Five young leaders from the Uniting Church in Australia have travelled to Thailand to participate in the Fifth Asian Ecumenical Youth Assembly (AEYA-2026), a significant regional gathering of emerging Christian leaders.
The delegates are representing the Uniting Church in Australia, the National Council of Churches in Australia and the Victorian Council of Churches, reflecting the breadth of Australia’s ecumenical partnerships
The delegates include Amelia Lavaki and Meki Senituli from the Queensland Synod; David Toogood and Christian Conol from the Synod of NSW and ACT; and Sione Hehepoto from the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania.
Investing in young leaders is central to the Uniting Church. Our Assembly Strategy calls us to nurture national and international discipleship opportunities that build young leaders, and to accompany the global Church with purpose.
AEYA-2026 is that vision in motion: deepening relationships across Asia and the Pacific, listening to one another across cultures, and contributing as an active ecumenical partner to a region wrestling with shared questions of climate, migration, justice and faith. Through this gathering, participants have the opportunity to deepen relationships, share experiences and contribute to a collective ecumenical witness.
Courtesy of Uniting Church Communications