- Lutheran Church of Australia
Our people
Government censuses indicate that about 250,000 Australians and New Zealanders identify as Lutheran. In practice, though, the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA), which includes the Lutheran Church of New Zealand (LCNZ), is a relativel...
- History of the Lutheran Church
The beginning: Martin Luther and the Reformation
The Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) understands itself to be a community of faith within the one holy catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ. Along with all other Lutheran churche...
- 'Loving Lord, have mercy': LCA prays for Christchurch
- News Blog
- By Linda Macqueen
- 22 February 2011
As emergency services workers race against the clock to rescue survivors from the rubble in Christchurch, the prayers of LCA members join with that of LCNZ President Robert Erickson’s petition: “Loving Lord, have mercy”.
Just over 24 hours ago a 6...
- Church Worker Training
Australian Lutheran College (ALC), in North Adelaide, is the tertiary education provider of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA). It prepares pastors, teachers, lay workers and church members theologically and vocationally for service in the ch...
- Scholarships do their bit to change the church
- News Blog
- By Rosie Schefe
- 2 August 2011
How much money does it take to change a church?
A surprisingly small amount, according to Dr Malcolm Bartsch, chair of the LCA’s Scholarship Committee.
Each year the Scholarship Committee invests in change and growth by supporting a small number o...
- Church Search Results
- Red Centre church brought back to life
- News Blog
- By Linda Macqueen
- 6 August 2011
In the heart of Australia’s ‘Red Centre’, an abandoned and run-down church has been restored by the local Lutheran Aboriginal community, with the assistance of the Finke River Mission (FRM) and some enthusiastic Sydney school students.
On Saturda...
- Does the Lutheran Church excommunicate members?
Does the Lutheran Church excommunicate members? Under what circumstances would this occur, and what is the process? What is the biblical basis for excommunication?
Thanks to The Lutheran for giving me this ‘fun’ topic to play with! Nobody likes ex...
- Little church with a big heart plans a caring Longest Lutheran Lunch
- News Blog
- By Amber Venner
- 12 September 2011
At Good News Lutheran Church, Albert Park in Adelaide, love is a part of everything the members try to do.
‘We are a small church, but we’re like a little family', says office secretary Cynthia Orr. ‘When new people come to our church, we love to ...
- Pray for Thailand partner church, LCA members urged
- News Blog
- By Linda Macqueen
- 29 October 2011
As the flood crisis in Thailand, including in its capital Bangkok, escalates, Lutherans across Australia and New Zealand have been urged to pray for the millions of people affected by the disaster.
LCA Board for Mission Director Rev Neville Otto,...