Christian Anti-Communism Crusade of Australia
The Christian Anti-Communism Crusade was founded in 1953 by Australian physician Dr Fred Schwarz (1913-2009). In the 1960s the headquarters was moved to Long Beach, California. in 1961 the Southern California School of Anti-Communism was held with 16,000 delegates. Dr Schwarz published a fortnightly newsletter and the book 'You can trust the Communists (to be Communist)'.
The Uniting Church came into being on 22 June 1977, after three denominations – Congregational Union in Australia, the Methodist Church of Australasia, and the Presbyterian Church of Australia – joined together.
Presbyterian Church of Australia
The Presbyterian Church in Australia was formed shortly after Federation when Presbyterian churches from different states came together. Two-thirds of the churches joined the Uniting Church in 1977. The church is governed by elders, who meet with the minister at a local level at the Kirk Session. The national General Assembly meets every three years. Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism.
National Evangelical Anglican Congress
The National Evangelical Anglican Congress is a conference for evangelical churches within the Anglican Communion. It was first held in 1967 at Keele University, Staffordshire.
Jane Sophia Harden was born in Windemere, England. She married Frederic Barker in 1840 and travelled with him to Sydney in 1855 when he was made Bishop of Sydney. They had no children. Working alongside her husband in ministering to women, children and the poor of the diocese, she founded St Catherine's School in Waverley in 1856 for the daughters of the clergy. The climate affected her health and she died in 1876. http://webjournals.ac.edu.au/ojs/index.php/ADEB/article/view/1327/1324
Frederic Barker was born in Derbyshire, England, studied at Cambridge and was ordained in 1832. After a tour of Ireland for the Irish Home Mission Society he became Rector of St Mary's Edge Hill, near Liverpool (1835-1853). He married Jane Sophia Harden in 1840. In 1855 he was appointed Bishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of Australia, and he and Jane sailed to Sydney. He oversaw the foundation of Moore College and St Paul's College at the University of Sydney, as well as the formation of the Church Society in 1856. After Jane's death in 1876 he married Mary Jane Woods in 1878. In 1880 he travelled to England and then to Italy, in order to improve his health, but died in San Remo in 1882. Mary Jane died in 1910.
Phillip Jensen studied at Moore College from 1967-1970. He became Anglican chaplain to the University of NSW in 1975 and Rector of St Matthias' Centennial Park in 1978. From 1983-1991 he was Chairman of Katoomba Convention Council, then from 2003-2014 he was Dean of Sydney. He established the Ministry Training Strategy and Matthias Media. He currently works with Two Ways Ministries.
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