News – UnitingWorld

July 27, 2018

As Zimbabweans go to the polls on Monday, it will be the first election in decades to be free of the influence of long-time ruler Robert Mugabe, who was forced to resign in November. While the run-up to the landmark event has not been marked [Read More]

Celebrating three years of impact! (video)

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July 16, 2018

"This is who we are. A pilgrim people. United by the love that calls us to each other and the world...” Our new video was shown to the 15th Triennial Assembly meeting of the Uniting Church in Australia last week and we're excited to share [Read More]

Uniting Church calls for UN inquiry into Philippines ‘drug war’

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News, Pray

July 7, 2018

The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan and UnitingWorld National Director Dr Sureka Goringe have written to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) over the human rights conduct of the Philippine government's so-called 'war on drugs.' The [Read More]

‘We shall build peace through forgiveness’ – Churches in South Sudan

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Peacebuilding and Trauma Healing (South Sudan), Project Updates

July 4, 2018

“We shall build peace through forgiveness and love one another. All the churches in South Sudan will pray for peace.” – South Sudanese church leaders. Our church partners in South Sudan have been running peacebuilding and trauma healing workshops inside refugee camps in neighbouring Uganda [Read More]

Our church partners speak out

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June 28, 2018

UnitingWorld will be holding a series of public seminars to connect our partners with supporters in Australia. Across three events, representatives from eight of our international partner churches will discuss the unique challenges they face being the Church and addressing poverty and injustice in their [Read More]

Methodist Church in Zimbabwe calls for peaceful elections

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News, Pray

June 26, 2018

The Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (MCZ) has issued a statement calling for peace ahead of national elections on 30 July. The elections will be the first since longtime leader Robert Mugabe stepped down under military pressure, and it's feared that intense partisanship in the nation [Read More]

2nd Quarter Update 2018

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June 20, 2018

In this edition of Update, you’ll read about families in Indonesia, Maluku and West Papua who, with your support, have been trained in goat breeding, learned about family farming or used micro credit loans to start small businesses. They’re not just seeding a new future [Read More]

Looking back as we look forward to Assembly

by Sureka Goringe

News

June 18, 2018

As we prepare for the 15th Triennial Assembly, I’m reminded of the bold step taken by our overseas church partners three years ago in Perth. In an unprecedented move, they stepped up and tabled a statement they’d penned in which they offered their resources to [Read More]

After the conflict: peacebuilding in Maluku

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Blogs, Women's Empowerment and Peace Building (Maluku, Indonesia)

June 18, 2018

“Since the conflict,” “after the conflict,” “during the conflict.” These phrases pepper almost every conversation. It might be 20 years, but the violence that broke out between Muslims and Christians in Ambon, Indonesia in 1999 is still the watershed event that shapes all narratives. People [Read More]

Equality through theology in Papua New Guinea

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Church Partnership Program (PNG), News

June 18, 2018

Biblical training continues to help unlock chains of oppression for women in Papua New Guinea, one of the toughest places on earth to be born female. Many of you have heard about our gender theology work for women’s equality. Last month thirty-four men and women [Read More]

A prayer for peaceful elections in Zimbabwe

Celebrating three years of impact! (video)

Uniting Church calls for UN inquiry into Philippines ‘drug war’

‘We shall build peace through forgiveness’ – Churches in South Sudan

Our church partners speak out

Methodist Church in Zimbabwe calls for peaceful elections

2nd Quarter Update 2018

Looking back as we look forward to Assembly

After the conflict: peacebuilding in Maluku

Equality through theology in Papua New Guinea

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