The World Council of Churches (WCC)has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip. WCC general secretary Rev Dr Olav Tveit issued a statement late last month in which he expressed deep sadness and grave concern at the continued escalation of military operations in Gaza.
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, the 27-year-old woman sentenced to 100 lashes and death for the crime of apostasy in Sudan in May, arrived in Rome on 24 July with her family. The Italian government negotiated permission for their departure with the Sudanese authorities.
Mrs. Ibrahim and her family are expected to stay a few days in ...
Uniting Church leaders from across Australia are joining interfaith and ecumenical friends today in a statement of solidarity with Australia’s Muslim community.
Uniting Church in Australia President Rev. Professor Andrew Dutney is one of more than 150 faith and community leaders who’ve signed on to a declaration that “We’ll Love Muslims 100 Years.”
Shadows cast across the high ceiling of St Paul’s Cathedral combined with the echoing sounds of the Choir of Trinity College to create a true 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 who perished in ...
UnitingCare Australia has commended the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report on Early Childhood Care and Learning praising proposed funding reforms.
“Introducing a simple funding system in which subsidies are means-tested and based on the cost of providing a service rather than chasing fees charged is a positive direction for the system to head,” Lin Hatfield Dodds, National Director of UnitingCare Australia ...
The global HIV and AIDS epidemic has been a context of great suffering: stigmatization, death, grief, impoverishment and has left countless children orphaned.
With millions dead and countless others living with HIV, the epidemic raises theological questions. Who is God? Where is God? Does God Care? How then should we read the Bible in such a global context?
Tahira Zahir (pictured) holds coloured balloons as a symbol of community harmony in Bendigo last month. The synod’s Commission for Mission organised the rally in response to the anti-Islamic sentiments expressed by some in the regional city regarding the building of a mosque.
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When the Geelong East Uniting Church Tennis club (pictured) heard the news their beloved courts were to be sold as part of the Uniting our future process, Neil Lamond was at a loss about what to do next.
When the Synod resolved to reduce energy use by 20 per cent by 2020, many congregations set about working towards ways in which they could live out the commitment to responsible stewardship of the environment.
Whether it is investing in solar power, retrofitting buildings or simply shopping around for the best utilities provider, church groups are increasingly seeking opportunities ...
The Commission for Mission joined with St Albans Uniting Church to host a unique forum on climate change and human rights in June.
The forum brought together David Spratt, author of Climate Code Red, film maker Kim Nguyen, Charlie Ocampo of Act for Peace and Filipina nun Sister Mary Francis Anover (pictured), who discussed relief efforts and problems after ...
Once a month, the Hobart North congregation makes its weekly Sunday service more inclusive for hearing impaired members by offering sign language interpretation.
Generally it is a communion service on the fourth Sunday. The initiative began when the former New Town Road (and later the New Town-Moonah) congregation offered signing support to members in the 1990s.
Forty students from Uniting Church schools – Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS), Aitken College, Billanook College and Cornish College – visited the Melbourne Synod office for an Interschool Social Justice Day in May.
The Justice and International Mission (JIM) and Culture and Context units hosted the event in the synod chapel. Activities included a ‘Where’s Wally’s tax haven?’ game ...
