More than 120 people gathered in Duncraig, Perth, Western Australia, last month as Grace Chinese Lutheran Church celebrated Lunar New Year with worship and a shared meal – a joyful milestone for this Local Mission Fund-supported ministry.

More than 200 people – mostly from Central Australia and Australia’s Top End – gathered at Alice Springs Lutheran Church late last month to witness the installation of Pastor Stephen Radke as the first-ever assistant bishop for the Northern Territory in the LCA’s SA–NT District.

by Jeremy Lie

No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations (Genesis 17:5).

by Jeremy Lie

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him (John 3:17).

by Anne Hansen

But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him (Jeremiah 17:7).

Ms Jodie Hoff was installed as the executive director of Lutheran Education Australia (LEA) on Sunday 22 February 2026 at St Paul Lutheran Church Blair Athol in South Australia.