NEWS/MEDIA at the 10th Assembly
Samson leads
an exciting life
 Rev Samson Lowa, Moderator of the United
Church of PNG, leads an exciting life
Wilma Viswanathan, “chat show hostess” for
the “Come meet the neighbours” session tonight, said he
has been held at gunpoint several times.
“ Your family lives in continuous fear of something happening to you,” she
said.
Rev Lowa gave a less dramatic account of himself in an interview earlier.
“ We are challenged by the difficulties of law and order,” he said. More
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‘Come meet the neighbours’
Host Wilma Viswanathan, left, is pictured
here with Ms Nirmala Narasimhan
The Uniting Church Assembly held a "Come
meet the neighbours” session on Tuesday night. It was described
as “a chat show brought to you by the Reference Committee on
Relations with Other Faiths.”
Among the “neighbours” were, from left, Ms Nirmala Narasimhan,
Ms Peta Jones Pellach and Rev Dr Margaretha Hendriks
The neighbours all spoke of their faith
and their experiences. President Dean Drayton summed it up this way: "You
encourage us to take more steps together - not only here, but also in
our homes."
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Assembly
agencies present united report
Assembly agencies offered four themes to describe
their work, in a report to Assembly that wove together reporting, stories,
meditation, discussion, dance and worship.
For the first time, the agencies of the Assembly presented a joint report.
The four themes were: More >
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Theological
education thriving in UCA
“ Each congregation should be a hotbed of
discussion and learning,” said Rev Allan Thompson presenting
the report of the Assembly task group on theological education. “Every
congregation must take seriously its role as a theological educator.
“ If that were so, we would have 1800 centres of theological learning.”
At present theological education is thriving in the six UCA centres where more
than a thousand students are enrolled in formal courses. More >>
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Assembly votes for closer
relations with Anglicans
The 10th Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia,
meeting at the University of Melbourne, today took the first step toward
union with the Anglican Church of Australia.
The decision came shortly after news that the Church
of England and the Methodist Church in England had agreed to enter
into a similar covenant.
Having received a report on mutual recognition of
ordained ministries, “For the Sake of the Gospel”, the
Uniting Church Assembly approved a statement on the essentials of faith
and ministry. More >>
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