ALC sustains positive enrolment trends in 2026

Australian Lutheran College (ALC) is tasked with preparing people both academically and vocationally for service in the church and the church’s schools.

Last year ALC was thrilled to be able to report a growth in student enrolments with many new students embarking on a pathway leading to pastoral ministry.  In 2026 we are equally thrilled to report that we have 44 active ministry and theology students. These students – 19 females and 25 males - are situated within all districts of the LCANZ and attend classes online from where they live. Twelve of these students are discerning a General Ministry Pastor pathway and 15 students are engaged in Specific Ministry Pastor training opportunities. In addition, ALC has 11 students undertaking a Bachelor of Counselling degree and 26 students participating in studies as part of LEA’s Leadership Development Program (LDP), which is run every two years.

In addition to online webinars, ALC’s distributed learning approach routinely brings students together for intensives.  Already this year, ALC has delivered an intensive in Brisbane for ministry and theology students, an intensive in Melbourne for counselling students and the LDP cohort has gathered in Adelaide for a two day workshop. More intensives are scheduled to be run in Adelaide in July. While intensives are held specifically to cater for the needs of enrolled students, this next series of intensives will include two professional development opportunities for pastors and lay workers: Introduction to Christian Mission (15/7 – 18/7) and Coaching and Mentoring (24/7 – 25/7). For more information email enquiries@alc.edu.au.

Please share ALC’s enrolment good news with your congregations and those around you and join us in thanking God for each and every one of our students.