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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

by Adrian Kitson

Pastor Adrian Kitson and the St Petri congregation at Nuriootpa in SA’s Barossa Valley were delighted to receive an LCANZ Local Mission Fund grant to further their vision for a regional learning hub.