Voluntary Assisted Dying statement – May 2021
The Queensland Law Reform Commission has released its review into Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation with the Premier announcing that the legislation will be put forward [...]
A new approach required to alter the youth justice trajectory
In response to the Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 passed by the Queensland Government, the Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod (Uniting [...]
Uniting Church in Queensland inducts new Moderator
Rev Andrew Gunton has been inducted as the new Moderator of the Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod. The service was held at the Queensland [...]
Joint statement by religious leaders regarding Kangaroo Point asylum seekers
We continue to be deeply disturbed at the way in which asylum seekers are being treated by the Australian Government. The situation in the [...]
Queensland Churches Together New General Secretary
On behalf of the Executive of Queensland Churches Together, I am pleased to inform you that Rev David Baker has been appointed to the position [...]
Letter – Voluntary Assisted Dying
COVID-19 has reminded us that as a global community and as a society we are all interconnected, interdependent and interrelated. It has also reminded us [...]
Statement – Save businesses and jobs
State church leader calls on the Federal Cabinet to introduce a wage subsidy guarantee immediately The Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod oversees congregations across [...]
Uniting Church stands in solidarity with community in unprecedented times
Wednesday 18 March 2020 Like many in our community, the Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod has been actively monitoring developments in the novel coronavirus [...]
Statement – Carpentaria Presbytery
Dear friends in Christ, A diverse group of Uniting Church members and ministers gathered in Cairns over the weekend to relinquish being the Calvary and [...]
Statement – Bushfires in southern states
Dear friends in Christ, As news continues to unfold from our southern states of the devastating impact bushfires are having on many communities, Rev Peter [...]
Vale Sam Watson Snr
First Nations Peoples Aboriginal Community Leader Sam Watson Snr passed away in Brisbane on 27 November. He was a proud Wangerriburra and Birri Gubba man, [...]
Statement in relation to reporting in The Australian
The Australian newspaper has published an article today (30 September) on the Uniting Church’s decision on same-gender marriage. Regrettably, the story includes a number of [...]
Pastoral statement by President Dr Deidre Palmer on ABC report on the Uniting Church
ABC News has today regrettably published a story seeking to highlight divisions within our Church over our decision last year to allow ministers and authorised [...]
Uniting Church Joins The National Redress Scheme
The Federal Minister for Families and Social Services, the Hon. Paul Fletcher MP has today notified the Uniting Church in Australia that the Church has [...]
Synod office duty officer – Cyclone Oma
The Bureau Of Meteorology advice currently indicates some potential for Cyclone Oma to cross the coast in Southern Queensland over this coming weekend (23rd and [...]
Statement – North Queensland floods
Dear friends in Christ, The devastation and ruin occasioned by the floods in North Queensland has touched all our hearts; particularly poignant is the [...]
Consultation Paper-Voluntary Assisted Dying 2019
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, The Uniting Church since its inception has committed itself to bringing the truth of the gospel to the situations [...]
Vale Rev Jeffrey R Garrawurra
The Uniting Church in Australia and the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress mourn the passing of the former National Chairperson of the Uniting Aboriginal [...]
Pastoral Letter – Post 15th Assembly Update
To all Congregations and Faith Communities Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Greetings in this new year, that brings fresh opportunities, as we serve Christ [...]
Historic milestone for religious instruction in Queensland
For the first time in Queensland's history, faith groups have come together in a unified peak body to represent religious instruction in Queensland's state schools. [...]
Statement regarding Newlife Church
Dear friends in Christ, You may have seen media reporting in News Limited papers this morning regarding Newlife Church on the Gold Coast. Of particular [...]
Update regarding Shalom Christian College
Townsville’s Shalom Christian College will continue to operate next year with plans to re-open the high school following its acquisition by Carinity. Carinity today announced [...]
Statement regarding people seeking asylum
The Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod is deeply concerned about the welfare of refugees, both those detained in Nauru in Australia’s name and those [...]
Access to free professional counselling services for ministry agents
The Queensland Synod’s Employee Assistance Program policy provides for individuals to access confidential professional counselling services of up to three one-hour consultations free of charge. [...]
Statement responding to recent media reports regarding the Religious Freedom Review
The Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod is concerned by recent media reports regarding the Religious Freedom Review completed by The Hon. Philip Ruddock. The [...]
Message from Moderator of the Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod
Dear friends in Christ, Earlier this year consultation across the life of the Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod, was undertaken to identify how the [...]
Pastoral Letter from President of the Uniting Church in Australia
Greetings in the name of Christ, In recent days there has been some public commentary made about the possible creation of alternative conciliar and related [...]
Statement regarding Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2018
The Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod is deeply concerned about the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2018 introduced by the Queensland Government and fundamentally opposes [...]
Pastoral Letter from the President in Different Languages
The President’s Pastoral Letter on Marriage is available in different languages. Each translation is also available to download as a PDF.
Pastoral statement – Uniting Church approves same-sex marriage
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The President of the Assembly, Dr Deidre Palmer, has communicated with the church regarding the decisions of the 15th [...]
Pastoral Statement to the Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Members of the 15th Assembly (Assembly) have just received the first papers for the triennial Assembly meeting in July. [...]
Joint statement from the Moderators of the Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod and Presbyterian Church of Queensland
On March 27, 2018, this statement was provided to the relevant parties who participated in the conversations facilitated by Hon R. N. Chesterman AO RFD [...]
Interview transcript – Rev David Baker and Steve Austin, ABC 612 Brisbane
The Moderator of the Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod, Rev David Baker spoke to Steve Austin on ABC 612 Brisbane on 27 February, 2018 [...]
Statement regarding reporting in Courier Mail, 27 February 2018
The Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod is committed to doing all that we can to provide fair, consistent and compassionate redress for people [...]
Shalom Christian College update
28 November 2017 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, As we progress towards the end of 2017 and the closure of the secondary school and [...]
Shalom Christian College statement
Following the eight-month Shalom Christian College Renewal Strategy process, there will be significant changes to the offering at the College in 2018. The College will [...]
UnitingCare Queensland appoints new Chief Executive Officer
The Queensland Synod congratulates Mr Craig Barke on his appointment as CEO of UnitingCare Queensland. Up until his recent resignation from the Board to accept the position [...]
Moderator encourages LNP engagement with Alliance
Moderator of the Uniting Church in Queensland Rev David Baker has today called for LNP engagement with the Queensland Community Alliance in an interview on ABC [...]
Marriage and the Uniting Church
The Uniting Church in Australia currently understands marriage as “the freely given consent and commitment in public and before God of a man and a [...]
Uniting Church does not reject activist
Yesterday (Thursday) The Courier-Mail reported that Kelly Purnell, an activist involved in protests at Parliament House this week, worked with Indooroopilly Uniting Church in Brisbane. [...]