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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:20:42 +0000

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week. If the numbers go down a new nickname for town? The Advertiser crunches the numbers of religious Census data and suggests that Adelaide’s reputation as the “city of churches” may need to be reconsidered given traditional religions are declining in popularity in South Australia. While mainstream ...

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New road for Frontier Services

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 08:00:10 +0000

The 14th Assembly has sought to understand the reasons behind the changing circumstances of the Uniting Church’s valued remote area ministry Frontier Services. Nigel Tapp writes. Frontier Services is changing tack, re-directing its work away from aged-care to community support activities and resourcing patrol ministry. Less than a year after Frontier Services celebrated its 100th ...

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Steady hand at the helm

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 08:00:10 +0000

With Rev Terence Corkin stepping down as Assembly general secretary at the end of the year, Queenslanders will find a familiar face at the helm in 2016. Nigel Tapp reports. The 14th Assembly has appointed UnitingCare Queensland’s director of mission, Colleen Geyer as its incoming general secretary. Colleen will take the reins from Rev Terence ...

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“A lot of love” between Aussie and Kiwi churches

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 05:00:17 +0000

Church leaders from across Australia and New Zealand gathered in Brisbane last month. Rohan Salmond reports. The annual trans-Tasman gathering of church leaders took place in Brisbane in April, bringing together the six moderators from Uniting Church synods, the president of the Uniting Church Assembly, the president of the Methodist Church of New Zealand and ...

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Cyclone damage bill mounts

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 23:00:31 +0000

Uniting Church emergency aid and relief has begun to arrive in Central Queensland after Tropical Cyclone Marcia tore through the Capricorn Coast in February this year. Ashley Thompson reports. The Queensland Synod’s Risk and Insurance team has been contacted by 14 sites which sustained varying levels of insurable damage from Cyclone Marcia, totalling an estimated ...

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Uniting Church condemns death penalty again

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 23:31:30 +0000

The Uniting Church in Australia has joined churches, non-governmental organisations and others in voicing concerns about Indonesia’s resumption of the death penalty. President of the Uniting Church in Australia Rev Dr Andrew Dutney is one of 14 organisational leaders who have written to both the Indonesian ambassador to Australia and to the Australian minister for ...

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State-sanctioned child abuse must end

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 05:05:39 +0000

The Uniting Church in Australia is calling for the immediate release of all children and their families from Australian-run immigration detention centres, following the publication of a shocking report by the Australian Human Rights Commission. Matt Pulford reports. The Australian Human Rights Commission has released a damning report, entitled The Forgotten Children, on the largest ...

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Interfaith support for Australia’s Muslims

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 05:44:14 +0000

Uniting Church leaders from across Australia joined interfaith and ecumenical friends on 22 August in a statement of solidarity with Australia’s Muslim community. Uniting Church in Australia President Rev Dr Andrew Dutney is one of more than 150 faith and community leaders who has signed on to a declaration that “We’ll Love Muslims 100 Years”. ...

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Number crunch: Does the Uniting Church have a future?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 03:24:28 +0000

Data from the 2013 census of the Uniting Church in Australia has been released just in time for its 37th anniversary. It reveals an organisation facing some tough decisions. Dianne Jensen reports. Thirty-seven years down the track, Australia’s first home-grown church is facing a mid-life crisis familiar to any adult wondering where the kids have ...

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Budget challenges most vulnerable

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 23:31:27 +0000

The 2014 Budget was a major concern for the Uniting Church and its agencies. Mardi Lumsden reports. The federal government’s 2014 Budget was met with frustration and concern by many different parts of the Uniting Church in Australia in May. Uniting Church President Rev Dr Andrew Dutney said the church’s main concern is how Australia’s ...

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