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Joyful reunion for church friends

By Lisa McIntosh | 0 comment | Categories: International Partners

The relaxation of Australia’s border restrictions has led to many happy reunions between long-separated family members and other loved ones. And it was a similarly joyful reconnection between international church friends when Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP) President Reverend Antonio del Rio Reyes visited Adelaide recently for the installation of LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith. […]

Feb 16 2022

What are you eating?

By Linda Macqueen | 0 comment | Categories: Sermons/Devotions

While we now, thank God, seem to be on the download curve in relation to Omicron, there is still a lingering sense of un-ease. The world as we knew it has not been returned to us, and we can feel – consciously or unconsciously – that we are living in an alien land. Everywhere we […]

Boys Brigade fosters a love for Jesus

By Nevin Nitschke | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Mission Workers, Singapore

Kong Chak Mun works for the Lutheran Church in Cambodia (LCC) as an administrator and ministry support person. He was sent by the Lutheran Church in Singapore (LCS) and is financially supported by LCA International Mission. Chak Mun came to faith through the Boys Brigade youth ministry program. Before that, he practised Taoism. His mum […]

Support for mission field challenges

By Mark and Lorene van Rossen | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers

Arriving in Papua New Guinea (PNG) with her husband and four children was all Sarah* hoped it would be. Within days, they were studying with other new arrivals in an orientation course and learning the local language and culture. Soon after, they were taken to the ‘village living’ component of their orientation training – four […]

Even dolls can tell of the love of God

By Rev Naoki Sugioka | 0 comment | Categories: Japan

When I was a missionary in Thailand, a Finnish missionary, Dr Lilja Kinnunen-Riipinen, taught drama at the Lutheran Institute of Theological Education in Bangkok. Every Lent, she directed a passion play – a drama of Jesus’ trial, suffering, and crucifixion performed by students and church members. One year, she had to cancel the play and was […]

Cross-cultural exchange brings great blessings

By Colin Minke | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

With the support of LCA International Mission and the National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation in Indonesia (KN-LWF), Immanuel Lutheran College (ILC) from Buderim in Queensland developed a partnership with HKBP SMP and SMA Secondary Schools (junior and senior high schools) in Parapat North Sumatra in 2017. We also connected with a disability service, […]

PNG Synod an ‘Overwhelming Experience’

By Pastor Murray and Tracy Smith | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

Attending the recent opening ceremony of the 33rd Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (ELC-PNG) was an overwhelming experience – but not because it lasted approximately six hours or because there were an estimated 10,000 people present. Instead, what made this event overwhelming was that for the duration those attending celebrated […]

Smiles again at Home of Praise

By Anne Storstein Haug | 0 comment | Categories: Volunteers and Supporters

After such a long time living life in isolation in Thailand, we are pleased that many people have now been, or are planning to get vaccinated and that the number of COVID-19 infected people is decreasing. The evening curfew which lasted for many months, now no longer applies. The schools have started to reopen, we […]

Serving to lead others to Christ

By Rev Aaron Yap | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula

The Lutheran Church in Malaysia (LCM) is one of the LCANZ’s overseas partner churches. Among LCM ministries supported by our Lutheran family is its mission alongside the Orang Asli, the indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia. We asked Rev Aaron Yap, who served as Bishop of LCM from 2013 to 2021, to share his thoughts on […]

Update from Chak Mun

By Chak Mun Kong | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Mission Workers

Dear LCA sisters and brothers, Thanks to you for supporting me for the past six years in my mission work for the Lutheran Church in Cambodia (LCC). Next year, it will be my final year journey with them. It has been very difficult for the past two years due to the pandemic. Presently, my role […]

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