Strategy and Planning Mission and Property Review

Recognising the importance of property to the mission of the church and the intent to foster missional vibrancy and missional viability, a report from the Strategy and Planning (Mission and Property) Working Group was presented at the Synod meeting.

The Working Group sought the support of Presbyteries to work with their congregations to consider the draft property strategy based on missional viability as it relates to congregational property in all Uniting Church congregations. Taking into consideration regional population change, opportunities for sharing of properties, and exploration of greater use by culturally and linguistically diverse congregations/faith communities and church plants.

Going forward the General Secretary will facilitate this work with Presbyteries to help identify missionally vibrant congregations in safe properties in each region; and to make the 2019 Building Safety reports for all congregational properties available to each Presbytery.