STEFM Ministry

 The St. Thomas Ecumenical Fellowship of Melbourne is an informal fraternity of episcopal churches from Kerala who have their presence in Melbourne in a significant manner. The basic identity of a diaspora people is their markers of community and the St. Thomas identity is an important aspect of the same.

Though the length of existence of each of the churches in Melbourne is varied the STEFM has provided a solid foundation for the churches to transcend their boundaries and to present a united witness in a distant land.

The STEFM committee comprises the vicars and representatives from each church meets once every two months. The other major programmes include the St. Thomas Day celebrations, the Bible Quiz, the Solo Competition, the Youth Conferences, the Women Conferences, the Cricket and badminton events, regular clergy family gatherings and the like.

Members of the STEFM:

The present members of the STEFM include the Church of South India, the St Mary's Indian Orthodox Church, the St George Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, the St Marys Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, the St Thomas Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, the Melbourne Mar Thoma Church, the Immanuel Mar Thoma Church and the Syro - Malabar Catholic Church with their communities in South East, North and West.