Women's Ordination

Why St Stephen’s congregation supports the ordination of women
The Bible and Lutheran theology endorse the ordination of women (‘Final report on the ordination of women’, CTICR 1999), and the overwhelming majority of Lutheran churches in the world ordain women.
Growing numbers of people find that the ordination of only men is a stumbling block preventing them from identifying with the church. The members of St Stephen’s long for the day when the LCA joins those churches that have acted on the conviction that ordaining women is a vital part of our being faithful to the Gospel.
Statement by St Stephen's Women's Ordination Working Party

Women's Ministry Network

For more information and detailed information on the question of the Women's Ordination into the ministry of the Lutheran Church of Australia, please visit the WMN site.

Time To Soar

Women's Ordination Conference 2012
At the weekend July 13-14 2012, St Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Adelaide, hosted the "Ordination of Women in the Lutheran Church of Australia" conference under the title TIME TO SOAR. More than 100 participants engaged in a time of Celebration, Conversation, and Action around the conference theme.

Some of the presentations and photos from this conference can be found on the WMN website.

Lenten Devotion Booklets

In 2010, St Stephen's Lutheran Church Adelaide published its first Lenten Devotion booklet. Selecting one book (or more) of the Old or New Testament, members of the congregation were asked to reflect on a section or chapter, which include a short prayer.

Over the years, many members of the congregation have put their reflections to paper, lay people and professional theologians alike. The Lenten Devotion booklets, therefore, have become a truly Australian source of Christian theological reflection.

The March 2016 AGM of St Stephen's Lutheran Church decided to publish the booklets on the church website and making them available for personal use. For privacy the names of the authors have been withheld. If you would like to get in touch with an author, please contact the office of St Stephen's Lutheran Church Adelaide.

These resources are protected by Copyright. Permission is given for personal use only and may not be distributed further without explicit permission.