5 Ashura | Islam
6-13 NAIDOC Week
9 Martyrdom of the Bab | Baha’i
12 1971: Aboriginal Flag first flown in Adelaide
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.
Church communities step-up for sponsorship of refugees
The community sponsorship movement has come a long way in Australia. After years of research, development, advocacy and successful piloting, the government announced in February 2025 that the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP) will become a ‘permanent and valuable’ part of Australia’s humanitarian program.
Act for Peace
Building a locally led approach, lawfully
Committed to amplifying the voices of people who are displaced as key to facilitating a truly locally led approach.
This Refugee Week, Act for Peace celebrates a campaign to enshrine refugees’ right to participate in international law and policy reform.
NAIDOC Week 2025
Sunday 6 – Sunday 14 July 2025
2025 Theme: ‘The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy’
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
First Nations
Celebrate the Next Generation!
Our Churches and Christian communities have developed resources to celebrate this year’s NAIDOC Week.
These can be found together on the NCCA website page under First Nation resources.
Safe Church
Free Webinars
Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd (ACSL): Integrity in Our Common Mission:
When: Thursday 26 June 2025, 2.00 – 3.30pm AEST
National Redress Scheme: Webinar for people with disability
When: Wednesday 23 July 2025, 1:00 – 2:00pm AEST
Care of Creation
Wonder, Wisdom, and the Call to Protect Our Living Ocean
“As we celebrate Pentecost and World Oceans Day, let the Spirit move among us anew…. Let us no longer see the ocean as a background to our lives, but as kin, as teacher, as sanctuary.” Rev. James Bhagwan, General Secretary, Pacific Conference of Churches.
Ecumenical Funding
Glenburnie Program
Funding from this program is intended to “provide resources for the churches and the community on issues relating to a just, participatory and sustainable society.”
Closing date for applications: 31 July 2025.
World Council of Churches
News from the WCC
Australian churches observe the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: During Ascension and Pentecost, Christian churches in the southern hemisphere hold ecumenical services to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
The World Council of Churches Strongly Condemns the Attack on the Iranian territory: “an unlawful act that violates international law and the sovereignty of a nation-state.” WCC General Secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay
ARTFinc grant
Australian Research Theology Foundation Inc. (ARTFinc)
Funding applications for religious and educational projects within Australia are welcomed by ARTFinc for projects in the Church in 2025-26.
Applications close: 30 June 2025
Inaugural Oration
The John and Anna Belfer Oration in the History of Jewish Philosophy
“The First Rabbinic Philosopher: Saadia Gaon (882 – 942),”
When: Monday 30 June 2025, 6:00 pm AEST
Where: The Great Synagogue, Elizabeth St, Sydney NSW
Jewish philosophy initiative
The University of Notre Dame’s Centre for the History of Philosophy, is launching a new academic focus on the study of Jewish philosophy.
“… it’s really important …to promote a shared understanding of the Abrahamic intellectual traditions – not only for insight into the past, but also for finding ways to live together and think together today.” Associate Professor Nathan Lyons, Centre Co-Director.
Seeing the grief of others
‘…. for those of us whose lives have been shaped by the horrors of the Holocaust … we cannot let history repeat. We should never give up trying to understand “the other”, and we must never succumb to the temptation to dehumanise our fellow human beings.’ Corinne Fagueret
NCCA Media Release
‘Even the stones cry out’ for Palestine and Israel
In Gaza the situation is more desperate and dangerous by the day.
“We cannot sit by any longer. Churches in Australia and the world cannot remain silent in the face of such appalling inhumanity.” Rev John Gilmore
Reflection from the President
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8
“As Christians around the world celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit, we hear again the call to envisage a world that deeply honours every member of the human family and God’s creation…” Rev Dr Helen Richmond