The Australian Christian Lobby



Jim Wallace AM
Managing Director
Australian Christian Lobby

Last year proved to be a momentous one, but 2010 is shaping up to be even bigger in terms of major strategic issues as well as Federal and State elections, all with important implications for Christians.

A world in need of solutions
There is universal acknowledgement that greed and avarice have been a large factor in the current economic downturn. At the highest levels greed for profit and unsupportable bonuses and remuneration levels, while at the individual level the impatience with waiting to save for a house and other luxuries before owning them have contributed equally to this problem.

A world operating to Christian principle, believing in a fair return for work
and the biblical maxim to treat others as you would want them to treat you, would not exhibit this level of avarice or the consequences.

At the same time society is experiencing horrific levels of child abuse, neglect and homelessness, all well recorded as mainly due to the breakdown of family. As the UK’s Dr Samantha Callan, a co-author of the Breakthrough Britain report, told the ACL’s National Conference last November, support for marriage and the family is the key to social stability and reversing poverty.

And yet here in Australia, as with many nations, the natural family seems to have become “the elephant in the room” – it is the solution to so much of what we know is wrong in society, but because people are fearful of being seen as critical of other family types, we fail to promote it or hold it up as an ideal.

It is time for the church and individual Christians to enter the public debate on issues from family to economics and cause the nation to recognise the appropriateness of Christian principles to all areas of live. Please join us in this.

Support welcome
Our supporters play a vital role in a myriad of ways – such as sending emails to politicians, praying about crucial issues, and contributing to our financial support. We greatly appreciate all the support we receive!

The downturn caused by the global financial crisis would be impacting many Christian ministries, but it is important that we don’t allow it to detract from the valuable achievements being made in different areas, including that of bringing a Christian influence to bear in the public square.

With that in mind, we encourage you to prayerfully consider providing financial support to the ACL. You can become a supporter of ACL and make secure donations directly from the website at https://www.acl.org.au/donate/intro.stw

For any other financial contributions or further information, please email the national office at natoffice@acl.org.au or call us on (02) 6259 0431.

Many thanks for your support and we look forward to working with you to bring an effective influence to bear on our parliaments in 2009 and thereby engendering an increasingly moral, just and caring society.