Christian Communities

  • Boiler Rooms
    A 24-7 Boiler Room is a simple Christian community that practices a daily rhythm of prayer, study and celebration whilst caring actively for the poor and the lost.

  • The Iona Community
    An ecumenical Christian community that is committed to seeking new ways of living the Gospel in today's world.

  • The Northumbia Community
    A community united in their desire to embrace and express an ongoing exploration into a new way for living Christianly.

  • Contemplative Fire
    Contemplative Fire is an intentional and dispersed community of people who are seeking to be fully present to the Kingdom of God here and now. Contemplative Fire celebrates natural beauty, deep connectedness and the play of wisdom. We believe that the risen Christ is calling us to 'travel light and dwell deep' as his companions on this extraordinary journey. Contemplative Fire was founded in 2004 by Revd Philip Roderick and authorised by the Diocese of Oxford.

  • L'Arche (Australia)
    L'Arche is an international organisation founded by Jean Vanier which typically provides family-style homes and lifestyle support to people with an intellectual disability.

Spirituality and Worship

  • Eremos
    Eremos is a forum and support for individuals and communities to explore, express and deepen their spirituality within an Australian context.

  • Liturgy
    Putting worship and spirituality to the forefront of our life and thinking is foundational to our Christian life. People are clamouring for spirituality, for a relationship with God. This relationship is nourished and expressed in worship, prayer, contemplative life and meditation, individually and in community. A new paradigm affirms all that is good in worship. It takes its cue from scholarly return to early-church sources as well as worship that takes its cue from our contemporary culture and environment. This website is part of taking seriously our Christian heritage and our current situation. It seeks to encourage worship that is vital, transforming, and faithful.

  • Campfire In The Heart
    Campfire in the Heart is a beautiful 5 acre property in Alice Springs offering a restful venue for individual, family and small group retreats, conferences and quiet days.

  • St Clement's Retreat Centre
    St. Clement's Retreat Centre, Galong (near Harden), NSW offers structured Retreats for clergy, religious and lay people as well as the chance to simply "come aside to a quiet place and rest awhile". A retreat can be as short as one day, a weekend or several weeks.

  • Silver Wattle House of Prayer
    Silver Wattle House of Prayer is the new home of the St Joseph's House of Prayer Community. St Joseph's House of Prayer became well known in Goulburn, NSW as an ecumenical retreat centre for 29 years from 1976 to 1995. It was run by a community of lay people (the House of Prayer Community) for the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra/Goulburn. In our new location, we continue to welcome people from all denominations for Prayer, Retreats, for times of reflection, or a chance to experience living in a Christian community.

  • Dayspring Centre for Christian Spirituality and Counselling
    A quiet place in the midst of everyday life where we can find God through personal prayer retreats, seminars and teaching on prayer and meditation, the assistance of a qualified Spiritual Director, consultation with a clinical psychologist.

  • Stillpoint
    For people who are seeking resources for their faith journey, looking for a quiet place for reflection or prayer, needing refreshment after giving out to others, facing some big decision, working through a loss or disappointment, finding life tough, planning a retreat day for a small group.

  • Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture
    A national ecumenical centre that encourages dialogue and cooperation amongst Christian churches and between Christianity and other faiths.

  • Julian Centre
    Offering a space for prayer and reflection, Spiritual Direction, Retreats, Days of Reflection and workshops on prayer and meditation.

  • Sacred Space
    Daily prayer online. Produced by the Irish Jesuits.

  • Bible Gateway
    Bible Gateway provides a free service for reading and researching scripture online.

  • Bartleby
    Bartleby has a wide range of basic references that are available free on line.

Peace and Social Justice

  • Decade to Overcome Violence
    The Decade to Overcome Violence calls churches, ecumenical organizations, and all people of goodwill: to work together for peace, justice, and reconciliation at all levels - local, regional, and global; to embrace creative approaches to peace building which are consonant with the spirit of the gospel; and to interact and collaborate with local communities, secular movements, and people of other living faiths towards cultivating a culture of peace.

  • Micah Challenge
    Bringing together more than 270 Christian organisations providing relief, development and justice ministries throughout the world.

  • TEAR
    A movement of Australian Christians responding to the needs of poor communities around the world.

  • Christian World Service
    Christian World Service (CWS), the aid and development agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) helps develop a better future for people suffering from injustice and poverty. Aid and Development is delivered through overseas ecumenical partners in Africa, Asia, Middle East and the Pacific.

  • Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
    The Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America gathers, equips and mobilizes Baptists to build a culture of peace rooted in justice.

Australian Reconciliation

  • National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission
    The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission (NATSIEC) of the National Council of Churches in Australia provides information and resources regarding the major issues affecting Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia from an Ecumenical Christian perspective.

The Environment

  • Cool the Globe
    This website is about providing practical solutions to global warming. Consider this a mainstream website. Use it as a resource. We strive to ensure the information you find here (outside of our unregulated blogs) is based on fact. The point is to promote a universal conversation in the hope that together, we can cool the globe.
  • Season of Creation
    In the seasons of Advent, Epiphany, Lent and Easter we celebrate the life of Christ. In the season of Pentecost we celebrate the Holy Spirit. Now, in the season of Creation, we have an opportunity to celebrate God, the Creator. For four Sundays in September, prior to St Francis of Assisi Day, we join in celebrating with Christ the wonders of creation. This website provides resources including Readings, Liturgies, Bible Studies, Sermons, Children's Addresses, Theology, Spiritual Reflection, Earth-Care, Worship Guidelines, Visuals, and Creation Songs.

Other Interesting Sites

    Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
    A service to the academic community provided by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. It is a selective, annotated guide to a wide variety of electronic resources of interest to those who are involved in the study and practice of religion: syllabi, electronic texts, electronic journals, web sites, bibliographies, liturgies, reference resources, software, etc. The purpose of the Guide is to encourage and facilitate the incorporation of electronic resources into teaching.
    Resources include:
    1. Electronic Texts (Bible Related)
    2. Christianity (General)
    3. Magazines / Newsletters


  • NCYC
    The National Christian Youth Convention is an opportunity for intentional Christian community, creative worship, and challenging and informative bible studies.

  • The Wellspring
    A collaborative project from Instructional Systems Inc. and members of the Teachers College, Columbia University community. It is devoted to the needs of Distance Educators using the World Wide Web to deliver post-secondary courses to their students.

  • Wellspring Centre
    The WellSpring Centre, an initiative of Ashburton Baptist Church, Melbourne, has its roots in the traditions of Protestant spirituality.The WellSpring Centre is committed to providing space and support within a Christian context to those who wish to deepen their awareness of the presence of God and to follow the implications of this in everyday life in ways that are just, compassionate, healing and reconciling.

  • Hollywood Jesus
    Visual movie reviews, with explorations into the deeper more profound meaning behind film, music and pop culture.

Isolated Members and Friends
Wellspring seeks to support and encourage members and friends who are isolated. For more information send a message by clicking here

Facebook
The Wellspring Community has a Facebook group. For more information about Facebook click here. If you want to look at the Wellspring group then first you need to sign up. When you've signed up use the search function and you should find the Wellspring group. You'll need to ask for permission to join the group. That will come to the Wellspring office for approval.

Wellspring Book Publication
"Campfires and Wellsprings", a great read to supplement the urban pilgrimage.