From 12 July Stuart McMillan will become president of the Uniting Church—only the third lay person to ever hold the position. Matt Pulford writes. Stuart McMillan says he had a really good first week working for the Uniting Church in the Northern Territory. But the way that week started wasn’t promising. Six weeks after being interviewed in Sydney for an ...
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Heading towards a promised end
The Destiny Together week of prayer and fasting is over. Bruce Mullan looks at what’s next in the Uniting Church’s journey of reconciliation with First Peoples. The paint was washed off the foreheads and the chairs packed away but for those who participated in the Canberra prayer vigil and at other Destiny Together—Justice for First Peoples events around the nation, ...
Read More »A sign for Australia
In a historic moment in the Uniting Church journey, First and Second Peoples gathered together in front of Parliament House in Canberra, calling for justice and reconciliation. Matt Pulford reports. On 18 March, on the lawns in front of Parliament House in Canberra, around 300 members of the Uniting Church in Australia gathered for an act of public worship. The ...
Read More »A Destiny Together: Justice for First Peoples
Uniting Church members are invited to engage in the Week of Prayer and Fasting for Justice for First Peoples, writes Jennifer Whyte. One of the most poignant events of the 13th Assembly of the Uniting Church in 2012 was the silent walk of members through the streets of Adelaide to the South Australian Parliament. Prompted by the stories of anguish ...
Read More »Andrew Dutney: Growing faith in 2014
It’s hard not to be excited about 2014 having begun it in the company of that great crowd of passionate young Christians who gathered at Yuróra, the 2014 National Christian Youth Convention (NCYC) in Parramatta. Their love of Jesus and each other, their commitment to discipleship and excitement about ministry is infectious and inspiring. So what does the year ahead ...
Read More »World churches reconnect
Upon returning from the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Busan, South Korea, President of the Uniting Church in Australia Rev Dr Andrew Dutney reflects on the Uniting Church’s relationship with the global church. Church in Australia that went to Busan, in South Korea, to participate in the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC). ...
Read More »Uniting Church Mourns Passing of Mandela
The Uniting Church in Australia mourns the passing of the late Nelson Mandela. The Uniting Church in Australia Assembly President, Rev Dr Andrew Dutney, has expressed his gratitude for Mandela’s extraordinary life of service. “I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of the great Nelson Mandela this morning. “He was a great and good man who strove for ...
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