ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection
HMSS 0139 Canberra Interchurch Council Papers
Scope and Content Notes
| Call Number |
HMSS 0139 |
|---|---|
| Collection |
Canberra Interchurch Council Papers |
| Date Range |
1959 – 1978 |
| Quantity |
0.18 m (1 manuscript box) |
| Access Conditions | open |
| Copying Conditions | unstated |
| Related Collections | HMSS 0285 ACT Churches Council |
The Australian Committee for the World Council of Churches was founded in 1946 as an expression of the ecumenical movement in Australia. Its aims and activities include promotion of Christian unity, evangelism and service to the community, education, missions and overseas aid, race relations, Aboriginal welfare and youth affairs. In 1960 its name was changed to Australian Council of Churches (ACC). In 1994 the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) succeeded the ACC. Records of the Acustralian Council of Chruches are held at the National Library of Australia.
The Canberra Interchurch Council was one of several autonomous state/territory based branches of the Australian Council of Churches. The state branches served their individual and congregational members in matters of State concern and action and especially to assist local inter-church co-operation.
The Canberra Interchurch Council attended some meetings of the Joint Commission on Church Development in the ACT (later the ACT Churches Council) but were not formally affiliated.
Box List
| Box No. | Description | Qty | Date Range |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Correspondence General correspondence, June 1971 – November 1973 |
1 file |
1971-1973 |
|
1 |
Correspondence General correspondence, August 1975 – October 1978 |
1 file |
1975-1978 |
|
1 |
Membership Institutional membership lists |
1 folder |
1969 |
|
1 |
Membership Individual membership correspondence |
1 folder |
1975 |
|
1 |
Membership Membership cards – current members filed alphabetically, changed or ceased memberships separate, undated |
2 bundles cards |
1969-1978 |
|
1 |
Project Files Racism, land rights, aborigines – includes articles and brochures on the establishment of NADOC (now NAIDOC), National Missionary Council of Australia policy on aborigines, assimilation of aborigines, aboriginal land rights in the ACT, United Nations International Year Against Racial Discrimination |
1 file |
1959 – 1971 |
|
1 |
Project Files Action for World Development; documents relating to World Council of Churches campaigns in support of countries and groups disadvantaged by natural disasters and oppression
|
1 file |
1971 – 1976 |
|
1 |
Meeting Papers
|
2 folders |
1971-1978 |
|
1 |
Publications All in the Same Boat. A Study Guide to the First Letter of Peter. Canberra Inter-Church Council, 1970. Keith Rayner. An Anglican Response to the Proposed Basis of Union [of the Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches in Australia]. 1972 J. J. Mol. Pride and Prejudice in Denominational Divisions. Lecture given to the Cooma Council of Churches, 24 September 1964 |
1 folder |
|
|
1 |
World, Australian and State Councils of Churches World Council of Churches These are background papers and articles, meeting papers and minutes received from parent and sister Councils by the Canberra Interchurch Council |
1 folder |
1968-1978 |
|
1 |
World, Australian and State Councils of Churches Australian Council of Churches
These are background papers and articles, meeting papers and minutes received from parent and sister Councils by the Canberra Interchurch Council |
2 folders |
1968-1978 |
|
1 |
World, Australian and State Councils of Churches State Councils
These are background papers and articles, meeting papers and minutes received from parent and sister Councils by the Canberra Interchurch Council |
2 folders |
1968-1978 |
|
Badges Two variants of the World Council of Churches oikumene badge; one is brooch style, the other designed to fit round a button. |
1 envelope |