New from the eSafety Commissioner
Resources for parents, carers, educators sector professionals and community leaders:
- What are AI companions and what are the risks?
- Helping families report online harm – help in languages other than English.
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.
Reflection from the President
Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! (Luke 12:24)
To say that we are in an environment of unpredictability is to state the obvious.
NCCA Webinar
That all may be one” – Stepping stones on the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation and Unity
Rev Dr Mikie Roberts, WCC Program Executive for Spiritual Life and Program Executive for Faith and Order was an engaging keynote speaker at the NCCA Webinar on Friday 21 March 2025 at the Catholic Institute of Sydney.
PCPAN 2025
Update following Nadi meeting.
The Pacific Church Partnership Advisory Network (PCPAN) held a design consultation meeting for a multi-year Phase 2 program in Nadi, Fiji from 11-14 March 2025.
Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce
On behalf of the member churches of NCCA, General Secretary Elizabeth Stone, is a signatory to the letter to the leaders of the major parties, urging them to avoid dog-whistling and sowing division about asylum seekers and refugees throughout the federal election campaign.
First Nations
Last chance to apply
Applications are invited for the NCCA’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Development Fund
Applications close Monday 24 March 2025
Safe Church Program
Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Farewell Archbishop Haigazoun Najarian
On 23 February 2025, a farewell reception was held to honour Archbishop Haigazoun Najarian, Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Australia and New Zealand. The NCCA prays for Archbishop Najarian’s continued good health, with gratitude for his devoted service to his community.
We have been blessed with his loyal friendship and commitment to Christian unity.
World Council of Churches
Interview
Young Armenians have retuned from a recent tour to raise awareness of the need to protect Armenian land in Jerusalem.
Read the interview published by the World Council of Churches
Christian Conference of Asia
CCA General Secretary position
Nominations/Applications are invited for the position of Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) General Secretary
Applications close: 2 June 2025 inclusive of all required documents proving credentials.
Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI) – 2025
Prospective students are invited to apply for the month-long training programme.
Applications close: 15 May 2025
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on church division
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew shines a ray of hope on Christian unity
“Of course, problems have accumulated over a thousand years. But we are full of hope that they will be resolved in a few years…” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
11th Annual Symposium on Religion and International Affairs
“The Future is Upon Us: What Now? Amplifying the Role of Faith and Civil Society Actors in Multilateral Solutions”
Registration is now open for the 11th Annual Symposium
When: 3 April 2025 at 23:30 in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
Earth Action Day 2025
Join the conversation this Earth Day!
Earth Day 2025: Our Power, Our Planet – A Faith-Inspired Call for Collective Action.
Communities of Faith can use Earth Action Day to contribute the often overlooked perspective of creation care.
When: Tuesday 22 April 2025
Catholic Ecumenical and Interfaith Conference
National Conference for Ecumenical and Interfaith Works
The Bishop’s Commission for Christian Unity and Inter-religious Dialogue invites all Catholics who are engaged in ecumenical and interfaith activities to attend this conference
When: Friday 30 and Saturday 31 May 2025
Where: Mary MacKillop Place North Sydney
National Day of Prayer 2025
SAVE THE DATE
Churches and prayer groups are invited to register for the National Day of Prayer (NDOP2025)
2025 Theme: The Preeminence of Christ is based on Colossians 1:15-20.
When: Saturday 7 June 2025
Where: to be held all across Australia
April Calendar 2025
6 Rama Navami | Hinduism
6 Daylight Savings Time ends
12 Pesach (Passover) | Judaism [begins sundown]
13 Theravada New Year | Buddhism
20 Easter/Pascha/Feast of the Resurrection | Christianity & Orthodox Christianity
25 Anzac Day