At the heart of the Uniting Church is a commitment to walk together with First Nations people in seeking justice. We seek to work and pray together as First and Second Peoples for more just, inclusive and equal relationships in the church and in this nation. Inspired by this commitment, we support a constitutionally enshrined […]
Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification The product of Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogueRead The 1999 Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of JustificationIntroduction The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (1999) is a significant ecumenical achievement and the culmination of a thirty-year dialogue between the Catholic Church’s Pontifical Council (now Dicastery) for Promoting Christian and […]
Laudato si’ Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclicalRead Laudato Si’, the 2015 encyclical of Pope FrancisIntroduction Laudato si’, Pope Francis’s 2015 Encyclical entreating us to care for the earth, our common home, has been adopted by the Uniting Church as a continuing witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a wide-ranging and challenging document which […]
The 1986 Confession of Belhar from South Africa 1982 Christian statement of belief written in AfrikaansRead The Confession of Belhar and Letter of Explanation Introduction The Confession of Belhar, from South Africa, has been adopted by the Uniting Church as a continuing witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This Confession was written in the […]
Continuing WitnessThe 17th Assembly has agreed to recognise three ecumenical documents as “continuing witness” to the Gospel of Jesus Christ”. Click on the link to read the Continuing Witness Task Group’s report to the Assembly and see videos recorded by the Task Group. The Belhar Confession, The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification and Laudato […]
Covenanting Banner Acknowledge the First Peoples in your area.Uniting Church congregations and presbyteries are encouraged to build relationships with local First Peoples communities, acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which they meet, worship and work together for reconciliation with and justice. One way to acknowledge the First Peoples in your area is to […]
Humans of the Uniting ChurchMeet some of the amazing people that make up the Uniting Church in AustraliaThe Uniting Church is full of wonderful stories. Across the country, there are thousands of faithful people and communities sharing in life and faith, growing disciples, nurturing faith and places of belonging, leading change, experimenting with new things, working […]
A Gospel proclaimed by all ages Something new and lifegiving is happening at Eaglehawk Uniting ChurchBy Rebecca BeislerSomething new and lifegiving is happening at Eaglehawk Uniting Church, located in the historic goldfield city of Bendigo in country Victoria. The older and younger generations of this community have begun to take steps outside of their normal roles […]
Highland Traditions of Scotland The region became culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period.INTRO / SYNOPSISTypography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point size, line length, line-spacing (leading), letter-spacing […]
What’s Your Uniting Church Story? Throughout this year, we have included a question at the end of the newsletter inviting you to tell us about your Uniting Church story or to share on the themes and stories we have included from week to week. Thank you to those readers who took the opportunity to respond. […]