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Lutheran Archives Lutheran Archives holds a harvest of stories that show God’s love coming to life. We share the stories of the LCA/NZ across the church and in the wider public.

We are committed to preserving and making accessible the story of Lutherans and Lutheranism in Australia and New Zealand, irrespective of affiliation. Lutheran Archives gathers and preserves these stories from all over Australia and the Pacific – wherever the church is involved. We enable others to encounter these stories through research, so they can share their stories and experiences of love coming to life. A wide variety of people access these records: congregations, family historians, academic researchers, creative artists and filmmakers. These records help people to write congregation histories, fill gaps in family trees, understand our cultural diversity, further Aboriginal language research, and restore identity. The power of these records cannot be overestimated. By depositing records at Lutheran Archives, the stories of your ministries can be encountered by members of the church and public, told and disseminated to a myriad of audiences. We are able to turn your records deposited at Lutheran Archives into new ministries by providing and enabling access to them.

We love the chance to discuss potential depositors with congregations, parishes, auxiliaries, pastors and other individu...
20/10/2026

We love the chance to discuss potential depositors with congregations, parishes, auxiliaries, pastors and other individuals, but we love it more when the current owner of the material has done a little bit of work.

A great place to start is our website: https://lutheranarchives.lca.org.au/what-we-collect/ which contains information, guides and forms that we use to receive material.

Another great resource is this blog by Nicole Saylor from the American Folklife Center at the The Library of Congress: https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2018/01/so-you-want-to-donate-your-documentary-collection-to-an-archives/ . It gives a great, and simple, guide to what archivists consider when being offered material, and also what depositors need to consider.

But the main takeaway is to please talk to us about your deposit before you send it or turn up at the archive!

Here's to less banana boxes on the doorstep and more conversations about what fits in our collection.

17/10/2026
Note to self: find photo of pastor travelling by camel…
16/10/2026

Note to self: find photo of pastor travelling by camel…

🚶‍♀️🚲🚗🐴⛪ How did you travel to church when you were younger?

Did you walk, ride a bike, catch a bus, travel by horse and cart, or squeeze into the family car for the journey to worship?

Flashback Friday this week takes us back to Trinity Lutheran Church, Henty, NSW, on 25 August 1937 - could these be a Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Essex, or Chrysler?

We'd love to hear your memories. Share in the comments how you travelled to church, in what 'vehicle' and what you remember about those Sunday mornings.

🙏 'I rejoiced with those who said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’ (Psalm 122:1)

For more Flashback Friday reflections, look here https://www.lca.org.au/category/flashback-friday/

09/10/2026

This Sunday we celebrate 60 years since FW Albrecht laid the foundation stone of our church building. Members of the Central Australian Women's Choir will be singing as part of this service and a special morning tea will follow. We also have a congregation working bee this Saturday, beginning with breakfast at 8am. All welcome.

A great line up of Barossa and Lutheran historians.
08/10/2026

A great line up of Barossa and Lutheran historians.

08/10/2026

On October 11th Redeemer Naraweena Lutheran Church, Northern Beaches will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary! All are welcome to join!

07/10/2026
02/10/2026

Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Woongoolba is celebrating 150 years, and you are invited to celebrate with them 🎉🎉🎉For all enquiries, please contact Rev Mark Gierus, details below.

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27 Fourth Street
Adelaide, SA
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Wednesday 9:30am - 3:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 3:30pm

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