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Prayers for Peaceful Reunification of Korean Peninsula

Tuesday 25 July 2017

On 13 August the PCANZ is invited to join with churches worldwide in a show of solidarity with Korean churches by joining a “Sunday of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) says the theme for the prayer is based on Romans 14:19: “Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual up-building.”

Rev Jordan Redding wins WCRC Lombard Prize

Tuesday 04 July 2017

Congratulations to Rev Jordan Redding, winner of the World Communion of Reformed Churches’ (WCRC) Lombard Prize for his essay “Living God, Renew and Transform Us: Awakening to God’s Reality”. The WCRC brought Jordan to the WCRC General Council (held Leipzig until 7 July) to recognise him. Jordan’s winning essay will be published in a future edition of Reformed World, the official theological journal of the WCRC.

Become a youth steward at Asia Mission Conference

Monday 12 June 2017

The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) invites applications from young Christians belonging to the Presbyterian and other members churches in Asia to serve as stewards for the Asia Mission Conference (AMC) to be held in Yangon, Myanmar from 11 to 17 October 2017.

The stewards program will last for 10 days, including three days of ecumenical formation training and pre-AMC orientation; with arrival on 8 October and departure on 17 October 2017.

Read the Moderator's Pentecost message

Thursday 25 May 2017

Where is home for you?

Perhaps I should better ask what is home for you, for home may not be a place; it may be people, a period of your life, a role or even a poem.

Words have great power to evoke our deepest needs and desires as is the case with the Psalms. This notion of “home” means it is one of those words which evoke much longing in us.