Pacific Lutheran College is a co-educational P-12 Lutheran

Lutheranism

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 College

College

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 under the Lutheran Church of Australia

Lutheran Church of Australia

The Lutheran Church of Australia is the major Lutheran denomination in Australia, it also has a presence in New Zealand. It has 320 parishes, 540 congregations, 70,000 baptized members in Australia, 1,130 baptized members in New Zealand, 52,463 communicant members and 450 active pastors. Its...

. The school is located in Birtinya, Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast, Queensland

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, Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

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. Pacific Lutheran College currently caters for 700-800 students, after opening in 2001 as one of the newest Christian schools on the Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast, Queensland

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Pacific Lutheran College is a member of the Sunshine Coast Independent Schools' Sports Association (SCISSA) and as such participates in a range of sports including soccer, rugby union

Rugby union

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 (boys only), basketball

Basketball

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, surfing

Surfing

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, kayaking

Kayaking

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, swimming

Swimming (sport)

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, water volleyball, touch football

Touch football

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, netball

Netball

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 (girls only) and ) for students depending on the season (summer or winter). Pacific Lutheran competes against local Christian

Christian

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 colleges such as Sunshine Coast Grammar School

Sunshine Coast Grammar School

The Sunshine Coast Grammar School is a private Christian school located in Forest Glen, a some-what rural town on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.The school has a student body of over 1200, from prep to grade 12. The school was established in 1997...

, Good Shepard Lutheran College, Immanuel Lutheran College

Immanuel Lutheran College (Queensland, Australia)

Immanuel Lutheran College is a Christian private school in Buderim, a suburb of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Since its opening in 1979, the college has grown from 63 students to over 870 students ranging from kindergarten to year 12, and hosts exchange students who are catered for...

, Noosa Christian College

Noosa Christian College

Noosa Christian College is a co-educational primary and secondary college, located in Cooroy, near Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The College is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church and its sister college, Northpine Christian College, is located in Dakabin, Queensland,...

, Caloundra Christian College, St. Andrews Anglican College and Uniting College