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Excited to be following God’s call

November 9, 2021

Pastor Murray Smith and his wife Tracy are getting ready to move to Papua New Guinea. Murray will serve as a lecturer at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea’s Senior Flierl Seminary at Logaweng, near Finschhafen, for three years.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, Features Homepage Tagged With: international, mission, missionary, Papua New Guinea

New bishop for LCA’s Queensland District

June 8, 2021

Pastor Mark Vainikka will be the next LCA Queensland District bishop. He was elected unopposed during the District Convention of Synod at Eight Mile Plains in Brisbane’s south last weekend (4–6 June).

Filed Under: Features Homepage, Updates Tagged With: appointments, bishops, pastors

LCA/NZ welcomes new pastors

December 8, 2020

Six Australian Lutheran College (ALC) graduates have joined the ranks of General Ministry Pastors of the Lutheran Church of Australia this week.

Filed Under: Features Homepage, Updates Tagged With: ordination, pastors

Nice guys can Finnish first!

September 21, 2017

Pastor Lauri Iso-Aho was shocked to receive a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of his service to Mount Isa’s multicultural community, presented by a representative of Queensland Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk… Read more

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: Qld

LWF elects Estonian pastor as new general secretary

June 23, 2021

The Lutheran World Federation Council has elected Estonian theologian Rev Anne Burghardt to be its next General Secretary. She will be the first woman and the first Central-Eastern European to hold this leadership position for the global communion of Lutheran churches.

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: appointments, international, Lutheran World Federation, LWF

Church planter to take on local mission role

November 18, 2020

Church planter Nathan Hedt will be LCA/NZ’s next Pastor for New and Renewing Churches. Pastor Nathan (pictured with wife Yvette) will take up the role early in 2021.

Filed Under: Features Homepage, Updates Tagged With: appointments, New & Renewing Churches

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