Jun2025
Prayerful planning rewarded
Starting or expanding multiethnic ministries in church or school communities was a popular theme among LCANZ Local Mission Fund applications for this year, and St Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Brisbane hopes to build on its history of outreach among people of different cultures thanks to the grant.
Jun2025
New Safe Church Service Desk available
The Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand has launched a new Safe Church Service Desk to streamline and improve support for all Safe Church inquiries.
Jun2025
Opening pathways to follow the call
The changes in Australian Lutheran College’s learning model and the widening of ordination pathways are making studying to become a pastor more accessible and appealing, say members of the current student cohort.
Jun2025
New era dawns for ALC
by Merryn Ruwoldt
The Australian Lutheran College community has plenty of reasons to be excited in Semester 1 this year – 18 of them in fact! That’s the number of current students seeking to enter ordained ministry in the LCANZ.
Jun2025
Resources to mark Refugee Week 2025
On behalf of the LCANZ’s Commission on Social and Bioethical Questions (CSBQ), District Bishop Richard Schwedes has collated resources to mark this month’s Refugee Week in Australia and New Zealand…. Read more
Jun2025
Lutherans recognised in King’s Birthday 2025 Honours List
Congratulations to William ‘Bernie’ Delaney, Leslie Hampel, John Held, Chris Pfeiffer and any other members of the LCANZ recognised in the King’s Birthday 2025 Honours List.




