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About JIM

The Justice and International Mission unit exists to provide resources and to engage with and educate others about issues of social justice.

The activities of the unit range from campaigning for the rights of refugee and asylum seekers to advocating for a global ban on cluster munitions; from gambling issues through to climate change; from issues of inequality to partner churches in the Asia Pacific.

While endeavouring to work alongside congregations and social justice networks, we also embark upon specific advocacy work aimed at shifting and shaping public policy. The aims of the unit are embodied in the Basis of Union and reflect the Uniting Church's concern for social justice and the care of God's creation. A dedicated team of staff plus thousands of women and men in networks across the states of Victoria and Tasmania seek to serve the world through the Uniting Church in Australia. More of their ministry is described throughout this web site.

JIM Unit Staff, from left to right: Tess, Emily, Marylou, Jill, Cath, Antony & Mark