Aug2023
Please pray for our church plants and sending churches
Please pray for our church plants and sending churches, missional opportunities and the many people behind these missional initiatives.
Jun2023
Share the good news confidently with a Gospel Fluency Workshop
Offered by Local Mission, a Gospel Fluency Workshop is designed to help prepare and equip you and give you a vocabulary, context, and some actual practice in sharing the good news in words and actions with those around you.
Mar2023
Easter – the wellspring of mission
by Pastor Nathan Hedt
Easter is one time of the year when non-Christians are most open to the gospel and most interested in hearing from Christians, making it a great time for mission.
Mar2023
Renew your congregation’s mission life
Renew Mission Life is a four-step training pathway for congregations wanting to discover where God is leading them in local mission. The training is supported by sermons and Bible studies.
Jan2023
Interceding for others
by Nathan Hedt
Do you know someone like Epaphras in your congregation? Do you know a prayer warrior, someone who is always praying for people that they may grow in God and be fully mature? Or perhaps, does the description of Epaphras stir and excite something in your own heart?
Jul2022
LCANZ hosts international mission gathering
by Nathan Hedt
International mission practitioners, researchers and theologians from four different continents met last week in North Adelaide, hosted by the LCANZ’s New and Renewing Churches department at Australian Lutheran College.
May2022
Church planting opportunity with New and Renewing Churches partner
Have you ever considered whether God might be calling you to be a church planter or to join a church planting team?
May2022
Registrations open for ‘Riding the Waves of Change’ mission conference
The LCANZ’s New and Renewing Churches department will host an open-day conference on 29 June 2022 in Adelaide. All are welcome to attend, and registrations are now open.
Apr2022
Tamil ministry unfolds in Geelong
by Nathan Hedt
God is good and he keeps surprising us! That is the feeling among Lutherans in Geelong as they see something new that God is unfolding in their mission and outreach there.
Aug2021
Lessons from Lockdown: What might God be doing in us through Covid times? (devotion)
Lessons from Lockdown: What might God be doing in us through Covid times? (devotion) – Pastor Nathan Hedt Written July 2021 At the time of writing this, Covid lockdowns are… Read more