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Religions for Peace (RfP) Australia, formerly known as the World Conference of Religions for Peace (Australia), is an Australian community-based interfaith organization working for inter-religious harmony and social cohesion.

RfP Australia is affiliated with the World Conference of Religions for Peace with its headquarters in New York (www.religionsforpeace.org). It is the world’s largest international coalition of representatives from the world’s great religions dedicated to promoting peace. It is active in more than 70 countries working with national affiliates and regional organizations to find and implement local solutions to local challenges in Africa, Europe, Asia etc.

RfP Australia is one of the 18 member nations of the Asian Conference of Religions for Asia (ACRA- http://www.religionsforpeace.asia/) which has its headquarters in Seoul. It is the world’s largest regional interfaith organisation, covering more than half of humanity.

RfP Australia is the organisation which sponsored the Parliament of Worlds Religions to come to Melbourne in 2009.

What does RfP Australia/Victoria  do?
The mission of RfP Victoria and Australia is to work for interreligious peace and harmony and for social cohesion in Australia as well as upholding the universal values of authentic religion and spirituality.

Some of its aims are:

• to work with faith traditions and religious organizations for interreligious understanding and harmony in Victoria  and Australia, including the right to freedom of belief, and across the world
• to establish RfP branches/affiliates in each state of Australia (currently most States)
• to work with educational bodies to educate the different levels and sectors of society about religion itself and the many faith traditions
• to support national and local interfaith organizations in Victorian and Australia in their work in local government areas
• to sponsor activities and events (either jointly or alone), including research and evaluative studies, into the multicultural and interfaith perspective in society.

RfP Victoria and Australia is happy to:

• help publicize your interfaith activities
• send a speaker to your event
• accept applications for membership

If you are interested in finding out more about RfP Victoria and Australia, please contact us via email at wcrpaust@iinet.net.au or via the contact page on our website: http://religionsforpeaceaustralia.org.au