Oct2024
Synod elects a mission leader as Assistant Bishop
General Synod has elected Pastor Stephen Schultz as Assistant Bishop of the LCANZ. Pastor Schultz has been serving the SA-NT District in the role of Assistant Bishop for Mission since 2018.
Oct2024
Synod enables ordination of both women and men as pastors in our church
This afternoon, 5 October 2024, General Synod resolved to support a proposal from the General Church Board and College of Bishops to remove from the LCA’s Theses of Agreement the paragraph (VI:11) which prohibits women from entering the pastoral ministry.
Oct2024
Richly blessed: a message from Bishop Paul
by Bishop Paul Smith
This week our pastors from Australia and New Zealand have met at Concordia College, Highgate in South Australia, for their General Pastors Conference.
Sep2024
General Synod sermon support now available
With many LCANZ pastors attending General Pastors Conference and General Synod in suburban Adelaide from later this month, congregations across the church can hear the sermons prepared for Sunday worship at the churchwide gatherings.
Sep2024
New home purchased for churchwide bodies
A five-level building in the Adelaide CBD will become the new home for Australian Lutheran College and the Churchwide Office. Located at 139 Frome Street, Adelaide, near Bethlehem and St Stephen’s Lutheran churches, the building was purchased following the sale of the LCANZ’s properties.
Sep2024
Thousands engage with Way Forward gatherings
by Rachel Koopmans
Thousands of people have engaged with the Way Forward project’s face-to-face and online district information gatherings around the LCANZ, the final three of which are being held in New Zealand over the next week.
