The Uniting Church has called on the Australian government to sign a historic United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons.
It comes as North Korea successfully fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this month. It was the eleventh missile test conducted by the North Korean government this year.
Rev (Deacon) Andy Calder
Forty years from our birth as the Uniting Church, the Basis of Union still reminds us that mission is nothing less than the reconciliation and renewal of the whole creation (Paragraph 3).
The Church is called to serve that end and continue the ministry of Jesus in word ...
The majority of bystanders do not intervene when they witness an Islamophobic attack in public, according to a report released this week.
The Islamophobia in Australia report was conducted by the Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University and the Islamophobia Register of Australia. It is believed to be the first study of its kind in ...
Thirty years ago, on July 11 1987, the population of the world reached five billion. Since 1990, this day has been recognised by the United Nations as World Population Day (WDP) to raise awareness of population issues.
The population of the world today is 7,518,737,772 and, quite literally, counting. By the time you have read this, at least ...
Tasmanian politicians will have plenty of reading material as they head off for the winter break thanks to one Wesley Hobart Uniting Church member.
James Boyce, author of Losing streak – How Tasmania was gamed by the gambling industry, yesterday signed copies of his book, which the Tasmanian Greens will send to every Tasmanian MP.
MARK ZIRNSAK
A significant number of anti-religious atheist commentators have seized the opportunity to cite the recent census results to push their agenda. I distinguish these people from the vast majority of atheists who, like the vast majority of people who hold religious views, value our multicultural society and have a ‘live and let live’ attitude. This is ...
Uniting Church president Stuart McMillan has offered a greeting in the Yolgnu language in celebration of NAIDOC Week.
This year’s NAIDOC Week theme – Our Languages Matter – recognises the essential role Indigenous languages play in shaping the cultural identity and spirituality of First Peoples.
Prior to colonisation, more than 250 Indigenous language groups were spoken throughout the ...
As the number of incarcerated people in Victoria reaches a historic high, a former prisoner has called for greater chaplaincy support in the state’s correctional facilities.
Allison served six months in jail for employment theft. The mother-of-two recounted her story at the 2017 Victorian Prison Chaplaincy Conference, held at the Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre last week.
On 1 July, employees and volunteers from 24 separate Church entities officially came together as one organisation under the Uniting banner. Merging as one organisation is a significant milestone for the delivery of community services by the Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania.
Staff and volunteers from the founding agencies are celebrating the occasion with numerous ...
Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress leaders have continued to speak out against the Northern Territory Intervention, which passed its 10th anniversary this month with little attention from political leaders and the mainstream media.
In a pre-recorded video message to a forum on the Intervention anniversary held on Melbourne’s RMIT campus on Thursday Congress and Yolgnu ...
More than 600 students from prep to year 12 have rolled up their sleeves this week and gotten MAD as part of Cornish College’s Make A Difference Week activities.
Students planted 300 heathland plants on the Uniting Church school’s grounds in Melbourne’s south and participated in a number of other activities to enhance the school and serve the ...
The recent national Census may have recorded a decline in religious affiliation but John Safran says faith and belief still can’t be conveniently relabelled as something else in contemporary Australia.
Religion has long been a preoccupation for Safran in his eclectic and sometimes provocative backlog of TV and radio work plus print and online journalism.
