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Lutheran Church of Australia company history timeline

1837

1837 First Old Lutheran migrants, from Pomerania, arrive on Kangaroo Island, South Australia in October aboard the Solway.

1838

1838 On 3 March Gossner missionaries arrive in Moreton Bay, Queensland.

The Lutheran Church was established in South Australia in 1838 by German emigrants from Prussia who came because of religious persecution.

1838 Missionaries Schürmann and Teichelmann from the Dresden Missionary Society arrive in Adelaide to work with the Aboriginal Australians.

1839

1839 First synod is held under a gum tree at Glen Osmond, South Australia.

1841

1841 Lutheran settlers under Pastor G D Fritzsche arrive in Adelaide.

1845

1845 Pastor Fritzsche begins the first seminary at Lobethal.

1846

The first pastors, August Kavel and G D Fritzsche, disagreed on a number of matters and in 1846 they established separate churches.

1848

1848 Wendish settlers migrate to South Australia, many settling in the Barossa Valley.

1856

1856 Victorian Synod is founded.

1856 The first formally constituted Lutheran congregation in Queensland is established at Zion's Hill.

1866

1866 A Lutheran congregation is formed in Sydney by Pastor M Goethe.

1866 Women’s Mission Guilds is established in the Barossa Valley, South Australia.

1868

1868 Lutherans from the Barossa Valley trek overland to take up land in the Riverina area of New South Wales.

1876

1876 A teacher's college is opened at Hahndorf.

1885

1885 Hope Vale mission is founded in north Queensland.

1886

1886 Missionary Johann Flierl sails to New Guinea to begin mission work.

1890

1890 Concordia College is established in Murtoa, Victoria.

1894

1894 Missionary C F T Strehlow begins work at Hermannsburg.

1895

1895 Immanuel College is established at Point Pass, South Australia.

1905

1905 Concordia College moves to Adelaide.

1914

1914–18 Eight Lutheran pastors in Queensland are interned.

1921

In the 20th century efforts were made to bring unity and in 1921 five churches joined together.

1921 The United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia (UELCA) synod is formed.

1923

1923 Immanuel Seminary is established at North Adelaide.

1926

Another one joined in 1926.

1928

1928 The UELCA sets up the Book Depot, its publications body.

1947

1947 The first Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) deaconesses are commissioned for service.

1949

1949 St Peter's Lutheran congregation is established in Hobart, Tasmania, after a wave of postwar migration.

1957

1957 The first UELCA deaconess enters service.

1965

1965 The declaration of Altar and Pulpit Fellowship between ELCA and UELCA occurs.

1966

The final union in 1966 created the present-day Lutheran Church of Australia.

1966 The synods combine to form the Lutheran Church in Australia.

1967

New Zealand congregations become a district of the newly formed Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA). 1967 The Lutheran Publishing House and the Book Depot combine publishing businesses – now called Openbook Publishers.

1968

1968 The two seminaries amalgamate to become Luther Seminary at North Adelaide.

1987

1987 Tract missions run by the Lutheran Laymen's League and the Openbook Publishers combine to form the Lutheran Tract Mission.

1991

1991 Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) becomes the sole responsibility of the LCA under a newly-formed board.

1999

The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification was signed in Augsburg on 31 October 1999.

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