The Uniting Church in Australia has had a long engagement with questions of sexuality in relation to discipleship, faith, leadership and, most recently, marriage. The material on this page, from UCA and other sources, is offered to resource the church in its ongoing discussion and discernment.
Uniting Church Resource Documents
SAME GENDER MARRIAGE (Rev 1018)- THE UCA JOURNEY (1990s-2018)
SEXUALITY AND LEADERSHIP: DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY : 1982-2008
UNITING SEXUALITY AND FAITH: 1997
DECISION OF THE 8TH ASSEMBLY (1997)
9th ASSEMBLY STATEMENT ON UNITY AND DIVERSITY (2000)
10TH ASSEMBLY : RESOLUTION 84 (2003)
RESOLUTION OF SPECIAL QLD SYNOD (2003)
11th ASSEMBLY STATEMENT ON SEXUALITY AND LEADERSHIP (2006)
DISCUSSION PAPER ON MARRIAGE: 2013 - 2014
VIEWS ON MARRIAGE IN THE UCA: 2013
B23 REPORT ON MARRIAGE DISCUSSION PAPER: 2015
B23A REPORT ON MARRIAGE DISCUSSION PAPER – APPENDIX 1: 2015
B23 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT ON MARRIAGE AND SAME GENDER RELATIONSHIPS: 2018
08 MARRIAGE AND SAME GENDER RELATIONSHIPS: 2018
UNCONFIRMED MINUTE: 2018
15th ASSEMBLY: PASTORAL LETTER FROM UCA PRESIDENT (TEXT)
15th ASSEMBLY: PASTORAL STATEMENT FROM UCA PRESIDENT (VIDEO)
15th ASSEMBLY: PASTORAL LETTER FROM QLD MODERATOR
31st October, 2018 conversation
In July 2018, the 15th national Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia decided to support two views about marriage – one retaining the definition of marriage being between and a man and a woman, the other using a gender-neutral definition of the couple to allow for same-gender marriage. On 31 October 2018, South Moreton Presbytery of the UCA held an afternoon event called, “Let’s have a theological conversation about marriage,” designed to bring each of those two views of marriage into dialogue. Two scholars with different views offered their response to key questions about the position they hold, and considered what it meant for them to be in a church which affirmed both positions. The videos and texts from this event are offered here as a further resource for the church on this journey towards understanding and discernment.
Same Sex Relationships and Marriage Resource Documents