Uniting Church in Australia
Uniting Church in Australia ( UCA ) is the third largest Christian denomination in Australia . It has around 243,000 members in 2,500 parishes.
The UCA was created on June 22, 1977 through a merger of congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, the Presbyterian Church of Australia and the Congregational Union of Australia. The ordination of women and the blessing of same-sex couples are canonically allowed in the Uniting Church in Australia . In July 2018, the UCA became the first Christian church in Australia to allow same-sex couples to be married religiously .
management
President
- Davis McCaughey (1977-1979)
- Winston O'Reilly (1979-1982)
- Rollie Busch (1982–1985)
- Ian Tanner (1985-1988)
- Ronald Wilson (1988-1991)
- Harold D'Arcy Wood (1991-1994)
- Jill Tabart (1994-1997)
- John E Mavor (1997-2000)
- James Haire (2000-2003)
- Dean Drayton (2003-2006)
- Gregor Henderson (2006-2009)
- Alistair Macrae (2009-present)
General Secretaries
- Winston O'Reilly (1977-1979)
- David Gill (1980-1989)
- Gregor Henderson (1989-2001)
- Terence Corkin (2001-present)
Known members
- Colin Barnett (born 1950)
- Frank Crean (1916-2008)
- Robert Evans (* 1937)
- Scott Morrison (* 1968), Prime Minister of Australia since August 24, 2018
- Keith Seaman (1920-2013)
See also
Web links
Commons : Uniting Church in Australia - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ About the Uniting Church in Australia
- ↑ UnitingNetworkAustralia ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (offline, accessed February 18, 2011)
- ↑ https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/uniting-church-australia-ministers-can-now-marry-same-sex-couples/#gs.PyzZZvE
