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The Evangelical Members within the Uniting Church in Australia, or EMU for short, is a conservative lobby group within the denomination. It is an example of a Confessing Movement. Logo of the UCA The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was formed on June 22, 1977 when the Methodist Church of Australasia, Presbyterian Church of Australia and Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union document. ... The Confessing Movement is a neo-Evangelical movement within several mainline Protestant churches to return those churches to what the members of this movement see as greater theological orthodoxy. ...
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