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Commission on Theology and Inter-Church Relations

COMMISSIONS Homepage Social and Bioethical Questions Lutherans for Life Commission on Theology and Inter-Church Relations Ecumenical Dialogues Commission on Worship Return to Website Homepage Ordination of both women and men The CTICR has prepared a draft doctrinal statement for the next General Convention of Synod that presents: a theological basis for the ordination of women… Read more

Beyond Church planting dreams

March 20, 2016

It was the night the Living Faith Lutheran Church community at Murrumba Downs in northern Brisbane had been planning and praying for. On 14 June 2015 the latest church plant in the LCA was launched with more than 100 people attending worship. Called Beyond Church and based at Living Faith Primary School, Murrumba Downs, it… Read more

Filed Under: Feature Stories Tagged With: Qld

Our church yesterday and today

September 24, 2016

In 1966 the leader of the Queensland District of the LCA was a Schmidt; now it is a Smith. Then it was Pastor Schmidt; now it is Bishop Smith. In 1966 the leader of the LCA was a Lohe; now it is a Henderson. Then it was President Lohe; now it is Bishop Henderson. I’m… Read more

Filed Under: Feature Stories Tagged With: 50.500, church union

The church that followed its people

August 10, 2015

What do you do when you have a large family and no local Lutheran church? Build a church on your own farm, of course! And when those children move off the farm to town? Take the church building with you—brick by brick. That’s what happened in the remarkable story of the Trinity Lutheran Church in… Read more

Filed Under: Stepping Stones

CHURCH WORKER SUPPORT

CHURCH WORKER SUPPORT Homepage Calls – Employment – Volunteering Lay Ministry Parish Nursing Return to Ministry Support Homepage Return to Website Homepage LCA Ministry Support Church Worker Support is a department of the Executive Office of the Church, also known as Ministry Support. It is one of five departments exercising the ‘enabling’ functions outlined in… Read more

Mission focus challenges mindsets

July 12, 2017

Becoming a sending church St Luke’s Albury, which is located in southern New South Wales, on the northern side of the Murray River border with Victoria, is a uniquely gifted congregation which has planted several ministries over its 80-year history. These include Lutheran Aged Care Albury, the largest aged-care provider in the region, and St… Read more

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History of the Lutheran Church

A historic agreement In October 1999, after years of committed dialogue, the Catholic Church‘s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Lutheran World Federation signed a historic agreement, the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ). The agreement states that the churches now share ‘a common understanding of our justification by God’s grace through faith… Read more

Remembering the Reformation – Commemoration events around the LCA/NZ

Remembering the Reformation – Commemoration events around the LCA/NZ National Together in Hope Lutheran–Roman Catholic Reformation Commemoration – Adelaide SA, full day of events Tuesday 31 October 2017 – begins 7.00am with Lutheran worship, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Adelaide; 12.30pm – Long lunch along Wakefield St; 3.30pm – Concert at St Francis Xavier Cathedral; 5.00pm –… Read more

Resource company back in church hands

March 12, 2017

Mission, ministry and serving the LCA are the motivations behind LifeWay Lutheran Church’s purchase of church resource company ACR. The church, which has congregations at Epping in northern Sydney and Newcastle, north of the capital, became the new owner of Australian Church Resources (ACR) on 1 January this year. The company formerly was owned by… Read more

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Dr Grope: a model of faith in leadership

February 7, 2018

Rev Dr Les Grope ‘modelled what a leader should be’ according to those who succeeded him as head of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA). Dr Grope is survived by his sons Andrew and Peter, their partners Bernadette and Anna, and one grandchild, Louis.

Filed Under: Features Homepage, News Tagged With: LCA bishop

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