The Uniting Church in Australia will officially support the People’s Climate Marches taking place around Australia and the world in November.
The marches are scheduled for the weekend of 27-29 November 2015, ahead of UN climate talks in Paris. They are expected to take place in hundreds of major cities throughout the world. The Melbourne march will begin at ...
More than 100 people gathered at the Centre for Theology and Ministry last weekend for the annual Justice and International Mission unit convention.
This year’s convention explored the theme ‘What kind of Australia do we want to be?’
The convention opened with an acknowledgement of country by Rev Ken Sumner, Victorian state director for the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander ...
Australia will have a new Prime Minister following the dramatic leadership spill on Monday night. In the space of a few hours, Malcolm Turnbull replaced Tony Abbott as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and became the 29th Prime Minister of Australia.
While it is easy to create caricatures out of public figures, behind every politician ...
The Australian Government’s decision to increase Australia’s refugee intake by 12,000 has galvanised advocacy groups and community members into action.
As the Syrian refugee crisis continues to unfold many Church and other community groups are putting their hands up with offers of practical assistance and support.
A range of NGOs, including representatives from UnitingCare, is meeting with senior government ...
By Cath Taylor
Mother Theresa is credited with saying: “We cannot do great things, only small things with great love.”
Sometimes, perhaps we can do both.
Kakuma refugee camp is a sprawling mass of humanity on the border between Kenya and South Sudan. Under canvas and tin supplied by the UNHCR and the Kenyan government, more than 150,000 ...
Crosslight was named Publication of the Year at the annual conference of the Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) in Brisbane in late August.
The annual trophy award is one of two prestigious awards presented at the dinner ceremony; the first is the Gutenberg Award, the presidential award presented to a person or publication for overall excellence in religious communication. The ...
The Uniting Church in Australia has been quick to respond to what has been termed the worst refugee crisis since the end of the Second World War.
It is estimated that more than 9 million people have fled their homes since the outbreak of civil war in Syria in 2011. Many of those have sought shelter in neighbouring countries ...
130 Little Collins Street, home to the synod-based ministries and operations since 1967, will be demolished in 2019 to make way for a new development, pending State Government approvals.
This follows the decision by the Synod Standing Committee to enter into a joint venture partnership to construct a mixed-use accommodation hotel and residential apartment building.
By Penny Mulvey
I cannot tell anyone exactly what it is that you actually go through with sexual abuse. It’s not just something that has an impact on you at the time; it’s something that lasts forever. (Philip Constable)
Mr Constable is a former student at Geelong Grammar. His statement was one of several presented as part of Case Study 32 ...
Churches have a long history of working for social justice both in Australia and overseas. The Commission for Mission supports people who are being persecuted or being treated unjustly in other countries as part of its international mission work.
When responding to an unjust situation in another country however, we rely on our network of organisations (both faith-based and secular), ...
UnitingCare Australia has welcomed the Australian government’s decision to accept additional refugees from Syria.
Following public pressure to increase Australia’s refugee intake, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Wednesday that the federal government will offer permanent resettlement to 12,000 Syrian refugees.
The government will also provide an additional $44 million in financial aid to the UNHCR as people living ...
The photo of Syrian refugee Laith Majid crying tears of relief as his family reached the shores of Greece touched the hearts of millions around the world. It went viral on social media and featured as the front cover for the September edition of Crosslight.
According to German newspaper Bild, the family arrived in Berlin on Monday, where they ...
