Nine months after floods devastated the community around the Central West New South Wales town of Forbes in November 2022, including inundating their 90-year-old church building, members of the local Lutheran congregation are finally back ‘home’.
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Significant contributions from quiet achievers
The Australia Day 2015 Honours List recognised eight people with some connection to the Lutheran Church this year—some for their significant contribution to the church and to their local congregations;… Read more
PNG Lutheran bishop installed
Rev Jack Urame is the new bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (ELC-PNG). He was installed along with fellow leaders Rev Lukas Kedabing (assistant bishop) and… Read more
Jordanian vicar to study at ALC
Jordanian Lutheran vicar Fursan Zumot has arrived in Australia to complete a 12-month vicarage placement in suburban Adelaide and study at Australian Lutheran College (ALC). Fursan, from the Evangelical Lutheran… Read more
Ordination – what’s next?
The LCA’s Commission on Theology and Inter-Church Relations (CTICR) has started work on a draft doctrinal statement for the ordination of women and men in the church. This is in… Read more
Worship Q&A
Church worship can be a hot potato for us in the LCA/NZ, as it is in many other denominations. No congregation or pastor is exactly alike in the way they… Read more