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haplaincy Australia is the ACC’s network of Chaplains delivering professional support and care across every aspect of Australian society, particularly in times of crisis.
Chaplaincy Australia is delivering effective frontline support across Australia at higher levels than ever before. We currently have over 500 Chaplains and Associates and over 800 members in the network. This has exceeded our growth goal of 7% per annum. • We have an incredible unified team working across all States • We are receiving more and more requests for Chaplains • More individuals are embarking on Chaplaincy Training • We have good systems in place and we are ready to grow Chaplaincy is progressively becoming part of the DNA of our movement. During the last 24 months, our Chaplains have been tried and tested with multiple deployments to disaster settings and support of our community during COVID19. Our Chaplains minister in almost every sector of Australian Society and it is true to say that wherever there is a group of people, there is an opportunity for a Chaplain to make a difference. Chaplaincy Australia is ready and enthusiastic to become one of the principal providers of highly skilled, thoroughly trained and passionate Chaplains across Australia. Leadership Pastor Ralph Estherby is the National Director/CEO of Chaplaincy Australia and he reports to the National Board. Whilst a ‘national entity’, the ministry of Chaplaincy happens at the ‘grass roots’ level in each of the States. Effective state teams are working with their State Executives, and they ‘tailor’ their response to meet the needs of the State they serve. The National Board is chaired by Andrew Coghlan who works with the other members Sonny Yee, Kerrie Frizzell, John Spinella and Bronwyn Bonnell. We have an excellent team of State Directors including: New South Wales – Deb Kuhna Queensland – Angie Herranz South Australia – Jeff Marshall Victoria – Glenise Dedrick Western Australia – Jody Sisley We want to acknowledge the incredible work that is being done by this great team and the many volunteers who support them. I would also like to honour the previous State Directors who served during this conference period: Pastor Susan Marcuccio (now CA National Supervision Director) and Pastor Shane Brigg both made significant contributions to their States.
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