Uniting Church in Australia and Pacific churches

Resources: 'Theology of Disaster Resilience in a Changing Climate'

UnitingWorld, Uniting Church in Australia's humanitarian agency, and Pacific churches have worked ecumenically in the Pacific to produce these resources which aim to aid communities and churches in examining resilience, preparedness, and suffering during disasters from a biblical perspective.

The resources were made possible through a program which included working together through the Church Agencies Network-Disaster Operations consortium (CAN-DO). It was funded by the Australian Government as part of the Australian Humanitarian Partnership Program. 

UnitingWorld would like to make these resources widely available for church and community use.

This work, undertaken by Pasifika theologians following a participatory baseline survey across four Pacific countries, is a resource for communities and churches to explore the meaning of resilience, preparedness and suffering during disaster from a biblical point of view.

PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE 

Permission is granted to reproduce and transmit this material, provided UnitingWorld and the respective authors are acknowledged.

BIBLE STUDIES  

The Bible studies were written by Rev Koloma Makewin (PNG), Rev Geraldine Wiliame (Fiji), Dr Afereti Uili (Samoa) and Rev Dr Seforosa Carroll (Fiji/Australia).

For more information on the program and resources find out more on the UnitingWorld website. 

RESOURCES

UnitingWorld  have developed a relationship with the Pacific Conference of Churches  and together with CAN-DO have been able to coordinate the writing and development of a ‘Theology of Disaster Resilience in a Changing Climate.’

Theology of Disaster Resilience in a Changing Climate – UnitingWorld

These resources are available for download here or clicking the images below.