Papua Archives - UnitingWorld

May 15, 2018

On a small island out on a lake in West Papua, a group of women are crafting themselves out of poverty by keeping a disappearing local art tradition alive. The banks of their lake home skirt the far limits of Papua’s most modern city, Jayapura, but people here still travel between the [Read More]

empowerment, Evangelical Church in the Land of Papua, Papua, West Papua, women, women's empowerment

In a place of extraordinary hardship, people still rise

by Marcus Campbell

Blogs, News

April 10, 2018

Earlier this year, I made a trip across West Papua. It’s just 150km north of Australia, but it feels a world away – one of the poorest regions in the Asia Pacific. Yet everywhere I went, what struck me most was the profound generosity and sense of community [Read More]

Evangelical Church in the Land of Papua, Famine, livelihoods, Papua, West Papua

The Spirit that gives unity

by Ji Zhang

Blogs

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 Jesus. For the law [Read More]

Evangelical Church in the Land of Papua, Papua, Peace, Tanah Papua, Unity, West Papua

World Council of Churches declares solidarity with Tanah Papua (West Papua)

by UnitingWorld

News

June 29, 2016

28 June 2016 Amid reports of a deteriorating human rights situation in West Papua, a minute of support for Papuans was issued on 28 June during the closing day to a meeting in Trondheim, Norway, of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The WCC [Read More]

human rights, Indonesia, Papua, WCC, West Papua

A call to pray for our brothers and sisters in West Papua

by UnitingWorld

Pray

June 27, 2016

27 June 2016 The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has called the people of the Uniting Church to pray for our Papuan brothers and sisters in Christ as the Evangelical Christian Church in the Land of Papua (Gereja Kristen Injili Di Tanah Papua ‘GKI-TP’) lead [Read More]

arbitrary arrest, church solidarity, freedom of expression, GKI-TP, human rights, Indonesia, Papua, Uniting Church, West Papua

Tears Speak Louder Than Words

by Mya Pwho

Blogs

March 21, 2016

I was in West Papua recently on my first field trip with UnitingWorld, where I had the unique opportunity to meet with our partner, the Evangelical Christian Church in the Land of Papua and visit their P3W project (short for Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Wanita). P3W is the Training [Read More]

Act Reflect Connect, All Things Pacific, empowerment, livelihoods, Papua, Thinking Development, West Papua

A Three-Way Partnership for Education in Papua

by UnitingWorld

News

March 14, 2016

Over the past two years, UnitingWorld has worked with our partner churches, Indonesia Christian Church (GKI) and Evangelical Church in the Land of Papua (GKI-TP) to form a three-way partnership. The partnership is designed to improve the quality of Christian education in two provinces of Papua and West [Read More]

Education, Papua, West Papua

Papua Tag

Investing in the skills of Papuan women

In a place of extraordinary hardship, people still rise

The Spirit that gives unity

World Council of Churches declares solidarity with Tanah Papua (West Papua)

A call to pray for our brothers and sisters in West Papua

Tears Speak Louder Than Words

A Three-Way Partnership for Education in Papua

What does transformative partnership mean to you?

Theology of gender equality making waves in the Pacific

Quarter 4 Update, 2018

Statement on the independent review into prevention of sexual misconduct by ACFID members

Australia-Pacific engagement: a step up or a step back?

Church responds to earthquake and tsunami crisis

Editorial: THANK YOU

Quarter 3 Update, 2018

Prayer for the Philippines

UnitingWorld staff contribute to new book

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