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.
President’s Reflection
The hope and desire for peace is a common human longing. It is something we seek in all areas of life.
A Prayer for Peace
St Francis: Make me an instrument of your peace.
Prayers for Peace – Sept 23
Join the NCCA online for Lunchtime Prayers during the World Week for Peace.
Emergency support reaching Nepal and Venezuela
The past few months have seen multiple natural disasters. The world has watched in shock as earthquakes and floods have devasted communities.
Patriarch Bartholomew calls for global ecological solidarity
“Humanity must at last cease acting as though it does not know and definitively cast aside the illusion that planet Earth can in perpetuity withstand the destruction caused by human activity.”
Standing with our Pacific neighbours, Oct 6
Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) is organising a series of events around Australia as as Pacific leaders gather in Fiji this October for the Pre-COP Summit.
Visible unity between Catholic and Orthodox Christians closer now than at any time in a thousand years
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expresses his desire for restoration of full communion with the Church of Rome.
The WCC general secretary and the Korean prime minister explore renewed pathways for dialogue and peace on Korean Peninsula
Discussions focused particularly on the current absence of effective channels for inter-Korean dialogue and on the potential role of churches.
Lutheran Bishops of Norway meet with Pope Leo XIV
The meeting explored “common baptism” and the “shared mission” of Catholics and Lutherans desire to grow together in the service of peace and justice.
The Anglican Indigenous Network meets in Adelaide
Anglican Indigenous leaders from around the world meet to affirm the shared spirituality, concerns, gifts and hopes of Indigenous Anglicans, with a commitment to bring Indigenous leadership and vision more fully into the life of the Anglican Church.
The 2026 Australian Christian Book of the Year Winner
The winner brings four New Testament letters to life in a new way for readers of all ages.
Sharing the Limelight – the Salvos legacy to the world of filmmaking
The Salvation Army captured and recorded vital moments in this country’s history.
Greetings to Jewish communities on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
May these holy days invite reflection and reconciliation, and may they bring renewed hope, inner strength, and peace.
What Can Science Say About the Study of Prayer?
Prayer may not be easy to measure. Petitioning God for others is not futile. Our “thoughts and prayers” can signal to others that they are not alone and be a source of comfort to them.
International Day of Peace, 21 September
Interfaith prayer service on September 21 to celebrate the International Day of Peace.