National Assembly

Published on Monday, 27 June 2011

Each year CRA holds a National Assembly which all congregational leaders are invited to attend. The main focus of this annual conference is to gather religious leaders for sharing, support and networking.  The event also provides an opportunity to inform leaders on current trends and concerns of relevance to them.

Each assembly is organised around a topical theme. Some of the themes that have been featured over the past few years include:

• 'See I am doing a new thing': the changing face of religious life and the challenges (2011)
• Commitment to ecology and the following of Jesus (2010)
• Australian Religious in a multi-faith society (2009)
• Our multicultural Australian Church (2008)
• Being neighbours in the Pacific (2007)

The assemblies include expert speakers and workshop presentations which aim to inform, challenge and inspire those attending. The annual gathering is an invaluable opportunity for leaders to focus on a particular topic in-depth and to propose projects and initiatives for the following two years.

Some of the outcomes of previous conferences have been the development of a program for newly arrived overseas Religious, which introduces them to the Australian church and culture. Other initiatives include a series of multi-faith talks throughout regional Australia, a canon law course for religious leaders, and establishing an ecology sub-committee to promote caring for creation and sustainable solutions among congregations and the wider community.

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