Call for constitutionally guaranteed Voice 

Released:  8:00 am, Wednesday 22 February 2023

Reverend John Gilmore, President of National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) is a joint signatory to the Open Letter from Australia’s leaders of major religious organisations to federal parliamentarians on 22 February 2023. The letter calls for support of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament as requested in the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart.

‘So this is Christmas and what have you done’?

"May the grace and beauty of Christmas create hope in us and guide our actions."  

NCCA and its member churches invite you to join together and pray for hope and compassion this Christmas.

First Peoples Voice, Diaspora and Migrant worker issues highlighted at first meeting

PCPAN Release: Friday 22 July, 2022

Representatives of Pacific and Australian Churches have concluded the first face to face meeting of the Pacific Church Partnership Advisory Network (‘PCPAN’) in Canberra, with a focus on self-determination, Pacific migrant labour, development in the Pacific and an affirmation of the vital role of Churches, faith-based agencies and civil society organisations as development actors in their own right.

MEDIA RELEASE: Thursday 12 May 2022

The NCCA invites you to affirm and celebrate our connections to each other and God’s call to unity during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 29 May to 5 June 2022.

“Beyond our differences, there are expressions of warmth, respect and of our common humanity.” NCCA President Rev John Gilmore

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.     1 Peter 1:3

Messages from our churches speak to our Australian and world context in this year’s Easter Sunday celebration of Jesus Christ’s resurrection or rising from the dead after being crucified or put to death on the day called Good Friday.

The 14 messages follow. 

MEDIA RELEASE: Monday 7 March 2022

New President Rev John Gilmore chaired his first Board meeting for the National Council of Churches in Australia on Ash Wednesday 2 March.  His opening reflection on the Churches’ season of Lent was based on Luke 9: 51-56, when Jesus “resolutely turned his face towards Jerusalem”.  

Pray for a healing and renewing peace this Christmas.

The peace that is revealed in Jesus transforms people and situations.  NCCA and its members invite you to join together and pray for a revelation of peace this Christmas.

ANDCMJ JOINT STATEMENT: 

A Call by Jewish, Muslim and Christian Leaders in Australia

"As representatives of the three peak bodies today we affirm our common commitment to care for human life and the natural world."

Church leaders unite across the region to call for climate action 

MEDIA RELEASE: Wednesday 20 October 2021

Churches from across Australia and the Pacific region have joined together to call on the Australian Government to step up its part in global action addressing climate change. 

NCCA and ARRCC Media Release

11 August 2021

“As people of faith, we need to know, in detail, how our Federal Government and Opposition will respond to this Report with appropriate policies and budgeting” says Bishop Philip Huggins.

NCCA ACRT Media Release

“Our churches, and other faith communities, are willing and able to be more involved in supporting refugees in our communities.... But we need government to make the changes... and encourage this community movement by giving permanent protection." Ms. Elizabeth Stone, NCCA General Secretary.

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. (2 Thessalonians 2:16–17 NIV)

Messages from our churches speak to our Australian and world context in this year’s Easter Sunday celebration of Jesus Christ’s resurrection or rising from the dead after being crucified or put to death on the day called Good Friday.

The 14 messages follow.

MEDIA RELEASE – 19 January 2021

Writing to the Prime Minister, Hon Scott Morrison, … President of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA), Bishop Philip Huggins has suggested “that for this January 26, you might announce a reconsideration of the Uluru Statement from the Heart.”

Preparing Optimistically for Christmas.

Gracious God,

We give thanks, as with optimistic hearts, we are once again renewed by the Nativity scene of Christmas....

Media Statement 15 May 2020

In this time of uncertainty and increased anxiety the The National Council of Churches in Australia has joined together with organisations of many other faiths to share a united voice. 

 “ Compassion is at the heart of our faiths. It is our unifying ethic."