The fourth Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia (1985) adopted a statement entitled "The Uniting Church is a Multicultural Church." This declaration is aspirational and is still in the process of being realised. In the practice of ministry frequent subjects that become the focus of attention are sharing property, managing cross-cultural conflict, and performing cross-cultural worship, weddings and funerals. Other subjects are not discussed either because they are not perceived as important aspects of the churchs life, or assimilation has already happened and the diversity is lost. The...