Indonesia – Page 9 – LCA International Mission

International educational partnerships strengthened and grow through ACLE5

By Nevin Nitschke and Erin Kerber | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Malaysia Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, Schools

At the invitation of Lutheran Education Australia and LCA International Mission, principals and teachers of some of our partner churches in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Malaysia enthusiastically joined with others who gathered in Adelaide for ACLE5 2017. Nine of the international guests came from Lutheran schools in North Sumatra, and represented schools which have […]

Excited about a shared future

By Brenda May | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

Wide eyes, beautiful singing, delicious food, busy traffic, different cultural experiences, and unfamiliar sights, smells and sounds were some of my experiences while visiting schools and meeting with Lutheran church and educational leaders in northern Sumatra on the recent Australian Lutheran principals and teachers trip there. It has been good to take time to reflect […]

Learning to be Partners in Mission

By Judy Minge | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

In March this year, seven Australian Lutheran schools (Victory College Wodonga, Faith College Tanunda, Tanunda Lutheran Primary, Unity College Murray Bridge, Endeavour College Mawson Lakes and St Martins College Mt Gambier) sent educators for a visit with LCA International Mission to explore the possibility of partnerships with Indonesian Lutheran schools. Judy Minge was a participant […]

Building a brighter future

By Nevin Nitschke | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia

Herlina Sihombing’s mother and father died when she was young. Family members took them in and they were spread out between households. It’s a situation many of us are blessed not to have been through. But Herlina knows firsthand the heartache and loneliness of losing parents as a child and uses this knowledge to help […]

Warm-hearted Lutheran women

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Scholarships

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 […]

Life-changing shoes

By Glenice Hartwich | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia

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 […]

Who remembers Rentina?

By Nevin Nitschke | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Scholarships

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 […]

Prayer for Christians in Indonesia

By Bishop John Henderson | 0 comment | Categories: 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, […]

Partnership improves student education

By Dr Neville Highett | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Schools

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. […]

LCA International Mission partnership with Indonesian Lutheran schools

By Dr Neville Highett | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, 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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