Lutheran Church of New Zealand Summit
24 July 2010
at
Mountainside Lutheran Church
1 Harris Road
Mt Wellington, Auckland
9:00am – 5:00pm
(Congregational meal following—gold coin donation welcome)
Facilitator: Shannon Hood, lecturer at Australian Lutheran College and Delta Ministries
Purpose/Goal: To define and address:
- Issues facing the LCNZ and strategies to achieve Godly outcomes
- Ways and means to build strong churches at the grassroots
- Review of vision statement (see above graphic)
- Address the new Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand’s strategic initiatives of:
- Increasing leadership capacity at all levels
- Increase Spiritual depth
- Improve communication and engagement
- Develop a pro-active mission culture
- Leverage our assets to support ministry and mission
Cost: No registration fee - accommodation and travel expenses paid by attendee. (Council of Synod and LSM Committee members please contact President Robert about travel arrangements)
Download the registration form (190KB PDF)A 1996 study revealed the LCNZ lost an average of 84 members a year for that decade. At that rate we would disappear in the year 2017. Now 2017 is only seven years away. Has the trend changed? Will we survive into the future? In what ways will we be a different Church?
