Office Bearers – National Council of Churches in Australia

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.

communications@ncca.org.au

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 2018 –
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 1946