Papua New Guinea – Page 6 – LCA International Mission

International Partners join Australian Lutheran College in online learning

By Rev Matt Anker | 0 comment | Categories: Papua New Guinea

Australian Lutheran College (ALC) has launched its second online short course program and it has been a real joy to see the learning community grow and diversify. The first short online course took place in May (2020) and the second in July. Over 50 participants joined the July course, many of whom had taken part […]

Birthing Kits – an overseas embrace

By Nevin Nitschke | 0 comment | Categories: Birthing Kits, Papua New Guinea

“Thankyou for the heart you have and God bless” Lupsy The Birthing Kit project is one of the ways that LCA International Mission provides practical support for women at the grassroots, in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Having responsibility for this project is one of the joys of being a program officer for this country partnership. […]

We need your help to share God’s word

By Hanna Schulz | 0 comment | Categories: Bible Translation, Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

Mea duoduo! Good morning! For the past five years, I have been privileged to be a translation advisor to the Kope people of Gulf Province in Papua New Guinea (PNG). I am not the translator, the Kope translation team members do that work. They are, after all, the experts in their language. I am the […]

Pastor, Missionary, Teacher – A Tribute to John Strelan

By Dean Zweck, based on the obituary prepared by John Strelan jr | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

Many readers of Border Crossings would know that one of our former missionaries, Dr John Strelan, died recently. ‘Joe’, as he was usually known, was born in 1936, the third of ten children born to Peter and Erica Strelan, nee Appelt. As a young fellow he studied at Concordia College and Seminary, graduating in 1959. […]

God had other plans

By Nevin Nitschke | 0 comment | Categories: Congregations, Papua New Guinea

‘We are witnesses of God’s great work being done through you to us here at the Heldsbach Kindergarten Schools Project.’ – Project Coordinator Taningnao. Heldsbach, near Finschhafen on Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Huon Peninsula east of Lae, is a special place for people of the St Paul’s Hahndorf/Redeemer Nairne Lutheran parish in the Adelaide Hills. […]

Life – a journey worth embracing

By Helen Beringen | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea, Volunteers and Supporters

Anyone who has willingly hiked 1100 kilometres has to love the journey. For 68-year-old Queenslander Anne Maczkowiack, walking the 800 kilometre Camino De Santiago trail across Spain was only a part of a post-retirement reward in 2014. She and husband Robert decided to add an extra 300 kilometres to start from Barcelona. That says something […]

Doing all through the power of God

By Hanna Schulz | 0 comment | Categories: Bible Translation, Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (PNG), where I work, is Australia’s nearest neighbour, a former Australian territory, and home to about 12% of the world’s languages, which is a lot of languages in one country! It is a diverse, challenging and welcoming country. I work in Gulf Province with the Kope people, where three times a year […]

The sights and sounds of Synod in Papua New Guinea

By Bishop David Altus | 0 comment | Categories: Papua New Guinea, Volunteers and Supporters

‘The sound of random groups singing from huts on the hillside, drums beating, the generator that kicked in for limited hours of power, heavy rain each night, and a pig outside my window, put me to sleep each night’. In 12 January 2020, Bishop David Altus represented the LCA at the Synod of the Evangelical […]

Is God calling you to PNG?

By Rev Matt Anker | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

The people of the Lutheran churches in Papua New Guinea (PNG) hold a special place in the hearts of many LCA/NZ members. In fact, our history cannot be fully told without constant reference to our mission partnership in PNG and the many LCA people who have served there since 1886. What began as a mother-child […]

Joyful reunions at Goroka anniversary celebration

By Elise Mattiske | 0 comment | Categories: Mission Workers, Papua New Guinea

Several key Australian missionaries and their families recently went back to Papua New Guinea to celebrate the 50th anniversary of St John’s Lutheran Church, West Goroka. The anniversary celebrations took place over three days from 27–29 September, which included a service, a one-day seminar and a cultural show featuring traditional dancing. Pastor Brian Schwarz and […]

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