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ABOUT UCATSA
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The Uniting Church in Australia Tertiary Student Association's purpose is to grow vibrant groups of Christians committed to the building up of the Christian community within the University or TAFE of which they are a part for the sake of Christ and the community of the Church in the transformation of the world.
Importantly, UCATSA is not just for Uniting Church people. We are interdenominational in outlook and therefore are open to anyone of any denomination (or lack of one), who are willing to think and develop biblical and theological perspectives that will enable our members to not only develop themselves spiritually, but fulfil the Gospel's message of salvation and justice to all people.
Currently we have groups meeting at the University of New South Wales, the University of Sydney, the University of Technology Sydney, the University of Western Sydney, Macquarie University, the University of Newcastle, Charles Sturt University (Wagga Wagga), the University of New England and the University of Wollongong.
Our day to day activities include such things as Bible studies and discussions, as well as social events, conferences and social justice meetings. We also provide links to local congregations and to University student houses and accommodation. As a Christian community and as individuals we are committed to personal conversion and political engagement. This leads us to a critical political awareness, issuing in human rights activism, ecological concerns, non-violence, solidarity with the marginalized, and a questioning of our own commitments to the status quo.
As an open "inclusive" community our concern is to create as safe place for all students and to work with other Christian groups and justice activists on and off campus in ways that indicate a continuing following of Jesus in episodes of witness and discipleship.
Our conviction is that as Christians we cannot escape the personal and political implications of Jesus' gospel - not if we take the Bible and God's reign seriously.
