Qld churches awarded local mission fund grants

Qld churches awarded local mission fund grants

Three Queensland churches will be supported in their outreach endeavours through inaugural grants from the LCANZ’s Local Mission Fund.

Under the fund, two tiers of grants were available for approved applicants: seed fund or minor grants of up to $10,000 each and major grants of up to $100,000.

St James Lutheran Church Hervey Bay, received a seed fund grant for its Community Connection and Growth Project.

Major Local Mission Fund grants were awarded to Trinity Lutheran Church Ashmore, for a congregation and college ministry partnership and St Andrew’s Lutheran Church Brisbane, for a Korean-language ministry.

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Local Mission Fund grants will open again in 2025. For more information about the annual fund, see https://www.lca.org.au/local-mission-fund/

Excerpted from LCA eNews, 15 October 2024.

LCANZ Local Mission Coordinator Jodi Brook, with representatives of the recipient congregations of the inaugural Local Mission Fund seed fund grants and major grants.