New Zealand Conference Registration Open!

August 12, 2026

From the NZ UCA Conference Planning Committee:

We are pleased to announce that you can now register for the upcoming New Zealand UCA conference this November 20th – 22nd at the Don Rowland Centre, Karapiro (10 minutes out of Cambridge).

NZ Conference reg with QR code

You can register by either scanning the QR code above on your phone, or by clicking this link. Both will take you to the event page where you can go through the registration process.


Free Registrations

We are very blessed to welcome people to attend the conference for NO COST this year. We want to make the conference as accessible to as many people as possible and know that for many people travelling from out of town, accommodation and travel expenses can add up.

Keep an eye out for updates

Over the coming months, the event page will be regularly updated with more information such as the agenda, speakers, presentation & workshop topics, other activities, and more. Once these details have been finalised, they will be added to the event page for you to see.


Spread the word

Please share the news and invite anyone who you think may be interested in coming along to the conference. We would love to see as many people there as possible and continue to strengthen the unitarian movement here in NZ and throughout the world.


Blessings
NZ UCA Conference Planning Committee

Call for Papers: New Zealand conference

July 27, 2026

The New Zealand UCA Conference organisers are pleased to announce a general call for papers to be presented at our annual conference at the Don Rowland Centre, Karapiro, just out of Cambridge on Friday 20th November – Sunday 22nd November. Registrations will be open soon.

  • The paper submission deadline is the end of the day (NZ time) of Sunday 27th September, 2026. Please do not submit multiple papers. Submissions will be blind-reviewed by a committee.
  • We are looking for scholarly (or at least: clear, informed, insightful, and well argued) papers which are also accessible to an educated lay audience on topics which can advance the cause of unitarian Christianity. Previous conference presentations can be seen on YouTube and some model papers are referenced here.
  • Topics may include but are not limited to: biblical theology, systematic theology, biblical studies, textual criticism, history of theology, history of unitarian Christianity, apologetics, Christian philosophy, analytic theology.
  • Authors may submit even if they are neither a member of the UCA nor a unitarian Christian.
  • Paper submissions must conform to the Chicago Manual of Style (Notes and Bibliography style, with footnotes and bibliography). A fully written paper must be submitted; an outline or proposal is not enough.
  • The main text should be no longer than 6,000 words, so that the presentation is no longer than 45 minutes. Submitted papers longer than 6,000 (in the main text – so not including footnotes) will be automatically rejected.
  • Authors should plan on about 10 minutes of audience Q&A after their talk. Papers may be read, although authors are encouraged to present the material in an engaging way.
  • Conference presentations will be video-recorded and may be posted on the UCA YouTube channel, and our social media committee may also snip out interesting “sound bites” for short videos. By submitting a paper, you agree that your presentation may be filmed and used in these ways by the UCA.
  • After removing any self-identifying features (e.g. your name, references to your other publications or other work), please email your submission to nzconference@unitarianchristianalliance.org. When submitting, please indicate your country of residence. We especially encourage submissions from New Zealand, Australia and other surrounding countries. A member of our team will ensure that the papers are suitable for blind review and then pass them on to the committee.
  • The committee’s decisions will be emailed to the authors by Sunday 4th October 2026.

Also, if you are planning on attending and you are interested in leading a practical workshop (as opposed to a scholarly presentation) please contact the committee with your idea at nzconference@unitarianchristianalliance.org.

Call for Papers – Australian Stanwell Tops Conference – deadline extended

December 30, 2025
  • Unitarian Christian Alliance, Australia are pleased to announce a general call for papers to be presented at our conference at ‘The Tops’ Conference Centre in Stanwell Tops (1hr South of Sydney) 27 – 29 March 2026. Watch here for the opening of registration.
  • The paper submission deadline is the end of the day (Sydney time) of Thursday, 8 January, 2025.
  • If you have already submitted a paper, you are welcome to re-submit a revised version before that deadline and only the later version will be considered.
  • Please do not submit multiple papers.
  • We are looking for scholarly (or at least: informed, insightful, and well-argued) papers which are also accessible to an educated lay audience on topics which can advance the cause of unitarian Christianity. Previous conference presentations can be seen on YouTube and some “model” papers are here.
  • While all submissions will be considered, we are especially interested in submissions from unitarian Christians in Australia or elsewhere in Oceania, so in your submission email please state your country of residence.
  • Topics may include but are not limited to: biblical theology, systematic theology, biblical studies, textual criticism, history of theology, history of unitarian Christianity, apologetics, Christian philosophy, analytic theology. An author may submit even if they are neither a member of the UCA nor a unitarian Christian.
  • Paper submissions must conform to the Chicago Manual of Style (Notes and Bibliography style, with footnotes and bibliography).
  • A fully written paper must be submitted; an outline or proposal is not enough.
  • The main text should be no longer than 6,000 words, so that the presentation is no longer than 45 minutes. Submitted papers longer than 6,000 (in the main text – so, not including footnotes) will be automatically rejected.
  • Authors should plan on about 10 minutes of audience Q&A after their talk. Papers may be read, although authors are encouraged to present the material in an engaging way.
  • After removing any self-identifying features (e.g. your name, references to your other publications or other work), please email your submission to conference@unitarianchristianalliance.org. A UCA Board member will ensure that the papers are suitable for blind review and then pass them on to the committee.
  • Submissions will be blind-reviewed by a committee of three.
  • The committee’s decisions will be emailed to authors by the end of 15 January, 2026.
  • Authors of accepted papers must supply a PowerPoint or Keynote or Google Slides presentation to accompany their talk by the end of Sunday, 1 March, 2026 (emailed to the address below).
  • Conference presentations will be video-recorded and may be posted on the UCA YouTube channel, and our social media committee may also snip out interesting “sound bites” for short videos. By submitting a paper, you agree that your presentation may be filmed and used in these ways by the UCA.

Sydney conference registration is open!

October 27, 2025

UCA Australia is pleased to announce that bookings are now open for our inaugural residential conference near Sydney in March 2026.

In addition to fantastic fellowship with numerous other unitarian Christians, you can expect excellent opportunities to hear from the likes of Dr. Dale Tuggy, Pastor Sean Finnegan, Mark Cain, Jeff Deuble, and more.

Early Bird price available until December 14th, 2025. Follow this link to join us there!

Any Questions? Contact uca.australia@outlook.com. For more updates, watch this website or join in the UCA Australia Facebook group.