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The Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) is the major Lutheran denomination in Australia and New Zealand. It counts 450 congregations and 70,000 members according to official statistics as of 2013. ==History== (詳細はPrussia, who arrived in 1838 with Pastor August Kavel. This period in Prussia was marked by a persecution of "Old Lutherans" who refused to join the Prussian Union, under King Frederick Wilhelm. In 1841, a second wave of Prussian immigrants started, with the arrival of Pastor Gotthard Fritzsche. He settled with the migrants in his group in Lobethal and Bethanien (now Bethany) in South Australia. The Lutheran church of this period is referred to as the Kavel-Fritzsche Synod. A split occurred within the South Australian Lutheran community in 1846, and two separate synods were established. The followers of Kavel founded the Langmeil-Light Pass Synod, and those of Fritzsche the Bethany-Lobethal Synod. These two groups came eventually to be named the ''Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia'', which derived from the Bethany-Lobethal Synod, and the ''United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia'' which was of the Langmeil-Light Pass Synod, and a number of other synods that had developed. These two denominations joined to form the ''Lutheran Church of Australia'' in 1966. A significant influx occurred after World War II and migration also brought a number of Lutherans from other European countries. Lutherans set up missions in Aboriginal communities. Noel Pearson, for instance, was raised in such an environment. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lutheran Church of Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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