When the Fair Work Commission turned down an unfair dismissal claim brought by evangelical minister Hedley Fihaki against the Uniting Church in Australia’s (UCA) Queensland Synod (region), it ruled that UCA ministers are not employees. “There were previous court cases… Continue Reading
“We are committed to upholding the Bible as the inerrant and infallible Word of God written in its original form,” says the “mission plan” of a Uniting Church (UCA) in the Lake Macquarie region near Newcastle, NSW. Whether or not… Continue Reading
Anglican ministers and Catholic Priests have NOT been historically regarded as “employees” of their churches. Now Uniting Church ministers have been found to fall into the same group – people who have a “spiritual covenant” or hold “office” in a… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Not glad: The Gladys Berejiklian texts with her erstwhile partner Daryl Maguire revealled by the NSW ICAC inquiry which found them both guilty of various shades of corruption, also serve as an example of the assertion… Continue Reading
It began with a Facebook conversation on a public thread. Person 1 asked whether believing Jesus was God was necessary to call themselves a Christian. Person 2 agreed it was not necessary and commented that the bounds of orthodoxy was… Continue Reading
The Diocese of the Southern Cross will be the new home for eight Uniting Church in Australia minister who became Anglicans today. An ex-Uniting Congregation now known as Faith Church Sunshine Coast was also officially launched today, creating a major… Continue Reading
The conservative movement within the Uniting Church (UCA), The Assembly of Confessing Congregations (ACC), closed its ministry with a thanksgiving service on Sunday, April 30, 2023, at Faith Church, a former Uniting Congregation that has joined the Diocese of the… Continue Reading
At least a couple of ex-Uniting Churches have been pondering whether to join the new Diocese of the Southern Cross, an Anglican lifeboat set up to look after conservative churches in progressive dioceses (church regions). Now the first ex-Uniting Church… Continue Reading
The Uniting Church is closing churches, right? Well, actually, there’s also some church planting by evangelical groups in the Uniting Church, sometimes into old Uniting church buildings that have seen better days. Kurralta Park, an inner suburb of Adelaide, might… Continue Reading
Propel, a movement of evangelical and charismatic congregations that have decided to stay in the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA), is proliferating. (In UCA-speak, congregation means a local church). “The Propel Network is significantly bigger than the old EL250 network… Continue Reading