Feature Stories

LCA International Mission works with partner churches overseas to take the life-changing good news about Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth. LCA International Mission invites you to learn about and support the missionaries and their families as they serve internationally.

When Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) Board members and staff met in Albury, New South Wales, recently to mark 75 years since the Lutheran Church’s ministry to refugees in Australia began, there was no grand party to celebrate the milestone. Instead, they shared bowls of porridge.

by Bishop Paul Smith

It is finished. One Easter morning, in my first country parish in South Australia, I had an encounter at the door of the church that I will never forget. It was a moment that gathered me into the way that the good news of the resurrection of our Lord changes us to be people of hope.

We asked eight Synod participants for their reflections on the ‘one church with two ordination practices’ resolution.

by Jessica Smith

A silent sermon is preached every Sunday at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Magill, South Australia. Yet while they may be low in volume, these services are perhaps the most interactive in the Lutheran community.

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.