Nov2023
Blessings flow from cross-cultural move
Warrambui Retreat and Conference Centre near Canberra has run a volunteer internship program for young people from around Australia for more than 30 years. But in 2023, the Lutheran camping ministry program became cross-cultural, welcoming its first participants from Papua New Guinea.
Mar2023
Celebrating Australian Lutheran missionaries
LCA International Mission’s Missionaries Timeline is an online resource designed to acknowledge and thank the Australian Lutherans who have served in mission overseas, particularly in Papua New Guinea, and shares their inspiring stories and photos.
May2022
New Lutheran evangelist carries on 50-year PNG mission
by Matt Anker
Five decades after the first Lutherans began a prayer group and built a church in Papua New Guinea’s West Sepik region, a new Lutheran evangelist has been commissioned to continue carrying the good news to people in the remote jungles of the nation’s northernmost province.
May2022
Decade of Bible translation service in PNG
The LCANZ gives thanks for the service of Australian Lutheran Hanna Schulz, who has marked 10 years since she arrived in Papua New Guinea to start working with the people there through Bible translation.
Apr2022
Decade of Bible translation service in PNG
The LCANZ thanks God for Hanna Schulz, who has marked 10 years of service in Papua New Guinea in Bible translation.
Oct2021
Excited to be following God’s call
Serving overseas as a missionary is something Pastor Murray Smith never thought he’d do. But then God’s call on our lives can often surprise – because that’s exactly what he and his wife Tracy are preparing for, after his call to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea.