circle is also symbolic of the world, which reminds us that our mission task is global, world-wide.

The centre of this activity, at home and far away, is the Cross of Christ. The Cross remains the centre and focal point, no matter from which angle you view the logo.

The Cross is partly placed onto the circles, in part it is under them. This indicates the interaction between the Cross of Christ and the world he died to save.

The geographic areas under the Cross display the main focus of the LCA's World Mission programme, namely Papua New Guinea and South East Asia and their churches with whom we work together in world mission.

The other sections of the map wish to suggest that there are also tasks and points of contact which lie beyond our specific focus at this time in the history of the Lutheran Church of Australia.

Objects

The object of the Board for Mission shall be to fulfil Christ’s mission command, Matthew 28:19-20, (Mark 16:15, Luke 24:46-47), Acts 1:8, by supporting overseas mission activity of the Church, and by promoting interest in and support of mission endeavour on a world-wide basis.

Duties of the Board for Mission:

to administer the work of the church in supporting the overseas mission activity and/or overseas Churches which the Church has undertaken to support;
to seek out potential areas of mission endeavour, and upon the authorisation of the Church to assist in any such new areas;
to cooperate with other supporting bodies with whom the Church is jointly engaged in overseas mission work;
to enlist and prepare personnel for service;
to call, appoint, or dismiss pastors on behalf of the Church; to appoint or dismiss church workers and other staff members; and to engage or dismiss casual or contract labour;
to provide for the welfare of mission personnel;
to assist overseas Churches in the training and equipping of their church workers;
to assist in providing the Scriptures and Christian literature in the vernacular;
to promote the cause of, and interest in, the overseas mission of the Church;
to encourage and stimulate financial support for the overseas mission programme of the Church;
to encourage Districts to appoint mission representatives in the Districts as the Church requires;
to make representation to the Government in the interests of overseas mission activity when necessary in consultation with the leaders of the relevant missions and/or Churches and the President of the Church;
to study mission trends and methods;
to maintain contact with other mission agencies and organisations as determined by the Church from time to time.

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