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The four pathways to ordination in the LCANZ are explained in the new ‘Candidacy Pathways for the Office of the Public Ministry’ document released this month.

The General Church Board has appointed members to nine of the LCANZ’s boards, committees and commissions for the 2024–2027 synodical term.

Reducing the amount of paper files at the LCANZ Churchwide Office has been a goal for some time, but with preparations underway for the move to the new Church House in Frome Street, Adelaide, next year, that task has become more urgent.

The LCANZ has restructured the way it delivers Safe Church training and manages complaints, as a result of feedback from the church. The restructure impacts the Churchwide Office’s valued Professional Standards team, with the roles of Professional Standards Officers coming to an end.

The Australian Lutheran – Roman Catholic Dialogue reached a major milestone on 25 October, its 200th meeting, with a dinner to mark the occasion in Adelaide.

by Rev Greg Pietsch and Rev Paul Stephens

The Lutheran – Uniting Dialogue, which met in early November at the Uniting Church in Australia’s (UCA) Centre for Theology and Ministry in Melbourne, will soon release a study version of the churches’ agreed statement on holy communion called At the Table.