Feb2024
New Zealand Lutheran’s service honoured
New Zealand Lutheran Dr Johanna Wood has been awarded the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ‘for services to football governance’.
Dec2023
NSW and ACT District provides oversight for the Lutheran Church of New Zealand
With the Lutheran Church New Zealand (LCNZ) unable to elect a bishop at its 2023 Convention of Synod, the LCANZ’s College of Bishops has asked the NSW and ACT District to provide oversight for the LCNZ until the next synod in two years.
Oct2022
New assistant bishop for New Zealand Lutherans
by Rosie Schefe
Pastor Nich Kitchen is the new assistant bishop for the Lutheran Church of New Zealand, following the unexpected early retirement of former assistant bishop, Pastor Jim Pietsch.
Sep2020
Lutherans take part in blessing New Zealand
Christians from more than 90 churches from around New Zealand – including members of St Paul’s Lutheran Community Church at Upper Moutere in the north of the South Island – have come together online to sing a blessing over their nation.
Jul2020
Reaching out with God’s love
The cross-cultural ministry of Mountainside Lutheran Church in Auckland is essentially outreach ministry or evangelism, says Rev Dr William Chang, pastor to the Chinese congregation there.