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The Australian Council of Churches was formed out of the Australian Committee of the World Council of Churches. In 1994 the name was changed to the National Council of Churches in Australia. Initially a Protestant body, the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches joined in the 1960s, and the Catholic Church became a full member in 1994. There are currently 19 member churches, and the Council works with state ecumenical councils. http://www.ncca.org.au/

St Andrew's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, consecrated in 1868. It was designed by Edmund Blacket in the Gothic Revival style. St Andrew's Cathedral School was founded in 1885, and there is a choir of men and boys which sings at Sunday services and weekday evensong. There is also a healing service and Bible studies. The building has heritage listing with the National Trust of Australia.

St John's Church was opened and consecrated in 1906 as a branch church of St Michael's Cathedral, Wollongong.

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.

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)'.

A broadcasting license was granted to the NSW Council of Churches in 1931, with the first broadcast made on Radio 2CH in 1932. In 1936 Amalgamated Wireless Australasia took over the operation of 2CH. In 1944 the station facilities were purchased by Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia). As a result of changes to the Broadcasting and Television Act 1969, in 1970 the NSW Council of Churches Broadcasting Company was established and became the licensee of 2CH. In 1989 a new company, Council of Churches Broadcasters Pty Ltd was established, and Radio 2CH Pty Ltd was also established to hold the broadcasting license and operate the station. In 1995 CCB sold its shares in 2CH to Radio Superhighway Pty Ltd, now known as Macquarie Radio Network. In 2011, a Deed of Trust was executed between the NSW Council of Churches and CCB, creating a Broadcasting Committee which integrates the broadcasting activities of the two bodies. CCB and the Broadcasting Committee meet conjointly.
In 2015 the Macquarie Radio Network merged with the Fairfax Radio network to form the Macquarie Media Network, which required them to divest themselves of 2CH. In January 2017, 2CH was sold to a consortium of Oceania Capital Partners, Glenn Wheatley and John Williams. In June 2020, it was sold to Pacific Star Network, who switched it to a DAB+ only channel, before it went off air in June 2022.

The IVF General Committee was the governing body of Inter Varsity Fellowship Australia. It was made up of the General Secretary, the Prayer Secretary, the Treasurer, Representative for Women Students, Missionary Secretary, four graduates and representatives from the Universities of Queensland, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania and Western Australia. The state representatives were the Presidents of the Union or Fellowship in that state.

The inaugural meeting of the Australian Historical Society was held on March 15th 1901. The Australian Historical Society Journal and Proceedings was first published in 1906, and the use of the prefix 'Royal' was granted in 1918. They have been based in History House in Macquarie St Sydney since 1971. Members are individuals, affiliated societies, libraries and corporations. http://www.rahs.org.au/welcome-royal-australian-historical-society/our-history/