Scholarships – LCA International Mission

Support for scholarships helps train a new pastor in Malaysia

By Erin Kerber | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula, Scholarships

In Peninsula Malaysia there are eighteen officially recognised indigenous tribes. The ancestors of these indigenous (Orang Asli) tribes were the first people to populate the peninsula more than 4,000 years ago. Since then, most have continued a hunter-gatherer and small-scale agricultural lifestyle. Being an Orang Asli in Malaysia means facing many of the difficulties experienced […]

Malaysian Bishop to study at Australian Lutheran College

0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula, Scholarships

Steven Lawrence was born on 29 March 1978 in Penang, Malaysia. He was an active member of the Boys’ Brigade of the 2nd Penang Company (1994-1995), where he grew in faith and Christian understanding. Rev Steven Lawrence answered the call of God for full-time ministry at the age of 22, and shortly after, pursued his […]

ALC partnership. A gift to our region

By Pastor Matt Anker | 0 comment | Categories: Scholarships

‘Every Lutheran Church in Asia should have at least one senior pastor who has trained at Australian Lutheran College [ALC]. Then you will have someone who knows confessional Lutheran theology!’ This was the heart-felt expression of an Asian bishop during a gathering of regional church leaders in 2019. ALC is recognised by our partner churches […]

Small churches, big visions for Mission

By Pastor Matt Anker | 0 comment | Categories: Scholarships, Singapore

The Lutheran Church in Singapore (LCS) is a small church, with six congregations and a couple of thousand members. They do not break records when it comes to numbers. But God never worries about such things! Despite their size, LCS has enormous vision and commitment to mission, dedicating time and resources to outreach mission work […]

From Nias Island to Adelaide: reflections of a scholarship

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

Rev. Gloriati Ndraha is a pastor and lecturer at STT (Sekolah Tinggi Teologi) Sundermann Seminary, located on Nias Island, Indonesia. In 2019, Gloria was a recipient of an LCA International Mission sabbatical scholarship, researching and studying in Adelaide. In 2019, the scholarship allowed Gloria to take sabbatical leave from her seminary position and travel to […]

A Scholarship of Blessings

By Johnny Wong | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Sabah, Scholarships

I was born into a non-Christian family. Through the religious classes taught during secondary school and attending youth fellowship, I heard about Jesus Christ and was baptised on Christmas day of 1981. Ten years later, the Lord called me to serve full-time in ministry and I took up my theological training in the Malaysia Baptist […]

Your support brings blessings

By Rev Au Sze (Su Su) Ngui | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Sabah, Scholarships

Time truly flies. I graduated in June of 2017 and now it is almost the end of 2019! Having completed my Master of Theology degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary (LTS) Hong Kong, I returned to Sabah, Malaysia to serve in the Sabah Theological Seminary (STS) as a lecturer. In my first semester at STS […]

Connecting lives to the gospel

By Nevin Nitschke | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Malaysia Peninsula, Malaysia Sabah, Papua New Guinea, Scholarships

We thank the Lutheran Women of Australia, for their support of the LCA International Mission scholarship program. This has allowed the further training of pastors and lay people in Lutheran theology from our overseas partner churches. In the past year, the following people have been recipients of an LCA International Mission scholarship: Emmanuel Som Yalamu […]

Flexible study option for Augustin

By Augustin Muthusami | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula, Scholarships

Augustin Muthusami is proof that distance is no barrier to studying with Australian Lutheran College (ALC). He is an ordained pastor of the Lutheran Church in Malaysia – a seven-and-a-half hour flight away from ALC’s North Adelaide campus – pursuing doctoral research studies through ALC. ‘I have been a pastor for about 27 years now’, […]

Peace, Hope and a Future

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

To meet James is to meet a whirlwind for Jesus! Confident, enthusiastic and wit the deep warmth of hospitality, James is alive with God’s Spirit and is a pastor in the Myanmar Lutheran Church (MLC). James grew up in a village of 50 houses. Three of James’s siblings died from disease. During this time, a village […]

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