News – UnitingWorld

July 18, 2016

18 July, 2016 The recent violence in South Sudan that resulted in the deaths of over 300 people has thankfully deescalated over the past week. South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and first Vice-President Riek Machar have ordered a ceasefire, and we are praying that it [Read More]

Papua New Guinea famine: Food reaches remote communities

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News

July 12, 2016

12 June, 2016 In response to the famine emergency caused by El Nino-driven drought in Papua New Guinea, UnitingWorld and its partner the United Church in PNG (UCPNG) have been distributing food and providing vital leadership to ensure relief operations reach the worst affected areas. [Read More]

Violent clashes in South Sudan raise fears of civil war

by UnitingWorld

News

July 11, 2016

11 July, 2016 More than 300 people are reported to have been killed in South Sudan since heavy fighting broke out between political factions late last month. Intensifying gun battles between government and opposition forces in the capital Juba and in the north-west town of [Read More]

China flood disaster: a call for prayer as millions impacted

by Ji Zhang

Pray

July 6, 2016

July 6, 2016 Heavy rain around China's Yangtze river basin has left 128 people dead and scores missing, Chinese media says, with more damage feared from a typhoon expected to land this week. Our partner church, the China Christian Council (CCC) has today requested prayers [Read More]

Mission by the people, for the people: Xian. China Part 5

by Ji Zhang

Blogs

June 29, 2016

In front of Shanxi Christian Council office there is a park reconstructed on the top of the Tang dynasty city wall. The moderator Rev Wang pointed to the place below and said “This was the Western Gate”. In 635 the Prime Minister Fang travelled from [Read More]

World Council of Churches declares solidarity with Tanah Papua (West Papua)

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News

June 29, 2016

28 June 2016 Amid reports of a deteriorating human rights situation in West Papua, a minute of support for Papuans was issued on 28 June during the closing day to a meeting in Trondheim, Norway, of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches [Read More]

The days that change lives: inside India’s most determined communities

by UnitingWorld

Blogs, Campaigns

June 28, 2016

Do you ever have days, even while you’re still in the middle of them, that you know will always stick with you? My first visit to a village in West Bengal, India, was one of those days. My colleague Steph and I had driven three hours from [Read More]

Prayer for the People in the Land of Papua

by Ji Zhang

Pray

June 27, 2016

Prayer for the People in the Land of Papua There is no place where you cannot reach, God who made the heavens and the earth. There is no journey which you have not travelled, God who is with us, Jesus the Christ. There are no [Read More]

A call to pray for our brothers and sisters in West Papua

by UnitingWorld

Pray

June 27, 2016

27 June 2016 The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has called the people of the Uniting Church to pray for our Papuan brothers and sisters in Christ as the Evangelical Christian Church in the Land of Papua (Gereja Kristen Injili Di Tanah [Read More]

Church in China – Part 4 Mission of Life

by Ji Zhang

Blogs

June 15, 2016

China is an ageing society. Currently 200 million people are over 60 years old, a figure that will double in the next 20 years. Yet half of the elderly are empty nesters – living without children or family – and this is a problem in [Read More]

Will the ceasefire hold in South Sudan?

Papua New Guinea famine: Food reaches remote communities

Violent clashes in South Sudan raise fears of civil war

China flood disaster: a call for prayer as millions impacted

Mission by the people, for the people: Xian. China Part 5

World Council of Churches declares solidarity with Tanah Papua (West Papua)

The days that change lives: inside India’s most determined communities

Prayer for the People in the Land of Papua

A call to pray for our brothers and sisters in West Papua

Church in China – Part 4 Mission of Life

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