Christians from all major denominations will join forces to take a stand against human trafficking and slavery on Abolitionist Sunday, 23 November.
Churches will hold events across the country to speak out against a world where millions of men, women and children are still exploited for profit.
Prominent Christian leaders (pictured) recently posed for a photo shoot on the steps ...
For the past seven decades, the church on the corner of North and Mackie Roads in Bentleigh East has served the local community. Originally operating as South Oakleigh Methodist Church (in what was then considered an outer-suburb), the congregation combined with East Bentleigh Presbyterian Church to become Coatesville Uniting Church after union.
The Uniting Church’s agencies, schools, residential and theological colleges, mission organisations and congregations are all beneficiaries of generous benefactors investing in the future life of the Church.
Nearly two years ago, Sandra Bethell was appointed by the synod to undertake a review of the trusts established by gifts and bequests, many of which were inherited by the Church following union.
...The federal treasurer, Joe Hockey, recently announced that Australia will assist in global efforts to combat cross-border tax avoidance and tax evasion by requiring Australian financial institutions to report on foreigners holding assets in Australia.
The information will be provided to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) who will then share it with other tax authorities around the world. Foreign tax ...
I was three when Gough Whitlam was dismissed. The two years and nine months that he was the 21st prime minister of Australia brought in many changes – changes for a better, fairer society. His vision of Australia was of the kind that we as Christians envision.
As a society and Church, we have struggled with our response to ...
Some homeless Tasmanians have slept warmer and drier this winter thanks to an innovative joint project between UnitingCare Tasmania and female prisoners at Tasmania Prison Service.
Initially the inmates aimed at producing soft toys from waste material collected by UnitingCare’s Op Shops. This project soon changed direction when it was realised that the Queensland-produced swags made available for the homeless ...
The contribution of Crosslight was recognised at the 40th annual Australasian Religious Press Association conference in Canberra last month. Our publication won the gold award for best editorial. ‘Australia’s shame’, written by executive editor Penny Mulvey, was described as a “powerful, topical, and well-researched piece”.
Keynote speaker, Mark Sayers, senior leader of Red Church in Melbourne, and co-founder of Uber ...
At the memorial service for 70-year-old Jalila Ayyad, killed when an Israeli missile hit her home in Gaza, Archbishop Alexios said: “Another human being, an innocent one, has lost her life.” The historic Greek Orthodox Church where she belonged was also sheltering 1000 Palestinians, mostly Muslims, made homeless by Israel’s military assault. So her coffin was carried out by both ...
The new face in theological education, the Pilgrim Theological College, has been launched at the current gathering of the Uniting Church in Australia’s Victoria and Tasmania Synod.
It follows a decision to close the United Faculty of Theology at the end of this year.
The UFT was formed in 1969 as an ecumenical partnership between the precursor ...
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Friday, 26 September, marks the 102nd anniversary of Rev John Flynn being commissioned to head the Australian Inland Mission.
Flynn’s vision was to spread across the Inland a ‘Mantle of Safety’, bringing aviation, radio, medicine, spiritual comfort, gladness and rejoicing to the lonely and isolated people of the outback.
The 11th meeting of the Uniting Church’s Synod of Victoria and Tasmania will be held at La Trobe University, in Bundoora, from September 19-24.
Over the six days of the gathering about 300 Synod members will receive and discuss more than 50 reports as well as a range of proposals from presbyteries, congregations, and Church commissions.
