International Mission

Pastor Matt Anker will take on the LCA’s senior international mission role as the next Assistant to the Bishop – International Mission, succeeding Glenice Hartwich who is retiring later this year.

LCA International Mission has teamed up with LCA Reconciliation Ministry to provide short-term scholarships for two pastors visiting from Indonesian Lutheran churches which are LCA partners.

Lutheran Papua New Guinea (PNG) Bishop Jack Urame has thanked Lutherans in Australia and New Zealand for their prayers and support following recent deadly earthquakes and landslides in his country.

by Marianne and Warren Schirmer

When Marianne and Warren Schirmer decided to become volunteer program assistants for LCA International Mission, they didn’t know that this step of faith would bring them so much joy.

by Margaret Voigt

Birthing kits, lovingly prepared by Lutheran women around Australia, bring hope and life to newborns and their mothers in remote parts of PNG.

by Helen Beringen

Arthur Schuster is an organiser. He has always been an organiser. It is his God-given gift. And he has used it with gusto to serve God for the best part of his 87 years!