Australian Christian Valutes Institute Website

The Australian Christian Values Institute is an initiative of the board of Australian Heart Ministries, a non-profit charity dedicated to the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Australian Christian Values Institute has a vision to 'renew the Christian vision of Australia for the common good'.

There has been much discussion and debate about values over the last few years in Australia. What are Australian values and how do they relate to Christian values?

                                       The Australian Christian Values Institute believes that Australian values are Christian values. These are the values that made Ausralia
                                       great. The preamble to Australia's Constitution
                                       says,"Humbly relying on the blessings of Almighty God". Alfred Deakin, one of the fathers of Australia's Constitution and Australia's
                                       second Prime Minister, offered the following prayer after the Constitution was finally ratified. "We pray that it may be the means
                                       of creating and fostering throughout all Australia a Christ-like Citizenship."

                                       Henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (1901) had a vision for Australia as "one people with a destiny . . . As we are British
                                       people - we are pre-eminently a Christian people - as our laws, our whole system of jurisprudence, our constitution . . . are based upon
                                       and interwoven with our Christian belief . . ."




We at the Australian Christian Values Institute welcome your opinion and your help as we endeavour to sponsor more research on
Christian values and Australia's Christian heritage. We need a greater level of national debate on the teachings of Jesus Christ and how
they can affect and change the individual and family relationships, media, the arts, education, business, politics and government policy.

The vision of the Australian Christian Values Institute is to reaffirm Australia's commitment to Judeo-Christian values as the cornerstone
of our nation's prosperity for the common good.