Denise Mary Champion (born 1957) is an Aboriginal Australian deacon in the Uniting Church in Australia who serves as an outreach worker.
[1][2][3] Denise Mary Champion is from the Adnyamathanha nation, from the Flinders Ranges in South Australia.
[5] Champion married and moved with her husband to Melbourne, after he completed his studies for Christian ministry.
In 2015, she participated in the World Council of Churches sponsored ecumenical meeting in Sydney on mission and evangelisation.
[10] In 2020, Champion was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa) in recognition of her accomplishments as a Christian scholar and leader.