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      The Lutheran Church is the largest Protestant church in the world, with over 70 million members. This website tells the story of Australian and New Zealand Lutherans, following Jesus Christ – where love comes to life. Whoever you are, whatever your story, you're welcome here with us.
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LCA Policies

About our policies

Some people think the Lutheran Church of Australia's (LCA) policies and procedures are just a bunch of rules that make our work and service in the church more complicated. That's not how we view them, and it's not the way we want you to view them either. Yes, a purpose of many LCA policies is to comply with the laws of the land. Primarily, though, as a church, we want to see God's love coming to life in every part of who we are and what we do. Our policies and procedures give us practical guidance to help us to care for and protect God's people and to encourage the good use of his gifts to us. Our policies and procedures reflect the LCA’s core values and help us to reflect God's love to each other and to all who come into contact with us.

LCA Standards of Ethical Behaviour

General Church Council has endorsed the LCA Standards of Ethical Behaviour. You can read the text here, or download here:

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Approved LCA policies

Governance Policy
02.01           Church Worker Service Policy
02.01.101    Pastor Call Process Policy
02.01.102    Employee Recruitment and Selection Policy
02.01.103    Volunteer Identification and Selection Policy
02.01.104    Psychological Assessment of Candidates for the Office of Ministry Policy
02.01.105    Assessment of applicants for admission to PSS Policy
02.01.105    P01 Assessment of applicants for admission to PSS Procedure_Discover Program
02.01.200    Church Worker Service Commencement Policy
02.01.300    Provision of Housing for Pastors Policy
02.01.401    Provision of Leave for Pastors Policy
02.01.600    Vocational Development and Training Policy
03.01           Information and Communication Technology Policy
LCA ICT Guidelines
LCA ICT Standards and Protocols
04.07           Audit Policy
04.10           Fraud and Corruption Control Policy
05.02           Social Media Policy
05.03           Public Responses to Incidents Policy
06.01           Prevention of Risk of Harm from a Person of Concern Policy
06.02           Pastoral Care (Harassment and Abuse) Policy
06.03           Child Protection Policy
06.04           Complaints Handling Policy – under review
06.05           Prevention of Harm, Harassment and Abuse Policy
06.09           Privacy Policy
06.10           Gift Acceptance Policy
06.11           Conflict of Interest Policy

Procedures

06.01–1 LCA Prevention of Risk of Harm from a Person of Concern Procedure

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06.03–1 LCA Child Protection Procedure
Child Safety Code of Practice
06.04–1 Complaints Handling Procedure – under review
06.09–1A Media Release Form – Adult
06.09–1B Media Release Form – Child
06.10–1 LCA Gift Acceptance Procedure
Gifts Register Template
06.11–1 Conflict of Interest Procedure
Conflicts Register Template
06.12–1 Emergency Response Procedure
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