Pacific Tag

August 16, 2019

With climate change intensifying the ferocity and frequency of natural disasters—typically in regions where the poor are disproportionately affected—how do we as the Church respond? That was the question posed at UnitingWorld’s annual conference of Southeast Asia Partners, held in Bali from 29 July to [Read More]

UnitingWorld farewells Rev Dr Seforosa Carroll

by UnitingWorld

News

August 8, 2019

Colleagues and friends of Rev Dr Seforosa (Sef) Carroll gathered at St Stephens Uniting Church in Sydney on Tuesday to say farewell and celebrate Sef's work and ministry. Since joining UnitingWorld in 2014, Sef has been a been a powerhouse of theology, church partnership-building, teaching [Read More]

For the Whole Creation Statement

by UnitingWorld

Disaster Preparation and Climate Change (Pacific Region), News

July 22, 2019

A statement from the President’s Conference, Fiji 2019 “For God so loved the cosmos” (John 3:16) The good news of Christ is for the whole of creation and we are one with all creation in Christ. (Col 1: 23) We, the participants of the 2019 President’s Conference, [Read More]

First female lecturer a win for equality

by UnitingWorld

News, Partnering Women for Change (Pacific Region), Women in Ministry (Pacific Region)

June 17, 2019

“90% of people in the Solomon Islands believe in God. When a message about women comes from the Bible, their eyes are open, they feel it has more weight. And that’s why we will see a reduction in gender-based violence and increased respect for women [Read More]

Theology of gender equality making waves in the Pacific

by UnitingWorld

News, Partnering Women for Change (Pacific Region)

December 20, 2018

UnitingWorld hosted its annual ﬁve-day workshop on Gender Equality Theology in early November. Led by Pacific theologians Rev Dr Cliff Bird and Siera Bird, ministers from partner churches across the Pacific met in Nadi, Fiji, to wrestle with biblical themes of equality and anti-violence. They [Read More]

Tropical Cyclone Gita Update

by Stephen Robinson

Blogs, Cyclone Gita Recovery (Tonga), Project Updates

March 8, 2018

Rev. Dr Stephen Robinson National Disaster Recovery Officer Uniting Church in Australia Assembly As the plane lifted off from the Kingdom of Tonga, I had a familiar twinge of the heart as the island left my line of sight. While I was returning to the [Read More]

A letter of thanks from Tonga

by UnitingWorld

News, Pray

March 8, 2018

Thank you to everyone who has so generously given to support our friends in Tonga as they recover from Cyclone Gita. Below is a letter we received from the President of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, Rev. Finau P. ‘Ahi, expressing his heartfelt gratitude. [Read More]

I saw the impact of a cyclone first hand

by UnitingWorld

Blogs

February 28, 2018

I travelled with my family as part of an Exposure trip through UnitingWorld to Fiji. One of the most meaningful experiences for me was going by speedboat to the island Ovalau, significantly damaged by Cyclone Winston in February of 2016. Talking to our guide James [Read More]

Pacific churches call for climate action at COP23

by UnitingWorld

News

August 17, 2017

The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has called for the urgent implementation of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, and for leaders to hear the voices of Pacific Islanders – the most vulnerable people to the impacts of climate change. The PCC made its statement during [Read More]

‘Montevideo Maru’ book sale to support UnitingWorld

by 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]

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