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The Australian Student Christian Movement (ASCM) is a Christian group with an ecumenical focus working with University students. Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the stories it teaches about the life, and actions of Jesus Christ according to the Christians book of faith, the New Testiment. ...
Christian ecumenism is the promotion of unity or cooperation between distinct religious groups or denominations of the Christian religion, more or less broadly defined. ...
// History Because of the above definition, the oldest universities in the world were all European, as the awarding of academic degrees was not a custom of older institutions of learning in Asia and Africa. ...
ASCM fosters liberal and progressive religious and social views, it has been associated with the social gospel, Christian socialist and environmentalist movements and is generally part of the Christian left. // Introduction Liberal Christianity, Progressive Christianity or Liberalism is a movement within Christianity that is often characterized by the following features: internal diversity of opinion an embracing of higher criticism of the Bible with a corresponding willingness to question supernatural elements of biblical stories (e. ...
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The Social Gospel movement is a Protestant movement that was most prominent in the late 19th and early to mid-20th century. ...
Christian Socialism generally refers to those on the Christian left whose politics are both Christian and socialist and who see these two things as being interconnected, perhaps because one derives from the other. ...
Environmentalist is a person or a group that supports any goal of the environmental movement. ...
The Christian Left encompasses those who hold a strong Christian belief and share left-wing or socialist ideals. ...
The ASCM sees itself as:
- Open … encouraging spiritual growth through understanding and tolerance of others’ viewpoints.
- Ecumenical … welcoming and affirming members from all denominations and valuing the rich diversity of Christian traditions and those of other faiths, while seeking unity in prayer and action.
- Active … seeking God’s desire for peace, justice and liberation from oppression throughout the Bible and life of Jesus, and responding to God’s call for conversion of self and transformation of society.
- Critical … taking the learning of students seriously and looking to theology, the sciences and the humanities to provide new perspectives on faith and a deeper understanding of truth and life.
The ASCM was involved in the formation of the National Union of Students, the Overseas Service Bureau and the Uniting Church in Australia. The National Union of Students is the peak representational body for Australian university students. ...
Logo of the UCA The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was formed on June 22, 1977 when the Methodist Church of Australasia, Presbyterian Church of Australia and Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union document. ...
Activism
The ASCM is - involved in the struggles for the liberation of women, and of gay, lesbian and bisexual people, in the work against racism against both migrant and Aboriginal people and the exploitation of the people and lands of the Asia-Pacific region.
Australian Aborigines are the main indigenous people of Australia. ...
Affiliations It is affiliated with the World Student Christian Federation and has close ties to the National Council of Churches in Australia, the Christian Conference of Asia) and to the World Council of Churches. The World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) is a federation of individual national Student Christian Movements (SCMs) forming the youth and student arm or the global ecumenical movement. ...
Background to the Ecumenical Movement in Australia and the NCCA The modern ecumenical movement began to take shape as the 19th century drew to a close. ...
The Christian Conference of Asia is a regional ecumenical organisation representing 15 National Councils and over 100 churches in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand. ...
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the principal international Christian ecumenical organization. ...
ASCM is part of the World Student Christian Federation Asia-Pacific Region with a biannual Regional Committee Meeting and the Pacific Sub-region (Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand with Fiji and Papua New Guinea not active.
Conflict There is at times conflict with conservative evangelical christian groups on campus, such as the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students (affiliated to the parachurch International Fellowship of Evangelical Students). The word evangelicalism usually refers to a tendency in diverse branches of Protestantism, typified by an emphasis on evangelism, a personal experience of conversion, biblically-oriented faith, and a belief in the relevance of Christian faith to cultural issues. ...
AFES is an evangelical Christian organisation that employs staff to encourage students in their Christian growth and witness. ...
Evangelicalism, in a strictly lexical, but rarely used sense, refers to all things that are implied in belief that Jesus is the savior. ...
The International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) is an association of about 160 evangelical Christian student movements worldwide. ...
See also Christian ecumenism is the promotion of unity or cooperation between distinct religious groups or denominations of the Christian religion, more or less broadly defined. ...
Background to the Ecumenical Movement in Australia and the NCCA The modern ecumenical movement began to take shape as the 19th century drew to a close. ...
The World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) is a federation of individual national Student Christian Movements (SCMs) forming the youth and student arm or the global ecumenical movement. ...
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