Dec2019
LCA/NZ welcomes seven new pastors
Seven Australian Lutheran College graduates have joined the ranks of pastors of the Lutheran Church of Australia this week.
Nov2019
New support program for pastors
The Professional Pastoral Supervision Program offers an opportunity for church workers to speak confidentially and regularly with a trusted and skilled practitioner about what is happening in their ministry.
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.
Oct2019
Ordination a ‘day of great celebration’
Sunday 6 October was ‘a day of great celebration’ at St John’s Lutheran Church at Geelong in Victoria as James Ruei was ordained as a Specific Ministry Pastor to the South Sudanese community there.
Oct2019
Hundreds farewell ‘colourblind’ pastor
Pastor Rosendale treated all people as equal, his pastor, David Spanagel, said to the mourners who gathered to remember him on Friday 4 October in his hometown Hope Vale in Queensland.
Sep2019
George Rosendale joins heaven’s choir
Dr George Rosendale, the third Aboriginal person ordained in the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA), died on 11 September, three weeks after the 50th anniversary of his ordination. He was 89.
Dec2018
LCA welcomes new pastors
Three Australian Lutheran College graduates have joined the ranks of pastors of the Lutheran Church of Australia this week.
Aug2018
German pastor joins Central Australia team
In an echo of its beginnings 140 years ago, the Finke River Mission has again welcomed a German pastor to serve in Central Australia – Pastor Michael Jacobsen of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.
Aug2018
A God idea
‘Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”‘ The words of Isaiah 6:8 have particular relevance for Wayne George, lead pastor of St John’s, Bundaberg.
Jun2018
LCA chaplain leads Memorial Day prayers
LCA Australian Defence Forces Chaplain Mark Kleemann took part in the US Memorial Day commemorations in Perth, held to honour the memories of those who died serving their country.
