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Pastor Kevin Schmidt, who served as the LCA’s General Secretary from 1984 to 1991, has died, aged 85.

Pastor Matt Anker will take on the LCA’s senior international mission role as the next Assistant to the Bishop – International Mission, succeeding Glenice Hartwich who is retiring later this year.

by Anne Hanson

Every month or so for at least 10 years, a man has been coming to the Lutheran Tract Mission (LTM) office in North Adelaide to pick up 500 copies of the tract entitled ‘You are a special person’. This is just one story of someone sharing faith through tracts.

by Helen Beringen

Every week a small group of retirees from Bethlehem Morley (WA) congregation makes 120 sandwiches and 200 pancakes for students of a local high school.

LCA International Mission has teamed up with LCA Reconciliation Ministry to provide short-term scholarships for two pastors visiting from Indonesian Lutheran churches which are LCA partners.

The LCA will join the Australian National Redress Scheme for people who have experienced child sexual abuse in institutional settings. The decision was made on 15 June by General Church Council.