Dorothy McRae-McMahon is a minister in the Uniting Church in Australia. For 10 years she was a minister with the Pitt Street Uniting Church in the centre of Sydney and then for 5 years the National Director for Mission for her church. She was a member of the World Council of Churches Worship Committee for its Canberra Assembly and Moderator of its Worship Committee for the Harare Assembly. She now contributes to the Faith column of the 'The Age', Melbourne and is a Co-Editor of 'The South Sydney Herald'. Her community Awards indicate her interests and concerns. She has received: A Jubilee Medal from Queen for work with women in NSW (1977), An Australian Government Peace Award (1986), The Australian Human Rights Medal (1988), and an Hon Doctorate of Letters from Macquarie University in Sydney for with minorities and her contribution to the spiritual life of the community (1992).