Council for Christian Education in Schools
| Registration no. | ABN 59 004 240 779 |
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Area served
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Victoria |
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Key people
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CEO - Canon Dr Evonne Paddison |
| Website | accessministries.org.au |
The Council for Christian Education in Schools is an Australian religious organisation which also operates under the name of Access Ministries, as an inter-denominational body providing Christian education and chaplaincy services in state schools in Victoria.
Its stated mission is the, "transforming [of] lives of young people and their communities".
Religious instruction was an important component of the curriculum of the first school in Melbourne, established in July 1840. Over the next 80 years, forms of religious education for Victorian children were debated. The Joint Council for Religious Instruction in State Schools (the fore-runner of the Council for Christian Education in Schools) was established in 1920.
Access Ministries is supported by 11 Christian denominations: the Anglican Church of Australia; Australian Christian Churches (Assemblies of God in Australia); the Baptist Union of Victoria; Christian Brethren Fellowships in Victoria; Christian Reformed Churches of Australia; CRC Churches International; Churches of Christ in Australia; the Lutheran Church of Australia; the Presbyterian Church of Australia; the Salvation Army; and the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia.
The work of Access Ministries is over-sighted by eight board members. The CEO of the organisation is Canon Dr Evonne Paddison, who was appointed in 2006.
Access Ministries received almost $20 million in government funding between 2009 and 2012. They recorded a combined loss of $984,498 for those four years, according to documents lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Access Ministries has said that it expects to make a small surplus in 2013.
The organisation established the Access Ministries Training Institute for religious vocational training and higher education. Victorian education minister, Martin Dixon, attended the launch of the training institute.
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