Lutheran Church of Australia is (LCA) has a similar background to that of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. It has: 320 parishes, 540 congregations,: 71,397 baptized members, 52,463 communicant members and 450 active pastors. The President is the Reverend Mike Semmler Official cross symbol of the Missouri Synod The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. ... A parish is a subdivision of a diocese or bishopric within the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of Sweden, and of some other churches. ... A congregation is a group of people gathered together. ... A pastor is the head minister or priest of a Christian church. ...
Australian Lutheran roots go back to 1838, when refugees fled persecution in the Prussian Union. A significant influx occurred post World War II and migration also brought a number of Lutherans from other European countries. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
A split occurred in 1846, with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia and United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia. These denominations joined to form the Lutheran Church of Australia in 1966. 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
Colleges and Seminaries
The Australian Lutheran College offerings include theological and teacher education.
Background to the Ecumenical Movement in Australia and the NCCA The modern ecumenical movement began to take shape as the 19th century drew to a close. ... The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea has a membership of 815,000 It is incorporated by a 1991 Act of the parliament of Papua New Guinea. ... The Gutnius Lutheran Church is a Lutheran body existing in Papua New Guinea that was established by the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod in 1948. ... The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global association of national and regional Lutheran churches headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. ... The International Lutheran Council is a worldwide association of confessional Lutheran denominations. ...
External links
Lutheran Church of Australia (http://www.lca.org.au) (LCA)
The history of the LutheranChurch of Australia is the sequence of events related to divisions, mergers and affiliations of Lutheranchurch organisations from the time Lutheranism first arrived in Australia, to the time of unification of the two main synods in 1966.
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Australia renamed to Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Australia (ELSA) in 1863.
In 1856 A new independent synod, Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Victoria (ELSV), with Pastor Matthias Goethe serving as president, was founded to serve the Lutherancongregations in Victoria.
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