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Pray for PNG

June 9, 2016

UnitingWorld is praying for Papua New Guinea and our thoughts are with our partners as student demonstrations and unrest continues today in Port Moresby and in other parts of the country. [caption id="attachment_25424" align="aligncenter" width="150"] People have been showing their support online using the hashtag [Read More]

Thriving Church in China Part 3 – A Meeting of the Minds

by Ji Zhang

Blogs

June 7, 2016

“When friends come from afar, how could one not be happy?” This Confucian saying captures the spirit of the third meeting between two presidents, one from the Australian Uniting Church, the other from the China Christian Council. Chaired by Gen Sec Rev Kan, a team [Read More]

Why do you keep asking me for money?

by Cath Taylor

Blogs

June 7, 2016

“My letterbox is full of guide dogs and children in refugee camps and blind people and endangered orangutans and Royal lifesavers (complete with budgie smugglers) and still you keep coming. You keep asking me for money. Don’t get me wrong. I like your cause. I [Read More]

Unlawful Mass Arrests of at least 1,783 West Papuans in April and May 2016

by UnitingWorld

News

June 1, 2016

The International Coalition for Papua (ICP) has launched an urgent appeal to the United Nations in response to a series of unlawful mass arrests made by security forces during peaceful demonstrations across West Papua. Demonstrations have continued throughout May with several hundred more detained this week in [Read More]

“We should look after our own first!”

by Cath Taylor

Blogs

June 1, 2016

Why should we send money overseas to look after others while some of our own homeless, indigenous people and elderly aren’t adequately cared for? Great question. “Charity begins at home” and there are still far too many people in Australia who live in poverty. Most [Read More]

Thriving Church in China – Part 2 Mountain of the East.

by Ji Zhang

Blogs

May 25, 2016

Taishan 泰山 Rev Ji Zhang continues the story of the UnitingWorld and Uniting Care Australia journey to China to engage with the Chinese Church, share training and further the partnership between our two communities. “A thousand mile journey begins with simple steps”. In rural areas, we [Read More]

Thriving Church in China – what we learn, what we give.

by Ji Zhang

Blogs

May 19, 2016

Links between the thriving Christian Church in China and the Uniting Church in Australia are growing. This week, an expert team of Aged Care Specialists from Uniting Care Australia are visiting China to prepare for and deliver a second conference on Aged Care, while next [Read More]

MEDIA RELEASE: A Biblical take on Human Rights – Bridging the Gap for Gender Equality in the Pacific

by UnitingWorld

News

May 12, 2016

A forum to open the way for secular and faith-based agencies and Churches to work collaboratively toward gender equality and the reduction of violence against women in the Pacific is being hosted by UnitingWorld in Suva from 12 to 13 May. The “Bridging the Gap [Read More]

South Korean Christians penalized for holding peace dialogues with North

by UnitingWorld

News

May 2, 2016

In a letter to Park Geun-hye, president of South Korea, the World Council of Churches (WCC) expressed disappointment over sanctions and fines imposed on members of the National Council of Churches in (South) Korea (NCCK) after they participated in a dialogue encounter with representatives of [Read More]

Statement Condemning the Police Firing against Farmers in Kidapawan, Mindanao in the Philippines

by UnitingWorld

News

April 21, 2016

“Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter” (Proverbs 24:11). It is with great distress that the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) has been receiving disturbing news about the violent response and firing of bullets by Police on 6,000 farmers in [Read More]

Pray for PNG

Thriving Church in China Part 3 – A Meeting of the Minds

Why do you keep asking me for money?

Unlawful Mass Arrests of at least 1,783 West Papuans in April and May 2016

“We should look after our own first!”

Thriving Church in China – Part 2 Mountain of the East.

Thriving Church in China – what we learn, what we give.

MEDIA RELEASE: A Biblical take on Human Rights – Bridging the Gap for Gender Equality in the Pacific

South Korean Christians penalized for holding peace dialogues with North

Statement Condemning the Police Firing against Farmers in Kidapawan, Mindanao in the Philippines

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