Leslene Woodward from Mareeba Uniting Church is in Bali under the ‘Partners in Mission’ plan teaching English as a second language and sent the following report of the 74th Anniversary Celebrations of the Christian Protestant church in Bali. The Protestant Church in Bali dates itself from 1931, when the first baptism took place. But holding the major celebration in Blimbingsari ...

Formed in 1977 on the basis that its faith and obedience are nourished and regulated by the Bible, the Uniting Church has faced increasing tensions over the way its people read and interprets scripture. Many have identified the question of how we read the Bible as the key underlying issue in the recent divisive debates over homosexuality and leadership in ...