Christian Union > University of Western Australia, Perth

Christian Union

University of Western Australia > Perth

Website

http://www.uwacu.org/

Campus director

Ben Rae
[email protected]

About us

The UWA Christian Union is a group of over 200 students on a mission to help students engage with Jesus at university. We come from dozens of churches and denominations across Western Australia, but we’re united by our love for Jesus and our desire to see everyone grow in their love for him.Whether you’ve known Jesus for years or are just starting to check him out, we’d love you to join us.

NEWS & BLOGS

Living beyond YOLO and FOMO

Ben Rae | May 22nd, 2014 | Article
Jacinta is a 3rd year Agricultural Science and Commerce student at the University of Western Australia. She shares about her experience last year at her third Mid Year Conference, exploring the topic of Resurrection... Taking us beyond YOLO (and FOMO) I went along to my third Mid Year Conference (MYC) knowing I...

How to be blessed

Ben Rae | Aug 8th, 2012 | Blog entry
The Beatitudes (the 'Blesseds', Matthew 5:1-10) have seeped into our cultural consciousness. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth” is a staple of journalists, while, “Blessed are the peacemakers” finds itself on the lips of politicians hoping that theirs will be the Nobel Peace Prize.At first glance...

Transforming the world?

Ben Rae | Oct 1st, 2010 | Article
Edited by Jamie A. Grant and Dewi A. Hughes Nottingham: IVP, 2009 In the last 20 years social responsibility has emerged as a prominent topic amongst evangelicals. The prevailing view seems to be that in the 19th century much of the church abandoned the gospel of Jesus Christ for a 'social gospel', where '...

The gospel & social action

Ben Rae | Sep 29th, 2010 | Article
God has blessed many of us with comfortable lives, yet when we turn on the TV or read a newspaper we are instantly confronted with suffering on a scale that would be unimaginable if it were not right there in front of us. We see earthquakes, tsunamis, war, corruption, oppression and injustice destroying lives around...

The Resurrection of the Son of God

Ben Rae | Mar 24th, 2009 | Article
Written by NT Wright London, England: SPCK, 2003 What did Jesus' disciples mean when they said he had been raised from the dead? Historically Christians understood them to mean that Jesus had actually been restored to physical life with a transformed body never to die again. But with the rise of modernism many...