In the era of smartphones and broadband internet, it is easy to become more connected with our digital devices than with people around us.
Australians spend an average of 46 hours per week looking at their TVs, computers and phones compared to six hours engaging with family and friends.
The World Methodist Conference is the largest gathering of Methodist, Wesleyan, United and Uniting Church representatives in the world. It takes place every five years and brings together members from more than 107 countries. This year, the conference took place in Houston, USA from 31 August to 3 September.
President of the Uniting Church ...
This month, Christians are being encouraged to build understanding and trust with people of different faiths.
To help this process the Uniting Church has prepared worship and activity resources under the banner of Interfaith September 2016.
In his introduction to the Interfaith September materials, Assembly Relations with other Faiths Working Group Convenor Rev Michael Barnes writes that reaching ...
In an increasingly competitive and secular environment, faith-based social welfare agencies are in danger of losing touch with their religious origins and supporting congregations, a conference heard on Friday and over the weekend.
The relationship between the church, its agencies and the state was explored at the Recapturing Our Soul conference, held at the Centre for Theology and Ministry from ...
The heart-rending photos of a drowned boy washed up on a Turkish beach stirred the international community into a flurry of pledges to help the millions displaced by fighting in Syria, but one year on many of those promises have not been delivered.
This year is on track to become the hottest year on record, but World Council of Churches general secretary Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has a message of hope for Christians concerned about the growing impact of climate change.
Dr Tveit invited all 500 million Christians from the 348 WCC member churches to join in the World Day of ...
The Uniting Church has welcomed a finding that could see Apple forced to pay billions in back taxes after shifting global earnings to Ireland, where the multinational paid minimal tax.
The European Commission ruled that the Irish tax authority’s treatment of the technology giant’s corporate profits was illegal state aid under European Union law.
This is a talk that Moderator Rev Sharon Hollis gave to the Victorian Council of Churches’ Social Questions Commission at the Melbourne Welsh Church on Sunday, 28 August.
Jesus was formed by and affirmed the prophetic witness of the Hebrew Scriptures
The Hebrew Scripture is full of voices who proclaim God’s mercy and love for the poor, ...
Melbourne’s Hosier Lane is one of the best known cultural attractions in the city, with many tourists visiting the laneway to take photos of the colourful street art.
The strip is also home to a number of rough sleepers who use the alcoves in the lane as shelter.
Last week, a Herald Sun report described Hosier Lane as a ...
Uniting Church president Stuart McMillan and UnitingCare Australia acting director Martin Cowling have joined other prominent Australians in signing an open letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling on the government not to proceed with planned cuts to the Newstart allowance.
Mr McMillan and Mr Cowling are among 34 signatories to the letter prepared by The Australia Institute think ...
The 2016 Census is expected to reveal an increase in homelessness nationwide. Homelessness is not just a metropolitan issue, with regional centres like Ballarat also experiencing a surge in people seeking support from agencies.
A fundraising concert was held at Ballarat Central Uniting Church on 20 August, with more than $4,000 going towards UnitingCare Ballarat’s homelessness support services.
Survivors of child sexual abuse have courageously shared their stories via the Royal Commission’s website.
In one of the nine stories a young woman named Tracey* who attended a Uniting Church school in Melbourne in the 1980s tells of being raped by her music teacher and the school’s failure to report the incident to police.
