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.

PRESIDENTS

National Council of Churches                                           
  Revd John Gilmore
Churches of Christ, 2021 –		  Bishop Philip Huggins
Anglican Church, 2016 – 2021
The Revd Dr Mike Semmler
Lutheran Church, 2013 – 2016		   Bishop Michael Putney
Roman Catholic Church, 2009- 2013
The Right Revd Richard Appleby

Anglican Church, 2006 – 2009

 The Revd Professor James Haire
Uniting Church, July 2003 – 2006
Archbishop John Bathersby
Roman Catholic Church, 1997 – 2000		 Archbishop Aghan Baliozian
Armenian Apostolic Church,1994-1997
Australian Council of Churches
The Revd Ian Allsop
Churches of Christ, 1992 – 1994		 Bishop Oliver S Heyward
Anglican Church, 1989 – 1992
Archbishop David Penman
Anglican Church, 1988 – 1989		 The Revd Dr H D’Arcy Wood
Uniting Church, 1984 – 1988
Bishop Gabriel Gibran
Antiochian OrthodoxChurch, 1980 – 1984		 Bishop G R Delbridge
Church of England, 1976 – 1980
The Revd N R Gilmore
Churches of Christ, 1973 – 1976		 Bishop D A Garnsey
Church of England, 1970 – 1973
The Rt Revd N Faichney
Presbyterian Church, 1968 – 1970		 Commissioner Bramwell Cook
Salvation Army, 1967
Archbishop Frank Woods
Church of England, 1965 – 1966		 The Revd B R Wyllie
Methodist Church, 1963 – 1964
The Rt Revd A C Watson
Presbyterian Church, 1961 – 1962		 Archbishop R C Halse
Church of England, 1959 – 1960
Archbishop Howard Mowll
Church of England, 1957 – 1958		 The Revd C Denis Ryan
Congregational Union, 1955 – 1956
Archbishop Howard Mowll
Church of England, 1954		 The Revd Dr G Calvert Barber
Methodist Church, 1952 – 1953
The Rt Revd J R Blanchard
Presbyterian Church, 1951		 Archbishop Howard Mowll
Church of England, 1946 – 1950

GENERAL SECRETARIES

Elizabeth (Liz) Stone
General Secretary May 2020 –
 Liz Stone
Interim General Secretary 2018 – April 2020
Sr Elizabeth Delaney SGS
Roman Catholic Church, 2015 – 2018
 The Revd Tara Curlewis
Uniting Church, 2009 – 2014
The Revd John Henderson
Lutheran Church, 2002 – 2008
 The Revd David Gill
Uniting Church 1994 – 2001
Australian Council of Churches
The Revd David Gill
Uniting Church 1988 – 1994		 Ms Jean Skuse
Methodist Church 1976 – 1988
The Revd Frank Engel
Presbyterian Church 1969 – 1975		 Mr Val Brown
Church of England 1967 – 1969
The Revd Harvey Perkins
Methodist Church 1956 – 1967		 The Revd Dr Malcolm Mackay
Presbyterian Church 1954 – 1956
The Revd John Garrett
Congregational Union 1950 – 1954
The Revd C Dennis Ryan
Congregational Union 1948 – 1950
The Revd T McDougall
Presbyterian Church 1946 – 1948		 The Revd Dr C Bernard Cockett
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