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Uniting Church In Australia, Synod Of Queensland
The Synod of Queensland or Queensland Synod is a state council of the Uniting Church in Australia. Synod also describes the regular meeting (every 1.5 years) of representatives of the state-wide church. These meetings are known as the Synod in Session. Overview The Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia is the national council of the Uniting Church, headed by the President of the Uniting Church, with a general secretary as chief executive officer. The six geographically based synods are responsible for overall support and resourcing of the church in their area especially in community services, mission planning, theological education and other educational services, administration relating to ministers, and property and financial services. The elected head of each synod is the Moderator, and a general secretary is usually appointed as the chief executive officer. The Moderator is the spiritual head and the main spokesperson for the Uniting Church in Queensland. As of 20 O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uniting Church In Australia
The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) is a united church in Australia. The church was founded on 22 June 1977 when most Wiktionary:congregation, congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Union of Australia united under the UCA's Basis of Union (Uniting Church in Australia), Basis of Union. According to the church, it had 243,000 members in 2018. In the , 870,183 Australians identified with the church, but that figure fell to 673,260 in the . In the , that figure was 1,065,796. The UCA is Religion in Australia, Australia's third-largest Christian denomination, behind the Roman Catholicism in Australia, Roman Catholic and Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican churches. There are around 2,000 UCA congregations, and 2001 National Church Life Survey (NCLS) research indicated that average weekly attendance was about 10 per cent of census figures. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synod
A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word '' synod'' comes from the Ancient Greek () ; the term is analogous with the Latin word . Originally, synods were meetings of bishops, and the word is still used in that sense in Catholicism, Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodoxy. In modern usage, the word often refers to the governing body of a particular church, whether its members are meeting or not. It is also sometimes used to refer to a church that is governed by a synod. Sometimes the phrase "general synod" or "general council" refers to an ecumenical council. The word ''synod'' also refers to the standing council of high-ranking bishops governing some of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches. Similarly, the day-to-day governance of patriarchal and major archiepiscopal Eastern Catholic Churches is entrusted to a permanent synod. Usages in diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moderator Of The General Assembly
The moderator of the General Assembly is the Chair (official), chairperson of a General Assembly (presbyterian church), General Assembly, the highest court of a Presbyterian or Calvinism, Reformed church. Kirk sessions and presbytery (church polity), presbyteries may also style the chairperson as moderator. The Oxford Dictionary states that a Moderator may be a "Presbyterian minister presiding over an ecclesiastical body". Presbyterian churches are ordered by a presbyterian polity, including a hierarchy of councils or courts of elders, from the local church (kirk) Session through presbyteries (and perhaps synods) to a General Assembly. The moderator presides over the meeting of the court, much as a convener presides over the meeting of a church committee. The moderator is thus the chairperson, and is understood to be a member of the court acting . The moderator calls and constitutes meetings, presides at them, and closes them in prayer. The moderator has a casting, but not a de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presbytery (church Polity)
Presbyterian (or presbyteral) polity is a method of church governance (" ecclesiastical polity") typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders. Each local church is governed by a body of elected elders usually called the session (or consistory), though other terms, such as ''church board'', may apply.For example, the Church of the Nazarene, which subscribes to a body of religious doctrines that are quite distinct from those of most properly named Presbyterian denominations (and which instead descends historically from the Wesleyan Holiness Movement), employs a blend of congregationalist, episcopal, and presbyterian polities; its local churches are governed by an elected body known as the church board or simply "board members"; the term elder in the Nazarene Church has a different use entirely, referring to an ordained minister of that denomination. Groups of local churches are governed by a higher assembly of elders known as the presbytery or classis; presby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity College Queensland
Trinity College Queensland is a theological institution of the Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Queensland, Queensland Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia. Trinity College Queensland is responsible for the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, chaplaincy training and lay education in the Queensland Synod. History The steps towards the creation of Trinity Theological College (now known as Trinity College Queensland) are outlined in ''Teaching the faith in an age of doubt'', a booklet by R.H. Gough, Chairman of the Ministerial Education Board in 1980. In brief, the three theological halls of the foundational churches which came into union in 1977 were already actively cooperating in the 1960s, leading to the creation of a Joint Faculty in 1968. All three colleges were associated with residential colleges at the University of Queensland at St Lucia; the Congregational Hall at Cromwell College, the Presbyterian Divinity Hall at Emmanuel College and the Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian College Of Theology
The Australian University of Theology (AUT), formerly known as the Australian College of Theology (ACT), is an Collegiate university, collegiate Theology, theological university based in Sydney, New South Wales. The university delivers awards in Christian ministry, ministry and Christian theology, theology. It is one of two major consortia of theological colleges in Australia, alongside the University of Divinity. Over 23,000 people have graduated since the foundation of the college. On 7 October 2022, it was granted University college#Australia, university college status by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency and on 20 December 2024, TEQSA confirmed a decision to register the College as an Australian university. The current chair of the board is Roger Lewis. The current dean is James Dalziel, while the deputy dean is Edwina Murphy. History The college was established by the 1891 General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia, Church of England in Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymont Residential College
Raymont Residential College (commonly known as Raymont College) is a student residential college with its offices in Drysllwyn, a heritage-listed mansion at 47 Cadell Street, on the border of Toowong and Auchenflower, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is an activity of the Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod. The college shares its grounds with Trinity College Queensland and the Queensland Synod office. It was designed by architect Claude William Chambers and built c.1904 to c.1905. It is also known as Raymont Lodge and Drysllwyn. Drysllwyn was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History This large, two-storey brick residence was built c.1904 to c.1905 for mining entrepreneur William Davies. Davies, who was involved in the gold industry in Gympie, moved to Brisbane around the turn of the century and purchased the Auchenflower site in 1903. Architect Claude Chambers, whose Brisbane work spanned fifty years (1885–1935), won a com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auchenflower, Queensland
Auchenflower is an inner western riverside Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Auchenflower had a population of 6,053 people. Geography Auchenflower is located west of the Brisbane CBD bordering the Brisbane River. The area features a hilly terrain and pockets of green spaces, offering residents scenic views and recreational opportunities. History The area was formerly populated by rural estates, one of which was named ''Auchenflower'' by Thomas McIlwraith circa 1880. The name ''Auchenflower'' is a Gaelic language, Gaelic word meaning ''field of flowers'', namely ''Achadh nan Flùr''. Between 1900 and 1962 Auchenflower was served by trams running along Milton Road from Toowong. The services were withdrawn after the disastrous Paddington tram depot fire. In June 1887, the Torwood Estate was available for sale on the ground by R. J. Cottell, Auctioneer. The location was advertised as "Torwood adjoins Baroona, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace College, University Of Queensland
Grace College is a residential college for tertiary students located on the St Lucia Campus of The University of Queensland. During the Autumn (Semester 1; February to June) and Spring (Semester 2; July to November) semesters of The University of Queensland, the College provides catered accommodation with community development services for its student residents. Outside of these normal operating times, the College is available for short stays and conferences (both catered and non-catered). Short stays may be available during the Academic Year depending on room availability. Governance The College operates under the auspices of the Uniting Church in Australia (Queensland Synod) and the Presbyterian Church of Queensland. It is governed by the College Council whose membership is appointed as follows: * 6 members appointed by The Uniting Church in Australia (Queensland Synod) through its Schools' and Residential Colleges' Commission; * 3 members appointed by Assembly of The Presb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Lucia, Queensland
St Lucia is a riverside Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The University of Queensland is the main attraction of St Lucia, with the university and its residential colleges covering a large proportion of the suburb. According to the , St Lucia had a population of 12,220 people. Geography St Lucia is located by road southwest of the General Post Office, Brisbane, Brisbane GPO. The suburb sits on a peninsula, bounded on the north, east and south by the Thalweg, median in a bend of the Brisbane River. The eastern third of the suburb is occupied by the main campus of the University of Queensland. The flatter area on the northern side is primarily medium to high density residential, including some high-rise apartments on the riverfront. The more hilly area in the centre and south is mainly low-density, family-occupied residential. The south-west is occupied by the St Lucia Golf Links. Ironside is a neighbourhood within the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Queensland
The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone universities, an informal designation of the oldest university in each state. UQ is also a founding member of edX, Australia's leading Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight and the international research-intensive Association of Pacific Rim Universities. The main #St Lucia campus, St Lucia campus occupies much of the riverside inner suburb of St Lucia, Queensland, St Lucia, southwest of the Brisbane central business district. Other UQ campuses and facilities are located throughout Queensland, the largest of which are the University of Queensland Gatton Campus, Gatton campus and the Herston campus, notably including the University of Queensland Mayne Medical School, Mayne Medical School. UQ's overseas establishments incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolland Busch
Rolland Busch, (26 October 1920 – 19 July 1985), also known as Rollie Busch, was an Australian theologian and Presbyterian and Uniting Church minister. He was the foundation principal of the Trinity Theological College in Brisbane from when it was formed in 1977 until 1985. He was president of the Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia from 1982 to 1985. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1978 Queens Birthday Honours and appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1984. Early life Busch was born in an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, on 26 October 1920. His father (Arthur Emil Busch) was a German migrant pork butcher, his mother Harriet (Nee Beck) had been born in Queensland. Busch grew up in Toowoomba, and got a job as a telegram boy at age 15 to help support the family during the Great Depression. His immediate family remained in Toowoomba for the rest of their lives. Military service Busch enlisted in the Militia i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
