The LCA has a Vision that Information and Communication Technology will be used to aid and support its mission and ministry by facilitating the sharing of information, the provision of resources, education and outreach.

Read the full Vision Statement.

Our Policies and Guidelines

The General Church Council of the LCA has established policies for the use of information and communication technology throughout the whole of the Lutheran Church of Australia including its districts, organisations and institutions. In addition the I&CT Committee has prepared guidelines to assist these bodies to make more effective use of the technology.

Read the Email Policy
Obtain a working copy of the Model Email Policy
Read the Guidelines for Use of Email

Guiding Principles & Standards

The I&CT Committee has prepared recommendations on the use of information technology in the Lutheran Church of Australia. Read the Guiding Principles & Standards to find out about: storing information electronically, hardware and software, local area networks, emailing documents, security and virus control, LCA sub domains, electronic mail, Internet, skills and training.

LCA Email Addresses

The Lutheran Church of Australia issues all pastors, lay church workers, vicars and congregations who are contactable by email with an ‘…@lca.org.au’ email address. These LCA email addresses are used in the LCA Yearbook, on the LCA website and in LCA publications and databases.

Read the Guidelines for LCA Email Addresses for information about why LCA addresses are used, who is given an address, the formats used, how the addresses work, and what information is needed for an address to be set up.

Guidelines have been prepared to assist people and organisations with an LCA email address to show the LCA address as their reply address.

Guidelines for setting up Outlook XP(2002 & 2003), Outlook 97 and Outlook Express

Software and Hardware Offers

The Lutheran Church has made arrangements for pastors, congregations and schools to obtain some computer products at reduced prices.

Software/Hardware Agreement	Included Software/Hardware	Organisation Eligibility	Individual Eligibility:
LCA Microsoft Select Agreement Read More	All Microsoft software including Windows, Office (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word), Publisher etc	All organisations and institutions of the LCA.	Paid and volunteer workers who use their computer for church work purposes.
LCA Microsoft Schools B Agreement Read More	An annual fee per computer to maintain the latest version of Windows, Office and Server Connection Licenses	LCA schools and educational institutions only. Note that all computers at the particular site must be part of the agreement.	Only school-owned computers
LCA Adobe Education Agreement Read More	All Adobe software	LCA schools, educational institutions and other Lutheran organisations attached to Lutheran Educational Institutions.	Only for use on Lutheran organisation-owned computers.
LCA Antivirus Agreement Read More	McAfee Active Virus Defence Suite, upgrade to Active Threat Protection Suite and Staff Home Use Option for use on standalone and network computers.	All organisations and institutions of the LCA.	Paid and volunteer workers who use their computer for church work purposes. McAfee Home Version for all LCA members.
LCA Hewlett Packard Agreement Read More	Business grade desktops, notebooks, personal digital assistants (iPAQs), printers, projectors and servers.	All organisations and institutions of the LCA.	Paid and volunteer workers who use their computer equipment for church work purposes.
LCA Audio Visual – AV Central Agreement Read More	Digital cameras, projectors, screens and AV accessories	All organisations and institutions of the LCA.	Paid and volunteer workers who use their AV equipment for church work purposes.
LCA Telstra Fixed Line Telephone Services Agreement Read More	Discounted fixed Line rental and call charges	LCA National and district offices, congregations/parishes, schools, educational institutions, aged care facilities, community care services.	LCA pastors and lay church workers
LCA Telstra Mobile Telephone Services Agreement Read More	Discounted mobile rental and call charges	LCA National and district offices, congregations/parishes, schools, educational institutions, aged care facilities, community care services.	Pastors and lay church workers, staff employed by Lutheran schools, educational institutions, aged care facilities, LCA National and district offices and members of LCA boards and committees
LCA Telstra Internet Connections Agreement Read More	Discounted services for business or personal ADSL, Megalink and wireless EVDO broadband.	LCA National and district offices, congregations/parishes, schools, educational institutions, aged care facilities, community care services.	Pastors and lay church workers, staff employed by Lutheran schools, educational institutions, aged care facilities, LCA National and district offices and members of LCA boards and committees.
LCA Telstra Video Conferencing Agreement Read More	Free ISDN connection and discounted rental on ISDN and video conferencing equipment.	LCA National and district offices, congregations/parishes, schools, educational institutions, aged care facilities, community care services.	Only for LCA institutions

Congregational Web Sites

Read the Guidelines for Setting up a Congregational Website for information and tips on establishing a congregational website. Consider:

Whether it’s really necessary
What the LCA can provide
What sort of information should be included
Other considerations
Hosting and the address
Links and logos
Copyright and privacy
Writing styles
What other churches have done

Check out LCA congregations with websites.

Use the Find a Church search facility to see the single web page generated for each LCA congregation using information supplied from 2003 LCA Statistics Forms.

[Contact the LCA National Office, admin@lca.org.au phone 08 8267 7300, to update information about your congregation or to find out how you can provide your logo, photos and map for your page.]

Email Lists

The Lutheran Church sponsors mailing lists to further its mission and ministry. These lists may be open or closed, moderated or unmoderated. Currently there are general email discussions lists as well as others lists in the areas of family ministry, youth issues, education, and LCA President’s and New Zealand news.

Contact:

Contact the ICT Committee (ictcommittee@lca.org.au)

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