‘Providing hope where there is none’ – a letter from India
August 31, 2018
Give me the simple life
August 31, 2018
Church brings help and hope amid Kerala catastrophe
Widespread flooding across India’s southern state of Kerala has left up to 400 people dead and close to a million displaced. Up to 100,000 buildings were destroyed and millions of hectares of crops were washed away in the worst floods to hit the region in [Read More]
Leadership at the margins of India
August 23, 2018
Pray for sustainable peace in South Sudan
Last week, the President of South Sudan and the leader of the main rebel group signed a new power-sharing peace agreement, after an earlier ceasefire failed last month. Our partners, the Presbyterian Church of South Sudan (PCOSS) are cautiously optimistic about the newest peace agreement. [Read More]
UCA mourns with our partners in wake of Lombok earthquakes
In the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Lombok, UnitingWorld and the Uniting Church in Australia mourn alongside our Indonesian partners at the tragic loss of life. Since the magnitude-6.9 earthquake hit on August 5, the death toll has risen [Read More]
A prayer for peaceful elections in Zimbabwe
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)
July 16, 2018
Uniting Church calls for UN inquiry into Philippines ‘drug war’
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]