The 20th General Synod elected Pastor Paul Smith as the LCANZ’s next bishop and Pastor Neville Otto as the assistant bishop. Delegates also elected the General Church Board to serve […]
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Making peace the Bible’s way
[…] as they engage with God’s word.’ A chance meeting in 2015 between our recently installed pastor, Dr Michael Lockwood, and Pastor Paul Kerber, began a conversation about healing for our […]
Ordination a ‘day of great celebration’
[…] was ‘a day of great celebration’ at St John’s Lutheran Church at Geelong in Victoria as James Ruei was ordained as a Specific Ministry Pastor to the South Sudanese community there.
Is God calling you to be a pastor?
[…] prepare a cohort of candidates aged 40 to 55 for possible ordination as general ministry pastors in 2027. Commencing with an eight-day intensive from 28 January 2025, the program has […]
Dr Grope: a model of faith in leadership
[…] that is not to underestimate his concern for Aboriginal ministries and his role as a pastor of the church.’ Current LCA Bishop John Henderson said Dr Grope’s thinking had ‘inspired’ […]
Take me, I’ll go
The groundwork was laid for my life when I was young. My father was a pastor, and Mum was always busy, but when Dad accepted a call she just got […]
