Indonesia – Page 6 – LCA International Mission

The Importance of English for the Bibelvrouw College

By Nurseli Manurung | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Volunteers and Supporters

The Bibelvrouw College, or Women’s Bible College is, as its name reveals, a Bible College for women and girls. It was founded in Batak lands, North Sumatra, Indonesia by a German missionary in 1934. She was Sister Elfriede Harder, a missionary of the Rheinische Mission Geselschaft (RMG), which is now the United Evangelical Mission (UEM) […]

Serving in a global context

By Jamie Fewster | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

After months of preparations it was finally time to leave! The final week of Term 3 and the first week of the School holidays saw a group of 17 Year 11’s and 5 Staff embark on our 7th annual Service Learning Trip to Indonesia. After a long day of travel, including 3 separate flights and […]

Growing through Service to others

By Robyn Teakle | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

The idea of service to others is doing something and expecting nothing in return. I believe that this is how we embarked on or first Service Learning Trip to Indonesia this year. It was probably also a case of not really knowing what to expect in return but we certainly knew what we could give. […]

Youth find global perspective

By Elsa Matthias and Oliver Swift | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Volunteers and Supporters

Horas! Welcome from Indonesia. We have had the most wonderful opportunity to meet and learn from the people of the HKBP (Huria Kristen Batak Protestan) church here, thanks to LCA International Mission. HKBP held its 2018 Youth International Conference from 29 August to 2 September in North Sumatra and we were fortunate to attend as […]

‘Marsialus-alusan’ – filling spaces in dialogue with teaching

By Ruth Butler | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

‘Marsialus-alusan’ is an expression from the Toba Batak language of Sumatra, Indonesia. It means ‘answering back and forth’ in a way that does not privilege a single response. It describes the space between answers, the dialectic by which responders draw close or keep their distance. A colleague of my daughter is an expert on Toba […]

Ridwin’s ‘Thank you’ to you

By Ridwin Purba | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

I feel blessed to work as the Education Secretary of LWF National Committee (KN-LWF) in Indonesia. I thank God and you that I am involved in helping to solve problems faced by church schools, principals, teachers and students. When I started my role on 5 January 2012, I committed to: Encourage and support the spiritual […]

Overseas partners share in reconciliation mission

By Lisa McIntosh | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Scholarships

LCA International Mission has teamed up with LCA Reconciliation Ministry for a second year, providing short-term scholarships for two pastors visiting from Indonesian Lutheran churches which are LCA partners. Rev Dr Pahala Jannen Simanjuntak, from the Huria Kristen Batak Protestant (HKBP) church, and Rev Fotani Ziliwu, from the Banua Niha Keriso Protestan (BNKP) church, have […]

Being refreshed in how to preach Christ’s gospel

By Rev Dr Pahala Jannen Simanjuntak | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Scholarships

I am a Lutheran Pastor who was ordained since 1996 from a Protestant church in Indonesia. An Old Testament Lecturer at a Theological Seminary in Pematangsiantar belonging to our church. I completed the Doctoral program from Silliman University Dumaguete City, Philippinnes 2017. My church name is Huria Kristen Batak Protestant (HKBP) established since 1861 through […]

God’s grace moves hearts to act

By Ruth Butler | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

“God had a plan for my life. God listened to me deep in my heart that I needed more knowledge. Finally, God disturbed your hearts to give me help. So, I am here. God never left me alone.” (Tuti Yana) Tuti Yana is a young woman from a small village, Lawe Sigala Gala, in Aceh […]

Australians attend Ecumenical Youth Assembly in Indonesia

By Andrew Traeger and Erin Kerber | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Volunteers and Supporters

On 6-13 April 2018, we attended the Asian Ecumenical Youth Assembly (AEYA), joining over 350 young people from 23 countries across Asia, representing over 100 churches, denominations, and ecumenical councils. This, only the third event of its kind, was organised by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) and held in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The […]

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