Volunteers and Supporters – Page 6 – LCA International Mission

God’s work being done

By Christiana Henke | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Volunteers and Supporters

Greetings from GKPS – Gereja Kristen Protestan Simalungun (Simalungun Christian Protestant Church), Pematang Siantar, North Sumatera, Indonesia! ‘Selamat Tuhan Baru’ – Happy New Year! GKPS has a congregation of 2,300 members, so to cater for this, they have three services on a Sunday – 7am, 9:30am and 5pm (Modern – Youth focussed). At the end […]

Shelter in a difficult life situation

By Nipaporn Kunaruk and Anne Storstein Haug | 0 comment | Categories: Thailand, Volunteers and Supporters

All the women who come to Home of Grace (HOG) have different backgrounds and different stories. Some of the women are working as prostitutes. Others have become pregnant with a man who they later find out is already married. Common for all of them is that they have ended up in a difficult situation and […]

Help for Grandma!

By Nipaporn Kunaruk and Anne Storstein Haug | 0 comment | Categories: Thailand, Volunteers and Supporters

Nong Va is a little girl living under the busy highway within a two minute walk to Home of Praise, a school run by the ELCT (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Thailand). Nong Va is only 2 years old, but has already experienced many painful things in her life. She has never known her dad, and […]

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) […]

Blessed to build up Christ’s body

By Erin Kerber, Ilene and Pastor John Thiel | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Sabah, Mission Workers, Volunteers and Supporters

More than 450 participants gathered in Malaysia for the 38th Synod of the Protestant Church in Sabah (PCS), focusing on the theme ‘Memberkari Sesama Membangun Tubuh Kristus – ‘to bless each other to build the body of Christ’. Three were from the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) – volunteers Ilene and Pastor John Thiel and […]

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 […]

New international mission leader for LCA

By Lisa McIntosh | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Volunteers and Supporters

Pastor Matt Anker will take on the Lutheran Church of Australia’s senior international mission role as the next Assistant to the Bishop – International Mission. Pastor Matt, who has been pastor for Victoria’s Goulburn Murray Parish since 2007, will succeed Mrs Glenice Hartwich, who is retiring from the role. He will begin a transition into […]

God can use our gifts for His good

By Bronwyn Norsworthy | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Volunteers and Supporters

Never be surprised how God will use you! After both my children had participated in mission trips I felt God had put on my heart to one day be involved in His service overseas. Earlier this year, I received a message from Erin from LCA International Mission, asking if I would be interested in helping […]

How your partnership is making a difference in Myanmar

0 comment | Categories: Myanmar, Volunteers and Supporters

Courses on Lutheran Distinctions organised and sponsored by the Mekong Mission Forum (MMF) in Myanmar are having a profound impact on participants. One woman says: ‘In general, we have many Bible studies but we hardly hear about Lutheran teaching. The Lutheran perspective is so enriching for us because often we ask, “Why do we do […]

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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