Feature Stories

by Lisa McIntosh

Amid all the suffering from COVID-19, God has given us precious and rare gifts – among them less busyness and the chance to reflect on what it means to be his church in the world. Some LCA/NZ mission leaders believe these gifts present our church with an opportunity too good to miss.

by Helen Beringen

‘I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing’ (John… Read more

by Adrian Kitson

We can learn new things quickly when we have to. We can adapt and help others do the same. We have adapted well to the online world and have finally found the fertile digital mission field!

by Tim Stringer

While Dr Tim Stringer believes online worship is not most people’s first choice, he says many congregations have discovered people who have not been in a physical worship space for years, if at all, have joined their worship online.

by Pastor Greg Schiller

There is a significant number of people originally from Papua New Guinea (PNG) who live in Cairns in Far North Queensland, and Trinity Lutheran Church community is finding more and more ways to engage and connect with them.

by James Ruei and Milton Fritsch

We thank God for the partnership that we have in the gospel between St John’s congregation and the South Sudanese Lutheran community at Geelong in Victoria.