American Lutherans began work in the 1920s. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea was organized in 1975. Numbering about 815,000, it is the largest Protestant group in the island. Lutheran Church numbers about 60,000 and is mostly in the highland province of Enga. Both have an extensive system of schools, from elementary to seminary, in which there is some cooperation.
Health care is an important part of their ministries.
One GHM project was to provide radios to enable isolated health care facilities to communicate with each other. Subscriptions are free upon request. Global Health Ministries.