Links and Networks – Victorian Council of Churches

International

Thursdays in Black (a program of the WCC)

National

Act for Peace is the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA). Act for Peace organizes the annual Christmas Bowl Appeal

States

New South Wales Ecumenical Council (NSWEC)
Street: Level 7, 379 Kent St, Sydney NSW 2000
Postal: Locked Bag Q199, Queen Victoria Building NSW 1230
Ph: (02) 9299 2215
Email: nswec [a] ncca.org.au

Queensland Churches Together (QCT)
Rev David Baker
Postal: PO Box 2096, Toowong QLD 4066
Ph: (07) 3369 6792
Email: admin [a] qct.org.au

Tasmanian Council of Churches (TCC)
Postal: 23 Clarence Street, Bellerive, TAS 7018
Ph: 0499 016 969
Email: tcctas [a] bigpond.net.au

Churches Together SA (CTSA)
Rev Anne Hewitt
Street: 5/7 Gray St, Woodville Gardens SA 5000
Office: 0477 019 163
Email: admin [a] churchestogethersa.org.au

Council of Churches WA (CCWA)
Simone Micke, gensec [a] churcheswa.org.au
Mobile: 0423 355 801
Office: 4A Centro Ave, Subiaco WA 6008
Ph: (08) 6186 6039; info [a] churcheswa.org.au
Ecumenical [a] churcheswa.com.au

Northern Territory Council of Churches (NTCC)
Rev Helen Richmond
Postal: Uniting Church House
PO Box 38221, Winnellie NT 0821
Ph: (08) 8982 3400
Email: ppnaadmin [a] ns.uca.org.au

Interfaith relations

The VCC relates to a number of faith based community organisations, including:

FCCV (Faith Communities Council of Victoria)
Established in 2010, the Faith Communities Council of Victoria (FCCV) is Victoria’s umbrella multifaith body. FCCV seeks to promote positive relations between people of different faiths and greater public knowledge and mutual understanding of the teachings, customs and practices of Victoria’s diverse faith traditions.

JCCV (Jewish Community Council of Victoria Inc)
The JCCV is the peak representative body for Victorian Jewry, representing about 55 Jewish community organisations.

JCMA (Jewish Christian Muslim Association of Australia)
The JCMA is a not for profit organisation which aims to reduce racism, intolerance, bigotry and violence and the associated emotional harm through creating and providing forums for interfaith dialogue and shared experience.

CCJV (Council of Christians and Jews Victoria)
CCJV aims to educate Christians and Jews to appreciate each other’s distinctive beliefs, practices and commonalities

Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission (Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne)

Interfaith Networks and Councils

Reconciliation/Aboriginal and Islander matters

ANTaR Victoria

First Peoples Assembly of Victoria

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission: ‘Anti-Racism Race’ resource

Refugee networks and resources see separate page here.

Other advocacy and community networks
Catholic Social Services Victoria

Climate Matters
Australian Conservation Foundation

ARRCC (Australian Religious Response to Climate Change)

Faith Ecology Network (and on Facebook)

Students
Australian Student Christian Movement (Victoria)
(What is ASCM?)

Palestine Israel
PIEN – Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network
PIEN Newsletter 31.8.2022

Melbourne City Churches in Action (MCCIA)
The MCCIA is an ecumenical organisation of churches in the Inner City of Melbourne, Australia, and the Melbourne City Mission that works together to build relationships and understanding by:
* Conducting events to foster the spiritual life of the City
* Producing collaborative information about the churches of the inner city
* Cooperating in advocating policies of social reform
* Meeting together to share information and fellowship
* Worshipping together in our different churches
The MCCIA coordinates activities during the year including The Way of the Cross to bring Melbourne’s Christian community together, to build relationships and understanding between the churches and with the city, and to raise awareness of the city churches’ activities within the wider community. The churches are:
Collins St Baptist Church
Cross Culture Church of Christ
German Lutheran Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Melbourne City Mission
Melbourne Welsh Church
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
St Augustine’s Catholic Church
St Francis’ Catholic Church
St James’ Old Cathedral (Anglican)
St Johns Southgate
St Michael’s Uniting Church
St Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral
St Paul’s Cathedral (Anglican)
St Peter’s Eastern Hill (Anglican)
St Verena’s and St Bishoy’s Coptic Orthodox Church
The Scots’ Church (Presbyterian)
Wesley Uniting Church
MCCIA Contact: secretary [a]mccia.org.au,
PO Box 12399, 58 Franklin Street, Melbourne, VIC 8006
Office Bearers:
Rev Alistair Macrae, Wesley Uniting Church, Convenor
Rev. Dr Sandy Yule, Wesley Uniting Church, Deputy Convenor
Ms Stefanie Pearce, Collins Street Baptist Church, Secretary
Ms Claudia Barduhn, Society of Friends-West Melbourne (Quakers), Treasurer
Committee members:
Ms Irmtrud Doblin, German Lutheran Trinity Kirche;
Fr Jo Dirks, St Francis Catholic Church/Community of Blessed Sacramen

Victorian InterChurch Councils

Altona Council of Churches
Altona/Laverton Council of Churches
Ashburton-Glen Iris InterChurch Council
Balwyn InterChurch Council*
Balwyn North InterChurch Council
Box Hill Chaplaincy*
~~Burwood & Districts InterChurch Council~~ (Feb 2022)
Canterbury Council of Churches
Cavendish Combined Churches
Chelsea & District InterChurch Council*
Coburg InterChurch Council
Collingwood InterChurch Council
Croydon InterChurch Council
Dandenong Ranges InterChurch Council
Deepdene InterChurch Council
Dromana/Red Hill/Rosebud InterChurch Council
Ecumenical Committee for N & W Melbourne
Glen Waverley InterChurch Council*
Hawthorn InterChurch Council
Heidelberg-East Ivanhoe InterChurch Council
Highett-Moorabbin InterChurch Council
Ivanhoe Churches Together*
(now Banyule Churches Together BCT)
Katamatite Combined Churches
Kew InterChurch Council
Maffra Combined Churches
Manningham InterChurch Council
Maroondah Council of Churches
Maroondah Fellowship of Churches
Maryborough Dist InterChurch Fellowship
Maryborough InterChurch Council
Melton InterChurch Council
(Melton Christian Ministers Association)
Mildura Ministers Fellowship (MMF) – see Sunraysia Ministers Fellowship
Minyip InterChurch Council
Mount Eliza InterChurch Council
Mt Martha Clergy Network
Mt Waverley/Chadstone InterChurch Council* (MWCICC)
Murtoa InterChurch Council
North Balwyn InterChurch Council
Northcote/Thornbury InterChurch Council
Numurkah InterChurch Council
Ouyen InterChurch Council
Phillip Island InterChurch Council
Portland Ministers Association
Reservoir Unity Group
Rosedale InterChurch Council
Rupanyup InterChurch Council
~~Sandringham InterChurch Council~~
Shepparton InterChurch Council
Sorrento/Tootgarook InterChurch Council
Southport Parks InterChurch Council
St Arnaud Ed Prayer Group
St John’s Rectory
St Kilda Christian Workers
Stawell InterChurch Council*
Strathmore InterChurch Council
Sunbury Lay Ecumenical Committee
Sunraysia Ministers Fellowship
Toorak Ecumenical Movement
Wangaratta InterChurch Council*
(Warrandyte and Park Orchards ICC)
Whitehorse-Eastern Region InterChurch Council
Williamstown Fellowship of Churches
Winchelsea InterChurch Council
Wonthaggi & Inverloch InterChurch Council*
Woomelang InterChurch Council