Summary
Blue and white business card with coloured logo of cross and rainbow, labelled 'New Wave Christian Fellowship Church Inc.' The card indicates that the Church meets each Sunday 11am at 271 Burnley Street, Burnley. Email and web contact details are provided, and names of contacts appear on back.
The New Wave Christian Fellowship Church began in a private home in 1986, and was incorporated in 1988. The Church's web site states 'New Wave Church offers acceptance to those who have felt excluded in the past
-especially gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual persons. We offer Christianity-in-action to all persons regardless of backgrounds and orientations'.
Physical Description
Blue and white business card with coloured logo with Christian cross, rainbow colours and wave pattern. Back provides the first names of contacts, a mailing address in Heidelberg and lines for notes.
Significance
These documents provide an important record of community activity within and beyond the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities in Victoria in the period 2005-2006. They show a breadth of activities, including tours, exhibitions, research projects and political movements, across organisations ranging from Museum Victoria, Swinburne University, Melbourne Justice Museum and the City of Melbourne, to the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives, the New Wave Christian Fellowship Church and the ALSO Foundation.
Museum Victoria is developing a collection to improve its representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities in Victoria. The report 'Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender Material Survey: Project Report 2006' (Kate Davison) identified a clear need for further collections in this area. The collection is being developed in the context of Museum Victoria's Strategic Plan 2008-2013, Corporate Plan 2008-2013 and Research Policy 2008, all of which emphasize the importance of cultural diversity across the Museum's programs.
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Acquisition Information
Collected from Ms Deborah Tout-Smith - Museum Victoria
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Inscriptions
Printed: 'New Wave Christian / Fellowship Church Inc. /./ "Christianity-in-Action" / Meets each Sunday: 11am / 271 Burnley St., Burnley /.'
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Overall Dimensions
55 mm (Width), 90 mm (Height)
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References
Kate Davison, 2006. 'Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender Material Survey: Project Report 2006' NOTE: DUE TO A PROGRAMMING FAULT, THIS APPEARS AS 'GOVERNMENT REPORT' WHEN LINKED. EMU IS ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM.
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Keywords
Lesbian & Gay, Religions, Making History - Gay & Lesbian Collection