Gutnius Lutheran Church (GLC)
History:
The first Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod missionaries settled at Yaramanda, in what is now Enga Province, in 1948. A local tribal leader of the Wauni tribe, Mr. Minjuku Yasima, had met missionaries in Olgebeng, south of Yaramanda, and took the initiative to go there and ask for missionaries to come to his place at Yaramanda. The first missionaries to arrive were Rev. H. Freund and Mr. Patrick Kleinig from Australia as well as Dr. Willard Burce and Dr. Otto Hintze from the United States. The Good News has been proclaimed ever since.
Contact Information:
Gutnius Lutheran Church (GLC)
Concordia Hau, Irelya
PO Box 100
Wabag 291, Enga Province
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Phone: +675-547-1002
Fax: +675-547-1192
Website: NONE
President: The Rev. Nicodemus Aiyene
Profile:
Congregations: 550
Baptized Members: 125,000
Communicant Members: 100,000
Active Pastors: 250
Seminaries — view
- Timothy Lutheran Seminary at Birip (highlands)
- Martin Luther Seminary in Lae (coast)