from the National Council of Churches in Australia (download a pdf)

“The first automated election system, in the May 10 national elections in the Philippines, implemented with haste, is a recipe for social chaos and political crisis”, says Reverend Rex Reyes JR, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP).

from the National Council of Churches in Australia (download a PDF of this release)

What does Easter mean for us in Australia?

from the National Council of Churches in Australia

Thousands of Australian Christians are preparing to reflect and pray together as they celebrate the milestones of unity and mission.  This year the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity takes place in the context of the 100th anniversary of the landmark 1910 World Mission Conference in Edinburgh.  Appropriately the theme for this year has been prepared for churches around the world by a group from Scotland.

from the National Council of Churches in Australia

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The National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) expresses extreme concern over the arrest, continued detention and alleged torture of 43 health workers in the Philippines on Friday, February 6, including Dr. Alexis Montes a former commission member of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) and former health program coordinator of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP).

Reports say that more than 300 military and police raided a health training session at Dr. Melecia Velmonte’s retreat center and held the participants at gunpoint before even searching the premises.

the people of Haiti are reeling from the devastation that took place on Monday, 11 January 2010 (Hatian time).  This is being recorded as the worst earthquake (estimated at 7.0) in the region in more than 200 years.  The epi-centre was just outside of the capital of Port-au-Prince.

The NCCA's Act for Peace along with endless numbers of aid agencies are working to bring water, food and peace to the region.

Please pray for the people of Haiti, the foreign and domestic aid workers and all those in Australia and overseas who are lending a hand to allieviate the suffering of this disaster.

Click here to view the NCCA Act for Peace media release.

from Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia

Haiti Earthquake Appeal webpage - click here

from the National Council of Churches in Australia