Uniting Church in Australia

The Covenant

The Uniting Church is bound together with the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) by a Covenant. This Covenant is explained in the publication Building Partnerships. The booklet is for congregations, agencies, groups, individuals and organisations who wish to relate more closely to Indigenous people in Australia from a Christian perspective.

You can download a PDF copy of Building Partnerships here. And for more information about the Covenanting process, go to our dedicated page here.

Plus, there are covenanting contacts in each Synod to assist you in your covenanting processes and we encourage you to get in touch with them.

The Congress

The Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress was established by resolution of the Uniting Church Assembly in 1985. We are part of the Uniting Church, but Congress determines its own goals and objectives and decides its policies and priorities.

We desire to share in the struggles of our people,
not for gain but because obedience to God demands nothing less.

We are Aboriginal and Islander Christians from all over Australia, who have come together to form a national Congress. The Congress seeks to unite in one fellowship all Aboriginal and Islander Christians who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord, accept the authority of the Scriptures and desire to follow and serve Christ as his disciples.

The Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress is now the largest non-government indigenous agency in Australia. It operates in all States and the Northern Territory.

Visit the new UAICC website www.uaicc.org.au

Some notable features of the site:

• Ability for any section to download/upload any aspect of the site immediately;
• A home page map showing where Congress congregations and community development activities are related.  For an example click on Townsville on the map of Australia to see the CCDEU Ltd www.ccdeu.org.au and Yalga-binbi Institute for Community Development http://www.yalgabinbi.com.au/ individual websites or Narana Creations http://www.narana.com.au/
• A news section with the latest news from around Congress eg. See latest news from Tingha in NSW
• Ability for donors to make secure on-line donations through the site;
• Ability to read Message Stick and other UAICC documents on the site like a virtual book;
• A calendar of events for the year to allow people to know what’s on from across the life of Congress;
• A growing database of contacts is integrated into the site and they will receive UAICC news items directly in their inbox or via mail;