All the members were looking forward to it. The special Interim Committee had laboured over crossing the t's and dotting the i's, but...

In 1989 Shirin Samuel, Executive Secretary of the FLC (Fellowship of the Least Coin), issued a report to FLC members. The FLC had been...

Even though the Fellowship of the Least Coin (FLC) prayer movement is not a fundraising body, it has witnessed not only miraculous...

Since its earliest days, Australian Church Women (ACW) has distributed and produced numerous non-denominational resources for women. Some...

Marjory Verco’s outline of the beginnings of Australian Church Women (ACW) continues this week with the progress made after the formation...

I find it fascinating to look in the National Archive files of Australian Church Women (ACW) and see how our organisation developed over...

Next month we celebrate World Community Day, and next week, on 1 October, we begin a month of prayers leading up to this event. This...

On the eve of the 25th anniversary year of the Fellowship of the Least Coin (FLC) prayer movement, a celebration took place to mark this...

O loving Creator, we present ourselves in your divine presence to thank you for all the bountiful gifts of life. We are especially...

A couple of weeks ago, my attention was caught when I was reading some of our old newsletters in the archives of Australian Church Women...

We extend thanks again to the family of Edna (Roughley) Beales for supplying further information to give us a clearer picture of who Edna...

[Updated 6 June 2020 and 29 July 2020] Another request for information, from our ACW blog, has been answered by the delivery of a very...

In 1971, Australian Church Women (ACW) suggested projects to be assisted by grants from the Fellowship of the Least Coin (FLC): the...

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

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

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

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....

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...

In 1963, the Interim Committee of Australian Church Women was advised that a mystery gift had arrived at the office of the Australian Council of Churches — a gift of US$1,000. It was sent on behalf of the Fellowship of the Least Coin from the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland, and it was to be used for ‘work among Australian aboriginal girls’. But who or what was the Fellowship of the Least Coin? And why were they sending funds to Australia? Very few Australian

Welcome to the Herstory blog of Australian Church Women Inc. I’m Donna, the current National Archivist for Australian Church Women (ACW)