Nov2019
Ordination brings tears of joy
Nearly 200 people attended the ordination service for Jeffrey Wheeler at Mount Liebig, 325 kilometres west of Alice Springs.
Nov2019
Further ordination meeting planned
The General Church Board (GCB) and the College of Bishops (CoB) of the LCA/NZ will meet again in early 2020 to continue looking at the issue of ordination in the church.
Oct2019
Prayer call for ordination meeting
LCA Bishop John Henderson has asked church members to pray for churchwide leaders as they take part in a special meeting about ordination later this week.
Oct2018
Synod says ‘no’ to ordination of women
Of the delegates registered at Convention, 161 voted against the resolution to ordain both men and women; 240 supported it.
Aug2018
Church called to pray in Synod lead-up
LCA Bishop John Henderson has called on all members to pray for the church’s leaders, and the delegates and organisers of next month’s 19th General Convention of Synod in Sydney as they prepare for the triennial meeting.
Jul2017
Ordination consultations nearing conclusion
The LCA/NZ is moving into the final two months of the ordination consultations that are being held throughout Australia and New Zealand during March to October 2017. From August to October eight consultations will be held in the Victoria/Tasmania District, beginning with the consultation at the District Pastors Conference at Warrnambool on 2 August and ending… Read more
May2017
Ordination meetings update
Ordination consultation meetings are continuing in South Australia, as well as moving into the LCA’s New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory and Queensland districts, this month. Members of the church’s Western Australia district and those from Adelaide and the South Australian Riverland last month joined the discussion regarding the ordination of women and men in the… Read more
Nov2016
Ordination project officer appointed
Timothy Pietsch has been appointed to organise the church-wide consultation on a draft doctrinal statement regarding the ordination of women and men in the LCA. The LCA’s Commission on Theology and Inter-church Relations (CTICR) has produced a preliminary draft doctrinal statement and commentary in response to synod’s resolution at last year’s General Convention. It was… Read more
Aug2015
Pastoral Letter on the Unity of Synod
Dear fellow members of the LCA, Soon our church will gather in a General Convention of Synod. No matter who you are or where you worship, the decisions made at the convention will affect you. They’ll affect all of us—and our children and our grandchildren. Even if you won’t be attending as a delegate or… Read more
