The JCMA aims to create and provide a forum for interfaith dialogue and shared experience through meeting and discussion in a modern Australian and international context. Meeting and learning from Jews, Christians and Muslims together, leads to a fuller understanding of other faiths and perhaps in turn of our own.
The JCMA aims are,
To provide all participants of the three mono-theistic Abraham religions with opportunities to interact with one another
• To ensure a climate of respect and empathy for each other
• To endeavour to hear and understand other participating representatives and their faith’s perspective on a variety of relevant religious and community issues
• To build personal relationships and develop friendships between participants thereby facilitating further contact and communication
• To discover and recognise similarities as well as differences amongst the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths
• To start or enhance an ongoing process of discovery
• To better understand our own strengths and weaknesses
• To provide all opportunities required for each community to have regular prayer
• To provide opportunities for each faith-group to welcome others to prayer or meditation
• To provide opportunities for engagement in the Holy Texts of each faith group
• To develop a group (JCMA conference participants) with a new shared knowledge and practical experience of interfaith understanding