In November 2021 the Assembly released Our Life Together: Reflections on the Basis of Union, a new study series encouraging people to reflect on our foundations and theological identity. Written by Uniting Church minister and theologian Rev Dr Geoff Thompson, the studies remain available as a resource.
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In May 2022, the Assembly Standing Committee brought its report on Act2 to the Assembly meeting, called Act2: On The Way, and a series of recommendations for how it might move forward. The Assembly passed a resolution commissioning particular pieces of work, and tasked the ASC with progressing the Project.
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Act2: In Response to God’s Call is the first Act2 report since the decisions of the 16th Assembly and the creation of the Act2 Project Unit and Steering Committee in late 2022. It emerges from one of the most comprehensive and ambitious direct consultation processes the Assembly has ever undertaken, drawing from a deep well of insight gathered through our engagement over the past six months.
This report includes:
• A summary of what we did and what we heard during the Exploration Phase (November 2022 to May 2023).
• A theological reflection on the Exploration Phase.
• An introduction to the Collective Discernment Phase (current phase – June 2023 to November 2023).
• A set of directions for Workstream 1: Local Communities of Faith and Discipleship.
• A set of four different options for Workstream 3: Governance and Resourcing.Download report sections
- Executive Summary
- Section 1 Exploration Phase: What have we done?
- Section 2 Exploration Phase: What have we heard?
- Section 3 Theological Reflection
- Section 4 Introduction to Phase 2: Collective Discernment
- Section 5 Directions for Workstream 1: Local Communities of Faith and Discipleship
- Section 6 Options for Workstream 3: Governance and Resourcing
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In October 2021, the Task Group released Act2: Considering Afresh Our Life Together, our report on the feedback and potential directions. Attached to this report was a second national survey so people could let us know whether we’d heard the feedback right and help us discern the next steps. This ran until January 2022.
During this time, the Task Group consulted broadly across the Church including with presbyteries, the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress, National Conferences, and the Synods.