Stuart McMillan (pastor)
| Stuart McMillan | |
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| President of the Assembly, Uniting Church in Australia | |
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In office 2015–2018 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Dutney |
| Succeeded by | president-elect Deidre Palmer |
| Moderator, Northern Synod UCA 2010-2015 | |
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In office 2010–2015 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Ros McMillan |
| Occupation | Accountant, general manager, church leader |
Stuart McMillan (born 1955) is the current national President of the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA). He was installed for a three-year term on 12 July 2015 at a service at Perth's Scotch College.
In 1982, McMillan was interviewed for and appointed to a position as an accountant with the UCA's Northern Synod, based in Darwin, Northern Territory. He and wife Ros moved from Epping in Sydney with their young family.
McMillan has had many roles in the Northern Synod and associated organisations: accountant, operations manager, general manager of the Arnhem Land Progress Association (ALPA) - now the Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation, pastor, cultural awareness trainer, resource worker, community developer, and Moderator.
After living and working in the Northern Territory for some time, a man McMillan knew adopted him as his brother in the Gupapuyngu clan of the Yolngu nation with the skin name bulany meaning red kangaroo. In order that Yolngu kinship ties were proper in terms of Stuart and Ros’ relationship, and to complete the induction, the man’s wife also adopted Ros McMillan as her sister.
McMillan worked as an advisor to the former Moderator of the Uniting Church in Australia's Northern Synod, the Rev. Djiniyini Gondarra, for 12 years through the period after the High Court’s Mabo case decision established native title. McMillan was involved in researching the claimants' situations, and making trips to Canberra to assist Gondarra and others as they gave their input on the drafting of the Native Title Act under the Prime Minister of Australia, Paul Keating.
The McMillans became part of the Humpty Doo semi-rural community near Darwin, and its Uniting Church. After several ministers, McMillan took on the role of pastor, presiding over weddings, funerals and other activities of an ordained minister.
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