News – UnitingWorld

July 11, 2017

"God is good in the midst of the darkness; God is good in the midst of evil. God is in the midst, no matter what is happening in the world. And he loves you, and he's here for you." It’s not a bad quote – [Read More]

Time to give up charity?

Blogs, Campaigns

June 22, 2017

“Rough day at work, hey?” says my fifteen year old with a grin when she comes home and notices the first draft for our upcoming UnitingWorld campaign. “We don’t believe in charity,” declares my scrawl on a large sheet of paper, folded in two. It’s [Read More]

Church Agencies Step Up on Humanitarian Response

News

June 16, 2017

MEDIA RELEASE: June 16, 2017 The Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has announced a consortium of eight church agencies, as one of the successful agencies that tendered for the Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP). The “Church Agencies Network Disaster Operation” (CAN DO) [Read More]

‘Montevideo Maru’ book sale to support UnitingWorld

News

June 15, 2017

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Australia’s worst maritime disaster, the sale of Margaret Reeson's books will support UnitingWorld's work in the Pacific. On 1 July 1942, the Japanese ship Montevideo Maru was sunk by an Allied submarine off the coast of off the coast [Read More]

Ending poverty starts with solidarity

Blogs, Campaigns

June 13, 2017

To be totally honest, I didn’t think a beauty salon business was going to make the most compelling ‘poverty alleviation’ story I’d ever seen. Um – why are people in this highly disadvantaged part of the world popping off for a manicure? Surely they have [Read More]

Setting the world aflame from pages of the Bible

June 6, 2017

There are probably dents in my forehead from pressing it up against the window pane as Fiji’s coastline sneaks into view beneath us – I’ll never tire of watching the land creep up under the wing tip of a plane as we tilt away from [Read More]

The Spirit that gives unity

by Ji Zhang

May 25, 2017

This is adapted from a sermon delivered by UnitingWorld’s Rev Dr Ji Zhang in April 2017 after returning from the 15th General Assembly of GKI-TP in West Papua (-Ed). Reading Romans 8:1-2, 6-11 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ [Read More]

Pacific women lead the way on gender equality in development

News

May 5, 2017

Media Release 5 May 2017 UnitingWorld will facilitate it’s fourth Annual Regional Workshop for Women’s Fellowships to be held in Nadi, Fiji from 22 – 26 May, 2017. This year the workshop will focus on gender equality, church transformation, partnership and projects. The workshop will [Read More]

To the advocates for South Sudan: Take heart! Do not be afraid