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Finding the “cross” in cross-cultural ministry

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 01:46:50 +0000

As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Uniting Church, we also celebrate the many culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities with whom we have united on the way. Ben Tupou was at Sunnybank Uniting Church in Brisbane to witness the welcoming of a Cook Island community into this vibrant cross-cultural church. They were filled ...

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Keeping the faith through tragedy and triumph

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 02:55:11 +0000

Ten of the eleven victims slept soundly as fire engulfed their Slacks Creek home on a cold winter’s night in 2011. Five years on, Ashley Thompson visits the Lale family of Sunnybank Uniting Church to remember their loss and celebrate their future. Often described as Australia’s worst house fire, the exact cause of the blaze, ...

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Mission: conquer culture shock

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 01:00:55 +0000

International student pastor Noah Kim talks to Dianne Jensen about his call to ministry in the Uniting Church. Noah Kim knows first-hand that the call to God’s service can take you far from home and well outside your comfort zone. The South Korean-born Christian received the nudge from his pastor to attend Bible college in ...

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