Rev Dr Erich Renner remembers the text for the first sermon he ever gave (John 3:16), and that its high point was a favourite illustration used by his father. He was eleven years old at the time and the congregation was made up of his younger brot...

Staff at Pastor Peter Ghalayini’s local Blood Bank know that his blood is worth bottling. The pastor of Good Shepherd, Ringwood, and Our Saviours, Knox (in suburban Melbourne) clocked up his 100th blood donation in late February, most of them ma...

The Board for Lutheran Aged Care Australia (BLACA) has announced a new national scholarship program to support the training of chaplains and support workers for specialised ministry to people living in Lutheran aged-care facilities. BLACA chairman...

Verena Johnson and Glenn Schultz have been installed by President Rev Dr Mike Semmler as the LCA’s first Lay Worker Formation Officers (LWFO). The Lay Worker Formation Program is designed to support the growth of lay ministry across the Luthe...

Faith Inkubators Australia has appointed Jodi Brook to the newly created position of National Director, commencing on 23 January this year. Chairman of the Faith Inkubators Management Team Pastor Mark Schultz said that the appointment marked a new...

This June will mark another milestone in the life of James Hoth Luk, when he is due to complete a Diploma of Theology at Australian Lutheran College (ALC). James, together with his wife Sarah and seven children, arrived in Melbourne in February 20...

A three-month opportunity to live in community, sharing opportunities to learn, pray and delve deep into the Bible and other texts underpinning western civilisation has been invaluable, Lutherans For Life secretary Chelsea Pietsch says. Chelsea, a...

Lutherans and Roman Catholics joined together in worship at Adelaide’s St Francis Xavier Cathedral on Thursday, 1 December to launch the latest document in a 36-year history of discussion between the two churches. Living Word, Living Tradition i...

The Lutheran Church of Australia has welcomed seven new pastors, with the ordination of the 2011 graduating class from Australian Lutheran College on Sunday, 4 December at Concordia College, Highgate. LCA President Rev Dr Mike Semmler was assisted...

A tsunami-disrupted visit to Asian and Australian Lutheran churches by leaders of Japan’s tiny Kinki Evangelical Lutheran Church was finally able to go ahead in December, when Adelaide hosted the group for three 'days of discovery and grace'. O...