Media Releases 2010 (13)
A joint media release from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and the National Council of Churches in Australia
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Representatives of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) and of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) met in Sydney on Thursday August 12 following the NCCA’s recent Resolution on ‘Palestine & Israel’.
There was a serious exchange of views during which the ECAJ raised concerns about the NCCA process and about some details of the text of the resolution. Discussion together enabled NCCA participants to explain the process involved as well as the context, background and purpose of the NCCA resolution.
Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia, is responding immediately to assist the flood ravaged people of Pakistan with emergency assistance as the death toll soars beyond 1,100 and disease outbreaks emerge.
from Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia
Yesterday, the Labor and Liberal parties announced domestic armed violence reduction commitments. Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia is encouraging both parties to follow this by announcing their international armed violence reduction commitments.
It’s Time for a Humane, Bipartisan Approach to the Treatment of Asylum Seekers
Written by Elizabeth Delaneyfrom the National Council of Churches in Australia (download a PDF of this release)
Asylum seekers are people in need of care and not to be feared, say Australian Churches.
A Call for Justice, Security and Peace for Palestine and Israel
Written by Elizabeth Delaneyfrom the National Council of Churches in Australia (download a PDF of this release)
During its 7th triennial Forum last week, the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) announced it will continue to add its voice to the call for an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine and condemning all acts of terrorism.
Aid Flotilla Attacks Show Gaza Blockade Must Be Lifted
Written by Elizabeth DelaneyAct for Peace is calling for a full investigation and a decisive response from the United Nations Security Council after Israel’s disproportionate attack on a flotilla of humanitarian aid bound for Gaza, killing at least nine peace activists and injuring dozens more.
Churches in the Philippines Prepare for Elections Bloodshed
Written by Elizabeth Delaneyfrom 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).Easter 2010 Messages from Australian Church Leaders
Written by Elizabeth Delaneyfrom the National Council of Churches in Australia (download a PDF of this release)
What does Easter mean for us in Australia?
a joint media release from Act for Peace (NCCA), AngliCORD (Anglican) and Australian Lutheran World Service
Australian aid and development agencies today announced the launch of one of the world’s largest international relief and development alliances.
The new ACT Alliance will deliver AUD $1.6 billion in aid each year to combat poverty, injustice, and human rights abuses, and also provide support in the wake of emergencies.ACT Alliance is made up of 100 organisations from across the globe working in 125 countries with people of all faiths for positive and sustainable change. ACT Alliance members work to provide emergency food aid, shelter, water and sanitation facilities, and community-based development programs in some of the world’s poorest countries.
Visiting African Leader to Challenge Australian Thinking on Solutions to African Problems
Written byRevd. Dr. Andre Karamaga, General Secretary of the All African Conference of Churches (AACC), will present Australian audiences with an African perspective to the raging climate change and aid effectiveness debates which have divided Australians.
Karamaga will also alert the Australian public to the church’s role as a peace keeper in the wars that plague the African continent and draw from his personal experience as a Rwandan leader, who lost family during the Genocide.
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Churches Celebrate the Milestones of Unity and Mission
Written by Elizabeth Delaneyfrom 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.
Arrest and Alleged Torture of 43 Health Workers in the Philippines Prompts Calls from Churches for Justice
Written by Elizabeth Delaneyfrom 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.
Act for Peace's Church Partners Respond to Haiti Earthquake
Written by Elizabeth Delaneyfrom Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia
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