The NSW Ecumenical Council
The NSW Ecumenical Council comprises of eighteen churches 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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The mission of the NSW Ecumenical Council is spelt out in its Statement of Objects below.
Basis
The Council is based on the acknowledgment of the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the scriptures and the readiness of the churches to fulfil their common calling to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Statement of Objects
The Council exists:
- to bear witness to the unity of the Church as both gift and calling and, in the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to promote a more profound communion-Koinonia; to be an instrument of the churches in New South Wales whereby they may grow in the understanding and fulfilment of their common calling to unity and to mission; to facilitate the quest for unity in the Church by enabling the churches
- to address together causes of division in the faith and order of the Church, and
- to pray together, acknowledging their common heritage in worship; to encourage understanding of, and participation in, the world-wide mission of God; to resource and support the churches in that mission, so that, by joint study, consultation, reflection and action,
- they may confront men and women more authentically with the gospel of Jesus Christ, and
- they may respond more effectively to human need and to the scriptural imperative to seek justice for people everywhere; to bear witness to the gospel by promoting dialogue with people of other faiths and ideologies in New South Wales.