Using church property to build mission work
To grasp fresh opportunities sometimes you need to let go of what you have. Manningham and Ballarat are benefitting from the sale of underutilised assets.
Manningham breaks new ground in securing future
Manningham Uniting Church is building an ambitious new centre of worship and community engagement in Templestowe, funded by four congregations coming together and making strategic use of their properties.
Site inspection
In his new book Property and Progress for a Pilgrim People, Michael Owen reflects on property in the UCA and asks to whom does a congregation’s property really belong?
VicTas General Secretary responds to The Age property report
VicTas synod general secretary Rev Dr Mark Lawrence has reassured church members the synod is not undertaking another Uniting our future program following a report in The Age on Wednesday.
Building for the future
REVIEW BY SUZANNE YANKO BOOK | MAKING PROPERTY SERVE MISSION | FRED BATTERTON The author lays it on the line in his introduction. “My two passions are architecture and my Christian faith”.
Mission in their sites
Artist impression of proposed Burgundy St hub DAVID SOUTHWELL Focusing on mission is helping congregations make decisions about church property to adapt to changing circumstances and manage a process that can be both exc