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Reflecting on our relationship with Jesus

By Chris Sumner, Ian Schubert, Mackenzie Pietersen-Goold, Chris Browning | 0 comment | Categories: Congregations, Thailand

The morning sun rose over the mountains and evanescent specks of mist danced through sunbeams across from our accommodation, (which is also the church building) in Ban Den, Northern Thailand. Three of our group had travelled to this village before, however, to stay overnight was a new and culturally rich experience for all of us. […]

A wow event for the good news

By Rev Greg Schiller | 0 comment | Categories: Papua New Guinea

In January 2024, Rev Greg Schiller represented the LCANZ as an official visitor at the ELCPNG synod (#34). Immanuel District hosted the synod, at Ialibu mission station where evangelism began in the 1950s. There were many spectacular aspects to the synod, highlighting the blessings which God continues to bestow on this beautiful part of the […]

Sharing food for the soul

By Erin Kerber | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia

Steam rises from slowly roasted peanuts and bodies are cooled from stifling heat with fresh-pressed sugarcane juice and coconut ice cream sundaes. Men and women use the tiers of the chan srak food containers to transport rice, a few dishes and a dessert as an offering to monks on behalf of deceased relatives, under the […]

Rooted in His Word, Growing in Faith, Bearing Fruit for All

By Rev Septhian Tofler Sijabat | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia

As I ponder the continual journey of the Lutheran Study Centre (LSC) in Indonesia, I am filled with gratitude for the Lutheran Women of Australia. Because of your support, LSC remains a conduit for expressing God’s mission through the teachings of Lutheran theology and identity across generations. Your unwavering prayerful and financial gifts for all […]

Birthing Kits Provide Life for Babies in PNG

By Joel Ronapo | 0 comment | Categories: Birthing Kits, Papua New Guinea

Lutheran Health Services is the Health Ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea. Lutheran Health Services Morobe Region is the biggest region of all the three regions (including Highlands, MASE and Morobe-Secretary) under Lutheran Health Services. Morobe Region has a total of 35 health facilities, which comprises two hospitals, two health centres, […]

Thanks with unceasing tears

By Reng Pa | 0 comment | Categories: Myanmar

My name is Mrs Reng Pa. I am a mother to four children, and I belong to Myanmar Lutheran Church. I also actively participate in the women’s ministry serving as one of women leaders from the Miza district of the Paletwa township in Chin State. I and my husband are farmers. Our daily survival depends […]

Finding joy and learning on Saturday

By Anne Storstein Haug | 0 comment | Categories: Thailand

Nan is located in the far north of Thailand on the border with Laos. The churches here are in various villages, some of them deep in the mountains. Simple bamboo huts are surrounded by playing children, dogs, chickens, roosters, and pigs. Most of the churches are very simple, but they all have a good atmosphere […]

Learning to appreciate the vulnerable

By Rev Dr Thu En Yu | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Sabah

My father was a businessman and my mother a housewife. They migrated from Guangxhou, China to Sandakan, Sabah. A good number of the Chinese residents in the town centre were Hong Kong migrants, and a Cantonese-speaking community had sprung up. My parents accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour and became members of the Basel […]

Two decades of supporting mums and babies

0 comment | Categories: Birthing Kits, Papua New Guinea

Twenty years after Margaret Voigt presented the idea to the Lutheran Women of Australia’s (LWA) convention to supply birthing kits to Papua New Guinea (PNG), the 2023 birthing kits shipment arrived in Lae in mid-November. The 750 birthing kits will be distributed to various health facilities which are supported by Lutheran Health Services, the health […]

Serving others with love and humility

By Rev Septhian Tofler Sijaba | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia

I was recently privileged with the blessing of ordination. As I was studying and preparing for this role, the Holy Spirit convicted me to think about what it means to lead as a servant. I have seen misuse of leadership to manipulate and control. I have witnessed those who have been led this way, follow […]

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