Sep2020
Constitution review interim report released
The LCA/NZ has released an interim report detailing the vision, recommendations and principles for a new constitutional framework for the church, along with church member feedback on the current constitution.
Sep2020
LCA Reconciliation Action Plan endorsed
The LCA’s Reconciliation Action Plan has received final approval from General Church Board and final endorsement by Reconciliation Australia.
Sep2020
Lutheran Teachers College founder dies
Rev Dr Rolph Mayer, a founding lecturer and longtime principal of the LCA’s Lutheran Teachers College (LTC), has died, aged 90.
Aug2020
Lutheran family supports international neighbours
The LCA’s partner churches in South-East Asia have been providing for those in need in the region during the pandemic, thanks to the help of our LCA/NZ family.
Aug2020
LCANZ leaders report on ordination deliberations
The LCANZ’s governance and pastoral leaders have issued a report to members after meeting about the division within the church over women’s ordination.
Aug2020
LLL welcomes new CEO
Ross Smith will be the new Chief Executive Officer of the LLL. He will replace Allen Kupke, who is retiring later this year. Ross will be only the fifth person to head the organisation since its inception in 1921. Ross has been CEO of the Anglican Schools Corporation in NSW since 2016. He is also… Read more
Aug2020
A revolution! Learning to be church in a pandemic
by Lisa McIntosh
Amid all the suffering from COVID-19, God has given us precious and rare gifts – among them less busyness and the chance to reflect on what it means to be his church in the world. Some LCA/NZ mission leaders believe these gifts present our church with an opportunity too good to miss.
Jul2020
Malaysian Lutheran bishop consecrated
Rev Steven Lawrence was consecrated as the fifth Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia (ELCM), a partner church of the LCA/NZ, on 4 July. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the service of consecration was re-designed, as the church sought to meet the new requirement of local authorities.
Jun2020
LCA security: what happened and what’s next?
On 9 June the LCA was the victim of an online security breach. On 10 June, upon investigating the seriousness of the attack, the LCA IT Department shut down the entire LCA network and deleted all user passwords in order to secure our systems and restore services safely.
May2020
‘In this together’: LCA Bishop reflects on Reconciliation Week
In the leadup to Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June), LCA/NZ Bishop John Henderson took the opportunity to reflect on the theme for 2020, ‘In this together’. Bishop Henderson encouraged the church to remember that we are ‘one humanity, joined in Christ Jesus’.
