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When three became one in Christ

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 04:58:30 +0000

As the Uniting Church celebrates its fortieth anniversary Ben Rogers revisits the excitement, challenges and hope behind the historic union of Congregationalists, Methodists and Presbyterians in Australia in 1977. For younger members of the Uniting Church in Australia who have only ever known its current incarnation, the period surrounding church union in 1977 is past ...

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Female focus on Congregational Church

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 03:37:03 +0000

Rev Dr Julia Pitman’s new book Our Principle of Sex Equality explores 15 female ministers in the context of the establishment of Congregationalism in Australia. Rev Jim Pearson reviews. I enthusiastically opened Rev Dr Julia Pitman’s Our Principle of Sex Equality for two reasons. Firstly, as a Presbyterian minister who became a Minister of the ...

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Small church, big vision: How the Congregational Church led Australia in the ordination of women

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 03:42:24 +0000

Rev Dr Julia Pitman’s book Our principle of sex equality examines the stories of 15 female ministers in the context of the establishment of Congregationalism in Australia. Dianne Jensen talks with the author about her research, the history of the ordination of women and how the Uniting Church has been influenced by the Congregational Church. ...

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