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IT’S a number of f rsts for Adelaide’s Amel Manyon.
She is the first South Sudanese woman to be ordained into the Uniting Church in Australia.
Ms Manyon will also become minister of the newest Uniting Church community in South Australia, the Uniting Church
Northern Suburbs Dinka Speaking Faith Community, located at St. Stephen’s Uniting Church, Elizabeth North.
She was ordained on 18 March and the service was accompanied by a Sudanese youth choir.
The day marked a significant milestone in Australian church history.
The Moderator for the Uniting Church in South Australia, Rev Rob Williams, said, “Amel is a remarkable woman and we are thrilled to have her leading such a significant faith community which joins together the people of Sudan in worship utilising their native language.”
Ms Manyon is lovingly supported by her husband James, four children and five nieces and nephews who migrated to
Australia in 2002.
Shortly after her arrival, Ms Manyon enrolled in the Lutheran College for theological studies and then continued at the
Uniting College for Leadership and Theology.
Rev Dave Williamson, Multicultural and Cross-cultural Minister at the Uniting Church in South Australia will compete in Ironman Australia on 6 May, to raise funds to support Ms Manyon and the Dinka Faith Community.
For more information visit www.sa.uca.org.au/dinka
Photo : Amel Manyon, pictured with some of her family, has become Australia’s first ordained woman from South Sudan. Photo by Jade Kearns
