Apr2022
Resource heralds new season for Malay-speakers
by Erin Kerber
LCA International Mission announces the publication the Lutheran discipleship book Seasons. The translation from English into Malay was supported by members of the LCANZ.
Dec2021
Don’t forget the suffering of others
Peter Gerang Deng, a member at Immanuel Lutheran Church North Adelaide, hasn’t forgotten the tragedies of his homeland of South Sudan. So, to encourage his Australian faith family to support people in need in Africa, Peter and Pastor Mark Worthing recently launched a month-long prayer challenge.
Dec2021
We’ve helped send 14,000 kids to school
Our Lutheran family and friends in Australia have helped to send more than 14,000 refugee children to school through Australian Lutheran World Service’s Walk My Way in 2021.
Nov2021
God shares his good news in mysterious ways
by Tania Nelson
When the LCANZ was contacted by a member of La Jolla Lutheran Church in California USA because of that church’s ‘Bibles for the Nations’ project, Local Mission Executive Officer Tania Nelson soon realised this ‘out-of-the-blue’ connection was no coincidence.
Nov2021
Excited to be following God’s call
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.
Oct2021
Excited to be following God’s call
Serving overseas as a missionary is something Pastor Murray Smith never thought he’d do. But then God’s call on our lives can often surprise – because that’s exactly what he and his wife Tracy are preparing for, after his call to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea.