I know we have discused "core belierfs/values/creeds" for christianity, but I have a question about these for the UCA.
What makes a church/congregation or group a Uniting Church one? What is it that is distinctive and unique about the UCA, why am I a member of this organisation and not another? I have been involved with several other denominations but when the UCA began I joined it on the grounds of the Basis of Union, What I liked was not only its faith statements (which it shares with many others) but also its organizational structure (with our emphasis on the laity and congregation, and the interrelated links with others) that is I think unique to the UCA. I was asked recently what is different about the UCA. That and another issue of a presbytery denying the validity of an elected congragational chairperson has me thinking. The simple answer would be if a group is in interelation with other councils of the UCA, or perhaps if it displays the logo outside its buildings. I have been in many situations where rules are bent (even broken) some for very good pastoral and missional reasons and others where the 'benefits' are not all that clear. So I ask the question:- Is there some core and unique belief, value, structure, creed, that is indispensible to being a Uniting Church or a UCA member? I would be interested in other's thoughts. Peace, Rob -- Robert & Barbara Dummermuth Uniting Church in Australia Esperance / West Nullarbor Patrol 18 Hicks Street, Esperance, 6450 tel 08 9071 1184 fax 08 9071 5814 mobile 0428 532 304 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
