 The New South Wales Ecumenical Council is a fellowship of churches (currently, sixteen) in the state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Its ecumenical endeavour is about churches working together in mission. This mission has three foundations: maintaining "the unity of the Spirit in the bonds of peace" [Ephesians 4: 3], being committed to the Gospel and to proclaiming it together, and living out the implications of the Gospel for service in the world.
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Basis and Objects
The Council oversees the work of the churches together and the mission of the NSW Ecumenical Council is spelt out in its Statement of Objects to which all member Churches assent. It is a fundamental ecumenical principle that no Church needs to do anything against its conscience, so that the life of the NSW Ecumenical Council is centred on the unity and core truths of God in Jesus Christ.
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History
The NSW Ecumenical Council was established to be the instrument through which the churches seek to be faithful to their ecumenical calling and commitment. The NSW Ecumenical Council is one of seven State/Territory councils of churches, all of which are affiliated with the National Council of Churches in Australia. Together they make up the network of the churches' ecumenical instruments in this country, and through them the churches are linked to the wider ecumenical movement, nationally, regionally and internationally.
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How we work
The NSW Ecumenical Council is accountable to its Member Churches who are represented on its Council (which meets twice a year) and directed by an Executive (elected by the AGM). Members of the Commission are nominated, or agreed, by the respective Member Churches and a close relationship is pursued with Church Leaders.
Unity and Service are seen as the two fundamental and intertwined aspects of the mission of Churches Together and forur working areas have been designated for work: Theological Reflections, Social Justice, Partnership for Development and Local Ecumenism. Care for Creation and inter-religious relationships are also given specific attention. |
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General Secretary's Report 2008
Each year at the AGM, alongside reports from other sections of the work of churches together in NSW and the ACT, the General Secretary provides a report on the development of the NSW Ecumenical Council. |
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INITIATIVES
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SERVICES/PROJECTS
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