Rev Apwee Ting
National Consultant

Rev. Dr Apwee Ting brings a strong understanding of what it means to be a multicultural church and to live out the Christian faith cross-culturally.

Apwee has been a member of the Assembly’s National Reference Committee for Multicultural and Cross Cultural Ministry for 12 years including three years as Chair (2006-2009). He also held a specific role of liaison with the Assembly’s Relations with other Faiths Working Group.

Apwee is a former Chairperson of the UCA’s Indonesian National Conference.

He completed his PhD in 2005 at STTIP Jakarta (Sekolah Tinggi Teologi International Philadelphia) with an examination of the topic ‘Cross Cultural Ministry is the fulfilment of missional mandate in the areas of Church Unity and Growth’.

Before his appointment, Apwee was a Minister of the Word at Dandenong Uniting Church in Victoria, in one of Australia’s most culturally diverse and multifaith communities. The congregation includes Fijian and Hindi speaking ministries and is also home to Christian communities whose cultural heritage is Arabic, Ethiopian and Cook Islands.

Born to Chinese migrants in Indonesia, Apwee migrated to Australia in 1989. He has a deep understanding of the UCA’s overseas church partnerships.