The Uniting Church in Australia has strongly condemned the continuing and systematic abuse of asylum seekers trying to reach Australia by boat and those being held indefinitely in unsuitable offshore detention centres.
The President of the Uniting Church in Australia, Rev Prof Andrew Dutney said that the Government’s inhumane treatment of 157 Tamil asylum seekers had plumbed new depths of cruelty.
Shadows cast across the high ceiling of St Paul’s Cathedral, combined with the echoing sounds of the Choir of Trinity College, helped to create a sense of ceremony at a multifaith service for Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 late last month.
People of various cultures, ages and faiths filled the church to pay their respects to those ...
The view from the pew in an Australian Uniting Church isn’t always inspiring. Many long-term congregation members are all too aware of empty seats, voices that waver on beloved hymns and the lurking spectre of a budget committee meeting when the service ends…
It’s true that church attendance in Australia is in decline, as it is throughout much of the ...
The Uniting Church in Australia, through the Assembly’s Christian Unity Working Group (CUWG), recently farewelled long time member and former national secretary, Rev Dr Rob Gallacher. After nearly 25 year’s commitment to the UCA’s CUWG, Dr Gallacher has resigned.
From being a member in 1991, Dr Gallacher became the national secretary from 2001 – 2003. ...
Frontier Services has announced that Outback Links is back in operation after a temporary break. At the start of last month volunteers were ready to hit the road and lend a helping hand to families in remote areas throughout Australia.
Outback Links matches volunteers with families in remote Australia to provide hands-on help when it is needed most, be it ...
Retired Uniting Church minister Rev Dr Wes Campbell has drafted a letter calling on members of the church to actively resist the government’s asylum seeker policies.
“The Minister for Immigration Scott Morrison, and the Prime Minister, declare they are Christian,” Dr Campbell writes. “They make this claim while acting in increasingly brutal ways toward people seeking ...
Papua New Guinea’s Department of Lands and Physical Planning (DLPP) is reported to be clawing back land previously taken from traditional owners.
Between 2003 and 2012 customary landholding communities were alienated from 5.2 million hectares of forests for up to 99 years under a government decision to grant 78 Special Agricultural and Business Leases (SABL).
ACCESS ministries recently announced the resignation of CEO Rev Canon Dr Evonne Paddison, who headed up the organisation for more than eight years.
Dawn Penney, who has filled a number of roles with the interdenominational supported organisation for more than seven years, has been appointed acting CEO.
The next moderator of the Vic/Tas synod will be decided at the Synod meeting in September. Members will discern between three nominees – Rev Ian Brown, Rev Dr Sunny Chen and Rev Sharon Hollis. Convenor of the nominating committee Rev Alistair Macrae said all three would bring to the role unique qualities and strengths.
For most Australians, tales of war and armed conflict are usually just images on a TV screen or newspaper. This image of a beautiful field of sunflowers in Ukraine contrasts, not only with the armed men on the horizon, but the reality of the horror that lies beneath the beauty. A horror that was brought home to Australians with ...
Twenty-two years is a long time to remain in the one job, and no doubt many of us would welcome a slap up farewell party as we prepared to leave. But not Pauline Gibbs, the retiring Operations Manager of UCA Funds Management, who enjoyed an intimate luncheon farewell as she departed 130 Little Collins Street last month.
Who is involved in the review?
The MSR team is predominantly comprised of skilled members of the Uniting Church with various gifts and graces representing diverse aspects of the Church; including active congregation members, ordained ministers, a former-presbytery chairperson, an agency CEO and experts in strategy and governance. They are supported by a small paid staff ...
