Warm-hearted Lutheran women

Elvilina shivered as she came through the airport doors and was greeted by the icy wind and rain blowing across the Adelaide airport walkway. The hot and humid climate of Nias, a small island off the coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia was left far behind as she began her eight week, LCA International Mission sabbatical […]

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Life-changing shoes

Living on the streets of Pematangsiantar in North Sumatra, Junadi was a kid without hope or a future. All that changed in 2016. He was invited by someone from Huria Kristen Batak Protestan, one of the Lutheran Churches in Indonesia, to come and learn to make shoes. His visit to Elim Panti Asuhan (House of […]

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Who remembers Rentina?

The LCA, through International Mission, offers scholarships for people from Asia and Papua New Guinea to study. Sometimes the students take up study opportunities in Asia-based seminaries and sometimes they study in Australia. The following story is from one of the students who came to study in Australia in a year when our population was […]

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Prayer for Christians in Indonesia

Lutheran Church of Australia Bishop John Henderson is calling on LCA members to pray for Christians in Indonesia facing attacks on their churches and people, as well as for those behind the attacks. Dear Friends, As we celebrate Advent, and prepare for the coming in Christ in the relative peace of New Zealand and Australia, […]

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Partnership improves student education

LCA International Mission and Lutheran Education have been working in partnership with Lutheran World Federation assisting Lutheran schools in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The LCA has in the past supported the schools by the provision of buildings, books, computers and other equipment. However, the demand for assistance is so great, that the need cannot be met. […]

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LCA International Mission partnership with Indonesian Lutheran schools

In 2004 Pastor Wayne Zweck (Secretary of LCA and Mission Director) invited Dr Adrienne Jericho (Executive Director, Lutheran Education Australia (LEA)) to accompany him to Indonesia to explore the possibilities of working with Lutheran schools across the 13 Lutheran Synods in Indonesia. The LCA has a history of supporting schools and has provided buildings and […]

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Reformer brings nations together

Scholars, theologians, bishops, church leaders, clergy and lay people from 14 countries gathered in Melbourne recently, united by an interest in Martin Luther. Hosted by the Australian Lutheran Institute for Theology and Ethics, under the umbrella of Australia Lutheran College, the Martin Luther@500 conference attracted 180 people to the Catholic Leadership Centre across 5 days […]

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Conference first for Indonesian teachers

Lutheran school teachers in Indonesia have met for a national conference for the first time. Sponsored by LCA International Mission, the conference drew 110 teachers from the thirteen member churches of the Lutheran World Federation National Committee in Indonesia to a three-day gathering in North Sumatra’s Samosir District. The aim of the June conference was […]

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Reciprocal Serving in Partnership

It has been an absolute pleasure to be part of an experience that has opened the many opportunities a service learning partnership gives. Building a partnership school relationship between SMA GKPS school in Pematang Raya, North Sumatra, Indonesia, and our year 11 students has given our whole college a strong focus on servanthood, as well […]

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Links with Siassi Islands

St John’s Lutheran School (recently amalgamated to become Concordia College) enjoys a partnership with a group of schools on the Siassi Islands of Papua New Guinea. Over the past five years, the partnership has grown and strengthened, with a particular focus upon supporting teachers in the development of English language skills for themselves and their […]

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