* worships the one God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,  

* trusts in Jesus Christ the divine One who became human, died and rose for the world (Par 1, 3),  

* shares God's love with all people across barriers of race, gender and class (Par 1, 2),  

* seeks unity within the whole church that the world may believe in Christ (Par 2),  

* hears Christ through the Scriptures in which he meets, feeds and guides us (Par 5),  

* celebrates baptism and the Lord's Supper in which Christ embraces and feeds God's people (Par 6-8),  

* affirms the faith of the whole church in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds (Par 9),  

* engages with issues of our time confessing Christ in fresh words and deeds (Par 11),  

* believes God's Spirit gives gifts to all members and calls them to serve God in the world (Par 13f),  

* prays that God will be praised and glorified in the Church's worship, witness and service (Par 15-17). 

* believes God's Spirit gives gifts to all members and calls them to serve God in the world (Par 13f),  

* prays that God will be praised and glorified in the Church's worship, witness and service (Par 15-17).  

The Synod of Victoria offers this statement as a notice pointing to the Basis of Union , not an interpretation of it.  The origin of this statement  - The Synod of Victoria, of the Uniting Church in Australia, met in September, 1999, and approved this statement as "suitable for a public notice recalling some major emphases of the Basis of Union ". 

The Basis of Union is the foundational document of the Uniting Church in Australia.