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'Why We Must Appreciate First Peoples Creation Spirituality' - Denise Champion

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Rev. Dr. Auntie Denise Champion is from the Adnyamathanha Nation, and her traditional homelands are the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. Auntie Denise describes herself as a storyteller. She is also an elder and a significant leader of her community. She was ordained as a Deacon in the Uniting Church in SA in 2015, after serving as a Pastor from 2009, then Synod Covenanting Coordinator and Development Officer for the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (2011-2015). She is the first indigenous woman to be ordained in SA in any Christian denomination. Her placement with the Congress in Port Augusta concluded in April 2021, when she took up her position as Theologian in Residence with Uniting College for Leadership and Theology. She is a sought-after speaker. Her two books – Yarta Wandatha (The Land is Speaking, the People are Speaking) and Anaditj
(Always Was, Always Will Be) – have received attention nationally and internationally. In 2020, Auntie Denise was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Adelaide College of Divinity for her services to indigenous theological education.


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