International Mission

Rarities, mysteries, culturally significant pieces and items of high monetary value are among an LCA collection of ‘extraordinary’ artefacts set to be relaunched in a new home with a new name.

by Chris Sumner

Five people from Adelaide Hills Lutheran churches recently visited Thailand to build a hothouse on a church farm with evangelists from surrounding villages. It was a life-changing experience.

The figure is one of the most unusual objects in a collection of Papua New Guinea artefacts in the care of the LCA’s international mission museum.

Pastor Matt Anker was installed in the Lutheran church’s senior international mission role on 17 February by LCA Bishop John Henderson at Hamilton, Victoria.

by Craig Chidgey

When a teacher and students from Faith Lutheran College in South Australia decided to serve others overseas, little did they know the way their actions would transform their own lives, too.

Two longstanding servants of the LCA – Glenice Hartwich and Stephen Rudolph – are retiring. Combined, the duo has contributed almost 80 years of service to the church and its agencies.