How We Work

The NCCA gathers together Churches and Christian communities which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures. We commit to deepen our relationship with each other and to work together towards the fulfilment of common witness, proclamation and service, to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024

12 – 19  May 2024 “You shall love the Lord your God …and your neighbour as yourself…”  (Luke 10:27)   The Week

Prayer for Australia

Let us pray
O God, powerful and gentle,
you love this southern land and all its people, old and new….

Reverend Clive Harcourt Norton

The NCCA gives thanks to God for the life of Rev Clive Norton. He was an ecumenist with a deep sense of responsibility to act for social justice, peace and the environment.

Prayers for Afghanistan

Praying for Afghanistan and our Afghan communities here in Australia

Prayers for COVID-19

Prayers from the NCCA President and Ecumenical partners

NAIDOC Resources

NAIDOC Week – celebrated each year on the first week of July. In NAIDOC Week we celebrate the spiritual and cultural connection of those who walked here first. 
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday – celebrated each year on the first Sunday of NAIDOC Week 

Martung Upah Appeal

Martung Upah is NCCA’s major fundraising appeal. Income received from this appeal allows us to fund our work, including the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Development Fund.

Archbishop Stylianos Harkianakis

Our condolences are with our brothers and sisters in Christ of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia and New Zealand. Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia and Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Archbishop Stylianos Harkianakis passed away on Monday evening 25 March aged 84.

Jill Ruzbacky

A gentle warrior for the common good – from the Commission for Mission of Uniting Church of Australia VIC/TAS Synod – who are comforted in their loss by all those who are sharing it.

Australian Partnership of Religious OrganisationsAPRO

APRO is a peak body established in 2003 to help build interfaith harmony and understanding in Australia.

Archbishop Paul Saliba

Father and Chief Shepherd of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, Archbishop Paul was born in Bsarma El-Koura in North Lebanon. Ordained in 1966, he studied a Bachelor of Theology in Athens, Greece before serving in the USA within the Archdiocese of North America.

Bishop Saibo Mabo

Bishop Mabo was Bishop to the people of the Torres Strait, in the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland since his consecration on 24th February 2002 until his retirement in 2015. During this time he championed the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders for Constitutional Recognition and worked passionately for reconciliation between the peoples of Australia.

Sr Janette Gray RSM

Sr Janette passed into eternal life on Saturday 24 December, Christmas Eve. Her funeral was held at St Ignatius Church, Norwood, SA on 3 January 2017.

Jenny Johnston

Jenny Johnston passed away at the Mater Hospital, Newcastle on Saturday 24 September after a long battle with cancer. The funeral service for Jenny was celebrated at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Strathfield Thursday, 29th September 2016.

Creation Day messages

Two special messages were released by the leaders of the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, marking the World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation on 1 September 2016.