METRO Church Australia
| METRO Church | |
|---|---|
| Location | 116 Ridgeway Avenue, Southport QLD 4215 (Southport Campus) |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Australian Christian Churches |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | 22 March 2006 |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | Garry and Kasey McDonald |
METRO Church is a Pentecostal church affiliated with Australian Christian Churches (the Australian branch of the Assemblies of God) and located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The church's senior pastors, Garry and Kasey McDonald, began the church in 2006 after being sent out from SurfCity Christian Church to start a new church.
While headquartered at its Southport campus on the Gold Coast, METRO is a multi-site church with a campus in Toowoomba and one on the Sunshine Coast.
METRO International Leadership College commenced in 2007 and in 2008 METRO Church released its first Worship Album.
Prior to its official launch, METRO began as a Bible study in a coffee shop. These preliminary meetings quickly outgrew the premises and METRO had its official launch in March 2006 at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. Almost 4000 people attended the event, which included a free concert featuring Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian. After the launch the church began to host weekly meetings in a rented cinema. In 2008 METRO received an old church facility in Southport as a freehold gift, which was promptly renovated and re-opened in August of that year. METRO has quickly grown and has a congregation of around 1000 people in regular attendance.
METRO's pastors and founders, Garry and Kasey McDonald, grew up loving the local church and serving in a host of different leadership capacities since their early teens. After feeling called to start a new church from scratch, Garry and Kasey were commissioned and sent out from SURFCiTY Church with two other couples to begin a new work for God. The two churches maintain a strong, blessed and honouring relationship.
Garry and Kasey have travelled extensively, speaking and ministering to churches around the world. They are highly respected and have good relationships with many effective leaders of the wider church around the world. Garry and Kasey are widely known for their authentic and faithful commitments to the local church and to people in general.
...
Wikipedia