Sr Elizabeth Delaney, a Sister of the Good Samaritan (SGS) of the Order of St Benedict, was commissioned on 4 March 2015 as the 4th General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA), based in Sydney. Elizabeth brings ten years' experience with ecumenical and inter-faith dialogues through the offices of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and her five years of service as a member of the NCCA Executive Committee. The NCCA was formed in 1994 with an expanded membership of churches to succeed the Australian Council of Churches that had commenced as a national committee of Australian churches in 1946.

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the people of Mumbai and Orissa, India (Click here to view a letter from the NCCA to the NCCI.)

The Australian National Dialogue of Christians, Muslims and Jews

The NCCA is a founding partner in this dialogue on behalf of member churches. Our dialogue partners are:

• The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils
• The Executive Council of Australian Jewry

The Dialogue was officially 'launched' in March 2003 after 12 months of formal preparation, which was preceded by informal contact and discussions between the NCCA, AFIC, & ECAJ.

Australian churches are responding to the challenge of providing safe church environments in which to carry out ministry programs. This challenge is reflected not only in preventing and responding to claims and cases of sexual misconduct in our Christian communities, but also in building knowledge at a local and congregational level. 

In response to this challenge many Christian denominations have established strategies aimed at accountability and transparency in relationships and programs. Significant resources have been put into the establishment of professional standards groups / boards to handle complaints of abuse, and implementation of programs to train employees and volunteer leaders in best practice for creating safer churches. 

The 'Safer Churches?' consultations and conferences (2014-2019) have encouraged openness between Churches. Being willing to ask for help from the family of Churches is an important step in allowing God to heal us and our communities and work towards reconciliation, wellbeing and wholeness.

2019 Conference

17 and 18 September 2019 at the Mecure Hotel Brisbane. 

This was the first conference held by the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) Safe Church Program since the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse recommendations were released in December 2017.

The theme for the conference, "Transforming Cultures: Listening, Reflecting, Acting"  provided the framework across the two-day event.

See the 9th biennial Safer Churches Conference presentation papers, videos and photo gallery here  

Previous Conferences

• Safe as Churches? Consultation - March 2004
• Safe as Churches? Consultation II - September 2005
• Safe as Churches? Consultation III - March 2007
• Safe as Churches? Consultation IV - June 2009
• Safe as Churches? V- July 2011
• Safe as Churches? VI September 26-27 2013
• Safe as Churches? VII September 2015
• Safe as Churches? VIII 16-17 May 2017

Documents from the Bilateral Conversations between Churches in Australia

edited by Raymond K.Williamson

Stages on the Way (published 1994) and Stages on the Way II (published 2007, covering the years 1994-2007) are collections of the agreed statements and reports from the bilateral conversations between Australian churches in recent times. They bear witness to the extraodinary amount of theological agreement which has been achieved and recognised through our ecumenical conversations.

Whilst there is much still to do, the content of these volumes present both an encouragement and a challenge to the churches to live out the degree of communion that is already experienced and the agreements already achieved. Stages on the Way II also includes an excellent glossary of ecumenical theological terminology which is valuable in its own right.

A great resource for ecumenists and students!

Both volumes are available from the NCCA (02 9229 2215)

$22 - Stages on the Way
$30 - Stages on the Way II