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The Governance Framework outlines our structure and how all the pieces of the Lutheran Church of Australia fit together and support each other. You can read it here.
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God grows us as his people to a mature faith in Christ – a faith that comes to life through effective witness and ministry – so that people everywhere may know Christ and his love. Our Direction, adopted by General Synod in 2018, articulates how we participate with God in this mission.
Nominations
The Lutheran Church of Australia’s Standing Committee on Nominations (SCoN) has been established to support the identification, recruitment and appointment of suitable people for the Church’s governing and advisory bodies.
The committee consists of seven members appointed by the General Church Board (GCB) and is responsible to the GCB for its work.
During the synodical period, the committee works closely with governing and advisory bodies to identify their membership requirements and develop and implement processes that enable members of the church to offer themselves for service on these bodies. It also assists these bodies in filling casual vacancies that occur from time to time, for example, if there is a resignation of a member between synods.
The full rules of the SCoN are available here.
General information about nominations
Members of the GCB are elected at General Synod. Members of all other boards, councils, commissions and committees are appointed after each General Synod.
All members of these governing and advisory bodies are required to have provided proof of their Working With Children Check or equivalent and the completion of the relevant Professional Standards training before assuming their responsibilities.
GCB has now determined that Special Ministry Pastors can be considered for the role of pastor on governance and advisory bodies.
Vacancies that arise on governing and advisory bodies between General Synods are advertised through the church’s eNews.
We invite you to carefully and prayerfully consider whether you have the required skills and knowledge to serve on one of these bodies and contribute to the life and ministry of our church.
Before submitting a nomination form, please read the Terms of Reference for the body for which you are nominating. Please refer to this when completing your form.
If you know somebody with the skills and knowledge suitable to serve our church on a board, council, commission or committee, please encourage them to explore this possibility.
2024 Convention of General Synod
Nominations will open from 1 April and must be submitted by 30 June 2024. An electronic version of the form will be available. When completing the form, please ensure your proof of Working with Children check or equivalent and up-to-date Professional Standards training are attached.
You will be notified in writing of the outcome of your nomination after the appointment process has been completed post-Synod. This may take some time. Details of the appointment process are included in the TOR.
Service will commence from January 2025.
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Nominations
nominations@lca.org.au
08 8267 7300