Exclusive film screenings: The Golden Chain of Mercy Presented by the Uniting Church in Australia in partnership with the Armenian Missionary Association of Australia and co-hosted with United Theological College and Pitt Street Uniting ChurchA ground-breaking documentary reveals the untold story of the Australian and New Zealand connection to the Armenian genocide All are invited […]
Online prayer for peace on the Korean Peninsula Uniting Church President Rev Charissa Suli will be hosting an online time of prayer in honour of the World Council of Churches Sunday of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula “God,Lift us from despair.Grant us the strength to answer your callto live […]
Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2025NAIDOC Week 2025 marks 50 years of honouring Indigenous voices, culture and resilience. The Uniting Church, together with the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC), celebrates this milestone and the enduring strength of First Nations peoples. NAIDOC Week has grown into an annual event of hope, truth-telling and a powerful declaration […]
WCC Central Committee meets in South Africa The World Council of Churches Central Committee has met in South Africa over the past week for the second timeThe World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee closed its meeting on Tuesday after six days discerning together in Johannesburg, South Africa. Uniting Church President Rev Charissa Suli attended […]
Marking 40 years of being a Multicultural Church Four decades after declaring itself a Multicultural Church, members of the Uniting Church gathered to celebrate, reflect and reimagineOn 15 June 1985, a Spirit-led declaration was made at the Uniting Church in Australia’s 4th National Assembly: “The Uniting Church is a Multicultural Church”. These seven words have […]
First National Korean Women’s Conference celebrates leadership and calling The inaugural Korean Women’s Conference brought together lay and ordained women leaders from around the countryby Rev Myung Hwa Park, Chair of the Korean National ConferenceThis year marks the 40th anniversary of the Uniting Church’s declaration as a multicultural church, an ongoing journey of embracing diversity […]
Planting Hope: Vision, Volunteers and a Community Revitalised A 20-year dream has been fulfilled in the outback terrain of South Australia, bringing the hope of Jesus to a remote communityBy Rob Floyd, National Director of Frontier ServicesIt isn’t often that you embark on an epic journey, through vast expanses of desert, to witness the birth […]
Yarta Wandatha: the land is speaking, the people are speaking Walking with Elders, learning from their ancient wisdom and wrestling with the lessons that creation – ‘God’s oldest voice’ – has to teach us todayThis article was first published in VOX, the bulletin of the University of Divinity. It is republished with permission. By Dr […]
Sydney Friends of Standing Together event calls for peace The peace group, aligned with global movement Standing Together, held a rally in Sydney on 4 May in support of Jerusalem peace summitwritten by Rev Lindsay Cullen, Assembly Associate General Secretary Sydney Friends of Standing Together (SFOST) is a group aligned with Standing Together, which describes […]
“If we do not speak, even the stones will cry out” In the season of Easter 2025 and following the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, President of the Uniting Church Rev Charissa Suli has released a statement affirming the solidarity of the Uniting Church with suffering Palestine STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITING CHURCH […]