Contributors
The Canberra Declaration is the work of many individual Christians, clergy and Christian ministries, representing a wide variety of denominations. Over 20 Christian leaders and clergy were involved in the drafting process.
Dr Graham McLennan, National Alliance of Christian Leaders, Bill Muehlenberg, Vice President of the Victorian Family Association and founder of CultureWatch and Warwick Marsh from the Australian Christian Values Institute played a key role in getting the project underway. Dr Lachlan Dunjey, Morality in Medicine and Jude Hennessey also helped the drafting process assisted by Ros Phillips, FamilyVoice Australia, along with many others. Catholic and Anglican clergy and laity provided valuable input to the final draft.
The Canberra Declaration was released during the ‘Government of God’ Conference, Parliament House, Canberra on Friday 23rd July 2010.
This website has been built and maintained by the Australian Christian Values Institute and the team at Australian Heart Ministries.
Key Signatories
Please note: This list is a sample of just some of the leaders who signed the Canberra Declaration shortly after 23 July 2010 on the lawns of Parliament House. As such this is a snapshot of history.
Not all leaders who have signed the Canberra Declaration are listed. Some have passed on to glory and others have retired from the positions listed. This list is preserved as is to honour the courage of the early signees who bravely made a stand for the Judeo-Christian Values that our nation is built on. We honour them for their historic commitment to the truth and thank them for their support past and present.
Fr. Brian Ahearn: Catholic Church
Rev. Tim Anderson: St John’s Anglican Church, Healesville
Major Ron Anderson: Senior Chaplain – NSW Rural Fire Service
Jerome Appleby: Australian Family Association (SA)
Ps. Barry Benz: Churches of Christ
Rev. Gregory Blaxland: Anglican Church
Colin Bennett: Focus on the Family Australia
Archbishop Mark Coleridge: Catholic Church
Cannon John Cornford: Anglican Church
Dr. Raymond Dart:Tamworth Baptist Church
Dr. Lachlan Dunjey: Medicine With Morality
Fr. Martin Durham: Catholic Parish of Rockhampton
Chaplain Stephen Dyer: Bikers 4 Christ
Lt.Col. Keith Earl: The Salvation Army
Ps. Rob Feeney: Grace Point Christian Church
Major Henk Fernee: The Salvation Army
Mary-Louise Fowler: Vice-President, Australian Family Association
Ps. Jim Garlick: River City Christian Church Hobart
Ps. Brian Gesling: Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia
Rev. Craig Gibbon: Entheos Mission Outreach Inc
Christopher Gordon: Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney
Ps. James Goss: Chinese Support Ministries
Ps. Ian Grant: Harvest Bible College
Jenny Hagger: Australian House of Prayer for All Nations
Jude Hennessy: Director of CCD, (Catholic Church Offices) Diocese of Wollongong
Desmond Higgs: Ministries of Ten Thousand Men
Ps. Norman Hughes: Presbyterian Church of QLD
Ps. Ben Irawan: Life Centre
Ps. Ian Jack: New Life A.O.G. Nambour
Ps. Daryl James: Daryl James Ministries
Ps. Neil Johnson: Apostolic Church (Australia)
Peter Kentley: Christian Federation
Lynne Klompe: Parliamentary Prayer Network
Dr. Glenda Lattimore: Living Well Psychological Services
Warwick & Alison Marsh: Dads4Kids Fatherhood Foundation
Ps. Peter Magee: Presbyterian Church of NSW
Ps. Donny McGregor: Generation Fire inc
Dr. Graham McLennan: National Alliance of Christian Leaders
Norman Miller: Centre for International Reconciliation and Peace
Ps. Alan Millard: Voice of Victory Church
John Miller: Australian Christian Values Institute
Paul Monagle: Australian Family Association (ACT)
Bill Muehlenberg: Culture Watch
Ann Outred: Relationshipcentral Australia
Dennis Outred: National Marriage Week
Ps. John Pendlebury: Wayside Chapel
David & Roslyn Phillips: FamilyVoice Australia
Brian Pickering: Australian Prayer Network
Keith Pond: Christians Against Poverty
Ps. Peter Rahme: Christian Worldview Ministries
Mark Reidy: Catholic Record Newspaper
Dr. Joseph Santamaria: Christian Leader
Ps. Bronwyn Shepherd: Foursquare Australia
Rev. Thomas Slockee: Anglican Church (Aboriginal)
Ps. Tony Smits: CRC Churches International
Jack Sonneman: Federation for the Family
Fr. Philip Soulsby: Catholic Church
Rev. Dale Stephenson: Crossway Baptist Church
Peter Stokes: Salt Shakers Inc
Trevor Suitor: Men of Integrity
Ps. Elton Thompson: Aboriginal & Islander Christian Fellowship
Ps. Rob Urban: Logan City Christian Church
Rev. Albert Veldman: Free Reformed Church of Southern River
Jim Wallace: Australian Christian Lobby
Dr. Geoff Waugh: Renewal Journal
Ian Worby: United Christian Broadcasters Australia Ltd
Rev. Ian Wright: Barnabas Fund Australia
Rev. Dae Sop Yoon: Orange Prayer House-International Reach
David & Marilyn Rowsome: Canberra Declaration