Hillsong London
Overview
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 church, and is the London congregation of 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...
, which also meets in Sydney, Paris, Kiev, Cape Town, and Stockholm. The church was planted by Hillsong Church in Sydney and has been pastored by Gary and Cathy Clarke for the past 10 years under the leadership of Hillsong's Senior Pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston.
Between 2000 and 2002 Hillsong London met in various West End theatres and university halls around London.