With Mother’s Day almost upon us, I was attracted by a heading that I spotted when browsing the Archives of Australian Church Women...

Almost 12 months old, the infant National Committee of Australian Church Women (ACW) held its second gathering in January 1966 at St...

This was the theme of the third assembly of the Asian Church Women’s Conference (ACWC) in 1966. Two Australians attended this assembly...

Many organisations today lament that their membership numbers are not increasing and that bureaucracy, as well as distractions of other...

In 2019, I spent Easter in Perth visiting my parents. The year before, I celebrated Easter with friends in Louisville, Kentucky, in the...

Palm Sunday Tomorrow, 5 April 2020, is Palm Sunday, and as I searched the archives of Australian Church Women for past messages on...

Internationally, March is Women’s History Month. As March draws to a close, many websites, blogs, and other forms of social networking...

THE GATE OF THE YEAR ‘God Knows' And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: “Give me a light that I may tread safely into...

The Fellowship of the Least Coin is an extraordinary vision that was given to Shanti Solomon, the founder of this prayer movement. It...

‘International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The...

As the first Friday in March rapidly approaches, Christians around the world will begin to heed the call to gather for the annual World...

Almost 54 years ago, in June 1966, Australian Church Women awarded the second Winifred Kiek Scholarship to Miss Sabita Devi Swarup of...

The ASIAN CHURCH WOMEN'S CONFERENCE was conceived by women of vision and women who dared to dream dreams in the post-World War II years....

On Tuesday 11 February 2020, Australian Church Women will celebrate 55 years since our constitution was ratified and our national body...

Each year on Australia Day, Australia celebrates and honours the significant achievements and contributions of various Australians by...

In the National Archives of Australian Church Women, there is an inspirational bio of The Reverend Winifred Kiek MA, BD, that was deposited several years ago by the South Australian Unit of ACW. It gives us insight to her groundbreaking involvement and ‘glass ceiling’ splintering in the areas of theology, social issues, peace, law, justice, and creative arts. It is no wonder she was called a pioneer in the life and work of Australian women in the church. I have reproduced thi

Would you like to hear Shanti Solomon speaking to you? I know I would. In the National Archives of Australian Church Women, there is a...

This New Year message is from the January 1972 ACW National newsletter 'Women at Work'. ANOTHER YEAR has dawned and for all of us in...

[Updated 6 June 2020] In 1962, the Australian Council of Churches (ACC) received an invitation from Mrs Louise Paw, of Burma, for an...

A Christmas message from the pages of the November 1977 ACW National newsletter ‘Women at Work’. The members of the Working Committee...