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Australia’s multiculturalism can be defined as ‘a stance which affirms the value of diverse cultures coexisting creatively in one community’ (Loader 1992:13).

It implies more than a simple peaceful co-existence. In the church contexts examined here it essentially refers to intentional efforts to engage together with another community, open to whatever new developments this might entail.

Have you heard about the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis?
Since August 2017, violent and deadly attacks on entire villages in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine, have left hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fleeing for their lives. Families are enduring harrowing journeys and, through it all, they carry the weight of unimaginable loss.

“To reach people we’ve never reached before, we need to do things we have never done before”

by Gayle Hill

Two and half years ago, the Baptist Union of Victoria risked supporting a holy discontent that had laid unabated within me to establish a new faith presence and community within my locale in Carlton. At the same time, the Mission Catalyst Team were challenging our union to send out 72 pioneers to establish unique and distinctive new expressions of faith.

by Dr Ree Bodie

You notice that a female worker is being sexually harassed by her manager who makes suggestive comments and unwelcome sexual advances. You must decide to either help or ignore the situation.