Feature Stories

by Jonathan Krause

More than 270 Lutherans and friends have walked or run up to 26km in the inaugural Sunshine Coast Walk My Way in Queensland to help support almost 2200 refugee children to go to school.

by Matthew Bishop

Is the belief that we’re losing young people from our LCA/NZ congregations at a faster rate than ever backed up by facts? We asked Western Australia’s Pastor Matthew Bishop to look at what the statistics tell us.

by Josephine Matthias

Although our church pews are filled with fewer young faces these days, young people like sisters Josephine and Greta are still sharing the good news of Jesus with others.

Being a Christian chaplain in a government school means you can’t explicitly preach the good news of Jesus to students, but that suits Sharon Salomon just fine because there’s no rule against living the gospel as an example.

by Jonathan Krause

Recently ALWS Community Action Manager Jonathan Krause saw some very different ‘Lutheran’ schools – schools our Lutheran family in Australia is building and equipping for children trapped inside displaced-persons camps in Myanmar in Southeast Asia.

by Ivy Peng

Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Lutheran Education Malaysia representatives visited LCA ministries recently as guests of LCA International Mission in order to better understand the Christian Studies’ framework within Lutheran schools in Australia.