Sep2018
Synod to reflect on National Apology
Next week’s LCA General Synod in Sydney will reflect on Australia’s National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse during the triennial churchwide meeting.
Sep2018
School an earth-care ‘innovator’
Trinity Lutheran College at Mildura in Victoria has received national recognition for its efforts with an earth-care project.
Sep2018
Campaign coverage recognised
The Lutheran has won a bronze award at this year’s Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) conference awards ceremony held in Brisbane this month.
Sep2018
‘We have more to learn’: domestic violence survey
LCA members have a good understanding of factors that may contribute to domestic and family violence, according to the results of a recent online survey. However, we have more to learn.
Sep2018
Choir wins national music award
The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir has received a Special Achievement Award at the recent National Indigenous Music Awards.
Sep2018
Late leader was ‘a pastor’s pastor’
Rev Dr David Stolz, who was Vice-President of the LCA from 2001 to 2006 – including two years beyond his official ‘retirement’ – and the church’s Victorian District President from 1988 to 2004, died on 24 August, aged 79.
Sep2018
GCC reviews child protection policy
With National Child Protection Week held in Australia early this month, Professional Standards Department Manager Tim Ross said it was timely that the LCA/NZ’s General Church Council had recently reviewed the church’s Child Protection Policy.
Aug2018
German pastor joins Central Australia team
In an echo of its beginnings 140 years ago, the Finke River Mission has again welcomed a German pastor to serve in Central Australia – Pastor Michael Jacobsen of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.
Aug2018
Church called to pray in Synod lead-up
LCA Bishop John Henderson has called on all members to pray for the church’s leaders, and the delegates and organisers of next month’s 19th General Convention of Synod in Sydney as they prepare for the triennial meeting.
Aug2018
Immersion tour brings Asian Lutherans together
Members and friends of Asian Lutheran congregations in Australia and New Zealand have taken part in a church study and immersion tour in order to learn more about the LCA/NZ.
