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Hear the world's most famous choir in 2019
2019 International Concert Season - Australian Tour
Founded in the fifteenth century, the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge is the pre-eminent representative of the British church music tradition.
World Council of Churches
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2019
Justice and only justice you shall pursue (Deuteronomy 16:18-20)
This year's resources are prepared by Christians in Indonesia.
Search for a new General Secretary
The WCC is seeking someone to lead the Council in eumenical fellowship of the one church of Christ.
Stationed: Geneva, Switzerland
Application deadline: 1 May 2019 with interviews to be held from 29 to 31 October 2019.
Final Baha'i leader released
We are pleased to advise you that the last of the 'Baha’i seven' leaders was released on 20 December 2018. Mr Afif Naeimi, imprisoned in Iran since 2008, finally walked free after completing his sentence.
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| 1 | World Day of Peace |
| 7 | Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian |
| 21 | Birthday of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr (1929) |
| 26 | Australia Day/Survival Day |
| 26 | Establishment of Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra (1972) |
| 27 | International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust |
Christmas Greetings from NCCA Staff
“God is love and those who abide in love abide in God and God abides in them”. (1 John1:16).
O holy night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of our dear Saviour's birth.
We hear the carols all around us at this time of year. We sing them on Sundays during Advent. We know them well.
New Director appointed
The Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture is pleased to announce Bishop Philip Huggins, current President of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA), will be the new Director of the Centre for Ecumenical Studies (CES) in 2019.
New Chair of ACRT Standing Committee
On Friday 30 November 2018 the Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce (ACRT) Standing Committee held their annual face to face meeting. The Very Reverend Dr Peter Catt stepped down from his role as Chair at this meeting and was thanked for his dedicated service in this role.
The Australian Government has finally passed the Modern Slavery Act legislation.
Australian companies will now be prevented from profiting from modern slavery. This landmark legislation has been made in reaction to a series of scandals in the last few years, revealing forced labour in the supply chains of some of Australia’s biggest brands.
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NCCA Assembly Roundtable
When: Thursday 21 March 2019 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Where: St James Parish Hall, Sydney CBD.
Topic: Selection, training and screening for ordination candidates and church workers, including best practice in psychological testing.
Over two hundred Australian Christians from across the nation came together from 1 – 4 December 2018 to raise a powerful voice for justice. Representing churches and organisations, we gathered in Canberra to show concern for the world’s poor, oppressed and displaced.
#ChangeTheHeart this January 26
This January, Aunty Jean Phillips, in partnership with Common Grace, invites Australian Churches to hold services of acknowledgement, lament and prayer as we approach January 26th.
Short film Justice for Murdered Children launched
The film has been made as part of the Make West Papua Safe campaign which targets foreign government aid to the Indonesian police and military.
