This Christmas, remember Jesus: churches

FAMILY feasts, presents, carols and trees.

These are all hallmarks of Christmas celebrations, but the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) wants people to also reflect on the season's christian foundations this year.

In a joint statement the Catholic, United, Baptist, Orthodox, Coptic, Lutheran, Presbyterian and Seventh-day Adventist Church have urged people to remember the story of Jesus Christ's birth and what Christmas is really about.

"The true Christmas assures everyone that God really cares," Seventh-day Adventist Church Pastor Ken Vogel said.

"My prayer this Christmas is that we will see beyond our present challenges to the joy and hope that we are called to bring to others because God has come ... leaving behind the darkness of uncertainty and failure," Catholic Archbishop Denis J Hart said.

"Christmas is a time to rejoice and look at the world with fresh eyes," NCCA general secretary Reverend Tara Curlewis said.

NSW Council of Churches president Dr Ross Clifford said Australian Christians should share the message of Jesus with fellow worshippers in Asia this Christmas.

"God sent Jesus to redeem and renew people in Asia as much as anywhere else on earth," he said in a statement.

"Asia has 60 per cent of the world's population, a majority of the world's natural disasters and alleged human rights abuses.

"People everywhere need to be given an opportunity to respond to the Christian message in their own cultures."

Dr Clifford added the NSW Council of Churches continued its commitment to the "the life affirming and life changing gospel of Jesus Christ."

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