From the Intentional Missional Strategy, Queensland Synod, 2002:

The Uniting Church in Queensland is committed to God’s ongoing transformation of the church and the community.  It is a Church which provides a context for people to experience the grace and mercy of God and come to a personal and corporate understanding of God's redemptive activity in the world.  It demonstrates a capacity to be proactive and responsive about issues of social justice. 

Congregations are faith-forming cultures where people practise the disciplines of faith, give account of the hope within them and live out their Christian vocation.  Uniting Church members respectfully and enthusiastically share the gospel of Jesus Christ and are mindful of the church's commitment to serve the world for which Christ died.

Some Helpful Resources

Educating Christians: www.educatingchristians.unitingchurch.org.au

A blog (web log) featuring daily updated profiles of resources in Christian education/discipleship, starting with Alpha and An Ordinary Day with Jesus and going through to Yoga and Youth Alpha.

GodPost  www.godpost.postkiwi.com - another blog by Duncan Macleod featuring resources and models for theological reflection.

TURN - Theological Understandings and Reflections Network - www.turn.unitingchurch.org.au

Becoming Disciples - a resource from the Assembly Theology and Discipleship workgroup, linking discipleship and membership. Download the paper at http://nat.uca.org.au/TD/doctrine/pdf/becoming_disciples.pdf

Books we use as resources in workshops on small groups and discipleship.

John Mallison
The Small Group Leader: A manual to develop vital small groups
Adelaide: Openbook Publishers, 1996

Thomas G Kirkpatrick
Small Groups in the Church: A Handbook for Creating Community
Bethesda, MD, Alban Institute, 1995

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Cost of Discipleship
Touchstone, 1995 (1st published in German in 1937)

Dorothy Bass (editor)
Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People
Jossey Bass, 1998

You can order most of the resources listed on this web site from
Rainbow Books, an online store based in Melbourne,

You can also order these books from  Vision Books, at Broadwater Road Uniting Church, 481 Broadwater Road, Wishart. Vision Books specializes in resource needs for UCA congregations. Email them or phone 061 7 3849 8548.