Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of New South Wales and the ACT

The Synod of New South Wales and the ACT is a regional council of the Uniting Church in Australia having responsibility for the congregations and presbyteries in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. From its creation in 1977 until 29 March 2008, the Synod had the shorter title of Synod of New South Wales.^[1]

Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of NSW & ACT
Classification	Protestantism
Orientation	Calvinism and Methodism
Polity	Presbyterianism, Connexionalism and Congregationalism
Moderator	Rev. Faaimata Havea Hiliau
Distinct fellowships	Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress
Origin	1977; 48 years ago (1977)
Merger of	Methodist Church of Australasia, Presbyterian Church of Australia, Congregational Union of Australia
Congregations	500
Members	50,000
Official website	nswact.uca.org.au

The current and 29th Moderator of the Synod is Rev. Faaimata (Mata) Havea Hiliau, who succeeded Rev. Simon Hansford in September 2023.^[2][3]

Presbyteries

There are 13 presbyteries in the Synod of New South Wales and the ACT. These are regional councils with responsibility for oversight of congregations in their area, plus the Korean Presbytery.

• Canberra Region Presbytery^[4]
• Far North Coast Presbytery^[5]
• Georges River Presbytery^[6]
• Illawarra Presbytery^[7]
• Korean Presbytery
• Macquarie Darling Presbytery^[8]
• Mid North Coast Presbytery^[9]
• New England North West Presbytery^[10]
• Parramatta Nepean Presbytery^[11]
• Riverina Presbytery^[12]
• Sydney Central Coast Presbytery^[13]
• Sydney Presbytery^[14]
• The Hunter Presbytery^[15]

The regional council of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) also functions similarly to a presbytery.

Moderators

date	name
2023–2026	Rev. Faaimata (Mata) Havea Hiliau[3]
2017–2023	Rev. Simon Hansford[16]
2014–2017	Rev. Myung Hwa Park[17]
2011–2014	Rev. Dr. Brian Brown[18]
2007–2011	Rev. Niall Reid[19]
2004–2007	Mr Jim Mein AM [20]
2002–2004	Rev. Alistair Christie[21]
2000–2002	Mrs Margaret Reeson[22]
1998–2000	Rev. Dr. David Manton OAM[23]
1996–1998	Rev. Dr. Donald Evans[24]
1995–1996	Rev. Dean Drayton[25]
1994–1995	Rev. Ken Cornwall[26]
1993–1994	Rev. Shirley Maddox[27]
1992–1993	Rev. Tony Chi[28]
1989–1992	Mr Bruce Irvine[29]
1988–1989	Rev. Dr. Clyde Dominish AM [30]
1987–1988	Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Barnes[31]
1986–1987	Rev. Dr. William Ives[32]
1985–1986	Miss Freda Whitlam AM [33]
1984–1985	Rev. Dr. Gordon Dicker[34]
1983–1984	Rev. John Mallison OAM
1982–1983	Rev. Keith Brooks[35]
1981–1982	Rev. Malcolm McLeod[36]
1980–1981	Rev. Graham Hardy[37]
1979–1980	Rev. Peter Davis[38]
1978–1979	Rev. Ronald Sparks[39]
1977–1978	Mrs Lilian Wells[40]