While Dr Tim Stringer believes online worship is not most people’s first choice, he says many congregations have discovered people who have not been in a physical worship space for years, if at all, have joined their worship online.
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Child Safety Standards update
The draft LCA Child Safety Standards for Congregations were released for targeted consultations in May. Results will be analysed and submitted to the General Church Board GCB) for consideration in October. Pending GCB approval, implementation of the standards is expected to commence in early 2022.
Blessing others brings joy
Rosemary Davidson has been serving others in her church and community for 50 years.
International mission consortium meeting coming to Australia
The 2020 meeting of an international mission consortium will be held in Adelaide. Rev Dr Steen Olsen, former mission director of the SA–NT District, who attended the 2019 event in Wellington, South Africa, said that this represents an exciting opportunity for the LCA/NZ.
Walking the talk
Members of our LCA/NZ family are rushing to be part of the ALWS Walk My Way event which raises money to help refugee children in camps in Kenya to go to school. And it’s not too late to get involved.
Lutheran help flows to PNG
Australian and New Zealand Lutherans have responded generously to appeals for support for survivors of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) earthquake tragedy. More than 100 people were killed, hundreds of people… Read more
Attorney General releases draft Religious Discrimination Bill
A Pastoral Message from the LCA Acting Bishop I urge then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone – for kings and all… Read more
Lutherans reach out in bushfire crises
‘Terrible things happen – but we can still feel supported and loved’ (Helen Wurst, Kangaroo Island). LCA members have been at the forefront of community efforts to serve, minister to and offer relief.
Finnish Lutheran recieves homeland honour
When Pastor Jorma Jormakka arrived in Australia on Christmas Eve, 1968, not in his wildest dreams could he have imagined that one day he would be standing next to the… Read more
LCA International Mission partner churches visit the LCA
The month of March was filled with visitors from LCA International Mission partner churches, beginning with a visit from Rev Dedi Pardosi, the director of the National Committee of LWF member churches in Indonesia (KN-LWF), and closely followed by church leaders from Malaysia and Singapore.