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Want to learn more about Australian Lutheran College’s (ALC) study opportunities? Explore a selection of ALC’s courses offered in 2025.

Grants of up to $100,000 will be made available in 2025 to go towards the maintenance and restoration of old Lutheran churches and buildings of historical and practical significance to the LCA.

Pastor Mark Schultz has accepted a call from the LCANZ to serve as Assistant to the Bishop – International Mission. He has served at Sydney’s multi-ethnic, multisite LifeWay Lutheran Church for 18 years and wasn’t looking to move – but God intervened.

by Emma Hansen

Lutheran congregations are being encouraged to form community supporter groups to help refugees resettle in Australia. One such group, from Rockingham Mandurah Lutheran Church in WA, says taking part is a mutually rewarding expression of love and a display of Christian faith.

Want to learn more about ALC’s exciting new Midlife Masters program? Then register to attend an online information session next month. A one-off accelerated pathway to the ordained ministry, the program aims to prepare candidates aged 40 to 55 for possible ordination.

by Bishop Paul Smith

At the heart of our witness as Lutheran Christians is the call to pass on ‘what is of first importance’ – that is, the good news of what God has done for us – says LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith in a message to the church ahead of Reformation Day on 31 October.