Garden City Christian Church
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Hillsong Brisbane Campus (formerly Garden City Christian Church) is an interstate campus of Sydney
based Hillsong Church
, a Pentecostal
Christian
church affiliated with Australian Christian Churches
, the Assemblies of God
in Australia. The Church was without a Senior Pastor and Brian Houston
and his wife Bobbie Houston
accepted the nomination of the Board for appointment as Senior Pastors of the Church by an extraordinary general meeting of members that was held on Sunday 26 April 2009. At this Extraordinary General Meeting, approximately 79.1% of Members present on the day (approx 60% of the total membership) agreed with the recommendation of the board to appoint these Pastors as the Senior Pastors of the congregation. Sunday services are held at 8:00am, 9:00am and 11:00am as well as a friday night service at 6:30pm. It also features a prominent Deaf Ministry, one of the pioneering Deaf Ministries of Australia.
, the church experienced a revival, with a second new church building being constructed and opened, adjacent to its Rover Street site, seating over 2,000 persons, and membership soared to over 3,500 persons. Its name changed to Garden City Christian Church, it quickly became Australia's first megachurch
. As of 2009 the church was attended by approximately 3,000 people and had 50 staff. On the 24th of May the same year, Garden City Christian Church became a campus of Hillsong Church.
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Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
based Hillsong Church
Hillsong Church
Hillsong Church is a Pentecostal megachurch affiliated with Australian Christian Churches and located in Sydney, Australia. The church's senior pastors, Brian and Bobbie Houston, began the church in 1983 as the Hills Christian Life Centre in Baulkham Hills...
, a Pentecostal
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...
Christian
Christianity
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church affiliated with Australian Christian Churches
Australian Christian Churches
Australian Christian Churches , also known as Assemblies of God in Australia , is a Pentecostal Christian denomination and the Australian branch of the Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world...
, the Assemblies of God
Assemblies of God
The Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination...
in Australia. The Church was without a Senior Pastor and Brian Houston
Brian Houston (pastor)
Brian Houston is a pastor in the Australian Christian Churches. He is currently the Senior Pastor at Hillsong Church which has locations in Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, London, Cape Town, Kiev, Germany, Paris, Moscow, Stockholm and New York City. He was also the National President of Australian...
and his wife Bobbie Houston
Bobbie Houston
Bobbie Houston is a Pentecostal Christian pastor in the Australian Christian Churches. Bobbie Houston and her husband Brian founded the Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia.-Biography:...
accepted the nomination of the Board for appointment as Senior Pastors of the Church by an extraordinary general meeting of members that was held on Sunday 26 April 2009. At this Extraordinary General Meeting, approximately 79.1% of Members present on the day (approx 60% of the total membership) agreed with the recommendation of the board to appoint these Pastors as the Senior Pastors of the congregation. Sunday services are held at 8:00am, 9:00am and 11:00am as well as a friday night service at 6:30pm. It also features a prominent Deaf Ministry, one of the pioneering Deaf Ministries of Australia.
History
The church was established in 1955 as Mt. Gravatt Assembly of God by Pastor Garnett Budge. In the 1980s, under the leadership of Senior Pastor Dr. Reginald KlimionokReginald Klimionok
Reginald Klimionok is a Pentecostal church pastor, who established the Garden City Christian Church in the 1980s as an important Pentecostal church in Australia...
, the church experienced a revival, with a second new church building being constructed and opened, adjacent to its Rover Street site, seating over 2,000 persons, and membership soared to over 3,500 persons. Its name changed to Garden City Christian Church, it quickly became Australia's first megachurch
Megachurch
A megachurch is a church having 2,000 or more in average weekend attendance. The Hartford Institute's database lists more than 1,300 such Protestant churches in the United States. According to that data, approximately 50 churches on the list have attendance ranging from 10,000 to 47,000...
. As of 2009 the church was attended by approximately 3,000 people and had 50 staff. On the 24th of May the same year, Garden City Christian Church became a campus of Hillsong Church.
Focus
The church has a strong pentecostal focus, focussing on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and its administration, including inclusive prayer and counselling, the laying on of hands, and speaking in tongues. Contemporary songs of praise and worship feature an important part of the service, which includes a 40-minute sermon. The Church also has a considerable diverse Ministry from youth to seniors, multicultural groups and home prayer groups, a worldwide Missionary presence, links with other national and international Assembly of God denomination Churches, and corresponding Guest Speaker program. Services are recorded on CD and DVD for personal use and reflection, and a Television Ministry program 'Choices' can also be seen on the Channel 7 Network and the Australian Christian Channel.Garden City College of Ministries
The church also operates a campus for Harvest Bible College.See also
- Australian Christian ChurchesAustralian Christian ChurchesAustralian Christian Churches , also known as Assemblies of God in Australia , is a Pentecostal Christian denomination and the Australian branch of the Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world...
- List of the largest churches in Australia
- Churches affiliated with Australian Christian ChurchesChurches affiliated with Australian Christian ChurchesChurches affiliated with Australian Christian Churches refers to churches that are a part of Australian Christian Churches, the Australian organisation of the Assemblies of God , a Pentecostal denomination originating in the United States of America. There are over 1,100 churches in Australian...
- Royal RangersRoyal RangersRoyal Rangers is a worldwide ministry of the Assemblies of God and is designed to provide youth with challenging activities while providing them with Christian instruction. Royal Rangers International is open to participation of both boys and girls, while the US only allows boy participation in...
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