About Us
Our Governing Body
Members of the governing body for Act for Peace, are appointed by the National Council of Churches in Australia during its triennial Forum. The current Commissioners are:
The Reverend Elenie Poulos CWSC Chair, (Uniting Church in Australia NSW) MA, BTh, CWSC Standing Committee, Member NCCA Social Justice Network, Member Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (World Council of Churches), National Director UnitingJustice Australia.
Bishop Philip Huggins CWSC Deputy Chair (Anglican Church of Australia Victoria) CWSC Standing Committee, Chair Brotherhood of St Laurence, Chair of Anglican General Synod Ecumenical Relations Commission, Bishop of the Northern and Western Region, Melbourne.
The Reverend John Gilmore (Churches of Christ, Victoria) BThL, MThL, DipMin, Executive Director the Australian Churches of Christ Global Mission Partners, CWSC Standing Committee and member of NCCA Finance Committee.
Lieutenant Colonel Ray Wilson CWSC Standing Committee, (The Salvation Army, NSW & Queensland) Territorial Property Secretary, member Queensland Churches Together Executive.
Archbishop Aghan Baliozian OAM (Armenian Apostolic Church NSW) MA, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia and New Zealand and Member of the Executive of the NSW Ecumenical Council.
Father Michael Delaney (Roman Catholic Church, Tasmania) Parish Priest, Naval Reserve Chaplain, member of the Tasmanian Council of Churches, member of the National Board of Converge International.
The Reverend Gregor Henderson (Uniting Church in Australia, ACT) BA, BD, Immediate Past President of the Uniting Church in Australia, Minister, Wesley Uniting Church Canberra, member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches.
Simon Michail (Coptic Orthodox Church) Financial Manager of the Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Sydney & Affiliated Regions, Member of the General Advisory Board COC, Secretary of the Finance Department COC, NCCA Finance Committee.
Father James Minchin (Anglican Church of Australia, Victoria) BA (Hons), MA (Hons), ThL (Hons), Vicar, Christ Church St Kilda.
Jackie Perkins (The Religious Society of Friends, NSW) Executive Administrator, Quaker Service Australia, NCCA Finance Committee.
Peter Schirmer (Lutheran Church of Australia, NSW) BA (Hons), MDS, Executive Secretary, Australian Lutheran World Service.
The Reverend Tara Curlewis, ex-officio, General Secretary of the NCCA.
Alistair Gee, BA, LLB, MAICD, ex-officio, Executive Director of Act for Peace.
