ACC International Relief Inc.
ABN: 26 077 365 434
Address: Suite 525, 44 Lakeview Dr
Scoresby VIC 3179 Australia
John is an Ordained Minister with the Australian Christian Churches movement (ACC). He has served as the ACC Queensland State President for over 10 years, providing leadership of the State Executive who oversee over 300 churches. This includes oversight of church planting, leadership development and pastor training and credentialing within the state. John has also served for 6 years on the ACC National Executive, last year commencing a 2-year term as the Vice president. In April 2021, John stepped into the senior leadership role of Missions Director for ACCI Missions & Relief, covering both ACCI Missions, the Missionary sending and support arm as well as ACCI Relief. Before coming to ACCI, Ps John and Francine pastored Centro Church together for 26 years. Together they have a love for people and a passion to see them empowered and released to their God-given potential.
Catherine has 20+ years working in church leadership with over 17 years working in international and local social development. With a master’s degree in international development, Catherine has used her knowledge and experience to develop, monitor and evaluate programs both inside and outside a church setting. After managing teams of over 50 people, she brings a wealth of leadership experience as well as an innate understanding of the Christian development sector.
In October 2021 Catherine took on the role of Head of International Programs at ACCI Relief with an aim to continue and build on the great foundation that ACCIR has contributed to the sector. Having served on the ACCI board for many years, Catherine comes in with a strong understanding of the work and the partners, as well as the organisation itself. A natural pragmatist, she is always seeking to find solutions that work for everyone and is committed to learning and developing, strengthening systems and processes, and improving practice to increase impact.
BA, BA (Bib, Theo), MA, PhD
Ordained Pastor.
State President, ACC QLD & NT.
BA, DipEd, M (International Studies),
Horizon Church Ministry Director,
Ordained Pastor.
LLB, BA, GradDip (Theology)
Ordained Pastor
Faith Christian Church Campus Pastor
PhD and MA (International Relations),
BA (Hons) (International Affairs and Politics).
MA (National Security Policy)
BA (Hons) (International Studies)
ACCI Relief is an ACFID member and complies with ACFID’s Code of Conduct, requiring high standards of governance, management and accountability. Learn more about ACFID here. ACCIR is also committed to upholding the ACFID fundraising Charter. For more information please see our Communications Policy.
ACCIR is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) and committed to transparency and accountability. Learn more about the ACNC here.
ACCIR is a member of the Church Agency Network, a group of Australian church-based overseas aid and development agencies committed to empowering people and providing avenues for them to overcome injustice and poverty.
Learn more about CAN here.
ACCIR is a member of Micah Australia, empowering Australian Christians to advocate on the most urgent global issues facing our world today – extreme poverty, rising conflict and climate change. Learn more about Micah here.
Effective planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning is critical to ensuring our programs and activities are working towards our vision, are having the desired impact, preventing harm and capturing lessons learned.
ACCIR’s project management cycle aims to reflect the principles of meaningful participation and inclusion, mutual and healthy partnership, intentional learning, and transparency and accountability.
ACCI Relief recognises that listening to and responding to feedback, concerns and complaints is integral to our commitment to achieve high standards and ensures accountability to all stakeholders. Complaints or feedback can be submitted to the Director at complaints@acci.org.au
If you have a complaint regarding a breach of the ACFID Code of Conduct, please contact the ACFID Code of Conduct Committee at code@acfid.asn.au or on 02 6285 1816.
The most recent Annual Report is available for download below, and copies of previous Annual Reports are available online.
The most recent full audited General Purpose Financial Statements is available for download, and previous Financial Statements are available online.