Hillsong Church | |
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Country | Australia |
Denomination | Australian Christian Churches |
Website | hillsong |
History | |
Founded | 1983 |
Clergy | |
Senior pastor(s) | Brian and Bobbie Houston |
Coordinates: 33°44′04″S 150°57′39″E / 33.734503°S 150.960935°E
Hillsong Church is a Pentecostal megachurch in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, which is affiliated with Australian Christian Churches, the Australian branch of the Assemblies of God. The church was founded in 1983, originally called Hills Christian Life Centre in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, by Brian Houston and his wife Bobbie.
Hillsong is a multi-site church with campuses in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle, Gold Coast and Noosa. Its second campus is in Waterloo, near Sydney's central business district. In 2009, a third campus, in Campbelltown, New South Wales, and a fourth, in Mount Gravatt, Queensland, were added. In 2015, there were three campuses in Melbourne, Victoria. In February 2016 a campus was added in Darwin, Northern Territory. It was announced in February 2017 that campuses would be added in Perth, Western Australia, Wollongong, New South Wales and also Bali, Indonesia will be a campus of Hillsong Australia. Additionally, Hillsong Church currently has twelve extension services across Sydney.