Synod backs call for creation and environment care
General Synod has backed a call to all LCA members to consider the health of creation and the environment in all they...
Call process faces scrutiny
New models for calling LCA pastors to congregations will be examined, aiming to increase the ‘efficiency, transparency and inclusion’ of the process....
Ordination: post-vote resolutions
After this morning’s vote to retain the LCA’s current teaching and practice regarding the ordination of men only, in the first session...
Church-wide campaign against domestic violence
The LCA will work to tackle the tragedy of domestic violence with a church-wide campaign of resources, education and pastoral care. The...
National restructure trial to go ahead
General Synod has given the go-ahead to a trial restructure of the LCA’s national operations, which should provide more effective leadership and...
50.500 – Synod prepares to celebrate and commemorate
In the next synodical term, 2016-2018, Lutherans across Australia and New Zealand will celebrate, commemorate, and focus their creative energy on the...
Keep all children safe: Synod
Children are to be ‘valued, respected, listened to and kept safe from harm’. That’s the principle behind Synod’s call to the LCA...
Synod elects assistant bishop
Dr Andrew Pfeiffer will be the new Assistant Bishop of the LCA. Dr Pfeiffer (pictured above right with LCA Bishop John Henderson)...