The Forum is where Member Churches gather to engage as a Council. 

Through prayer, reflection, discussion, and discernment to renew the Council's purpose, activities, and focus for the next three years. 

An exploration of the Forum theme, in the Australian context:

THE 11th National Forum is an opportunity to reaffirm the purpose of the NCCA to ensure that it continues to be a living and relevant expression of Ecumenism.

*Theme Exploration: If the life of churches in Australia lies together, then in word and deed we must be carriers of ‘Messages of Hope’.

• What is the role of the NCCA in this?
• What is it that the NCCA can uniquely undertake with the churches in Australia? 

*Strategy Development: How do we live out our ecumenical life so that we are working together as churches to inspire positive change? 

*Collaborative Efforts: How can we collaborate as churches to address challenges in spreading hope and foster innovative solutions to cultivate hope in our communities?

‘MESSAGES OF HOPE IN A COMPLEX WORLD'

^{In the digital age, with an increasingly secular and individualistic society, how can churches together proclaim anew Jesus’ message of faith, hope and love?} 

^{How can churches build up communities by witnessing to unity through working together to create space for dialogue and engagement, collaboration and cooperation?}

REV PROF DR JERRY PILLAY, WCC GENERAL SECRETARY  

Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, 9th General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), is an Eminent Ecumenical guest at the NCCA Forum. 

Rev. Pillay is a Reformed pastor, member of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa and former Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria.

Practical Details -  NCCA Forum

3pm Friday 21 June to 1pm Monday 24 June 2024  

U-CITY  43 Franklin Street, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

THE BASIS OF THE NCCA

^{The NCCA gathers together in pilgrimage those churches and Christian communities, which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures and commit themselves}

 ^{i) to deepen their relationship with each other in order to express more visibly the unity willed by Christ for his Church, and}

 ^{ii) to work together toward the fulfillment of their mission of common witness, proclamation and service to the glory of the One God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.}

^{NCCA Constitution, 2016} 

BOOK: Please note that bookings are restricted to nominated representatives and a code is required to access the registration portal.

Papers for the Forum: Will be available through the NCCA website and registrants will be advised how to access these.

Accommodation: Should be booked separately. There are a number of hotels and apartments within walking distance to the U-CITY meeting. 

For further information contact the NCCA Secretariat Office  02 9299 2215  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.