Churches affiliated with Australian Christian Churches

Churches affiliated with Australian Christian Churches refers to churches that are a part of Australian Christian Churches, the Australian organisation of the Assemblies of God (AOG), a Pentecostal denomination originating in the United States of America. There are over 1,100 churches in Australian Christian Churches that represent 180,000 adherents across Australia. Member churches work together to provide support for each other and cooperate in evangelisation.

Church names

When the Assemblies of God in Australia was incorporated in 1937, churches generally were the name of the location and then the words Assembly of God. For example, the AOG church in Paradise was called Paradise Assembly of God (the church is now Paradise Community Church). When Frank Houston moved to Australia in 1977 to plant a church in Sydney, he called his church Sydney Christian Life Centre. From his church, Houston planted several others with the Christian Life Centre name.

From the 1990s onwards, there has been a large change in the naming of AOG churches. Many churches with Assembly of God (AOG) or Christian Life Centre (CLC) in their name, changed their name to make it shorter and more generic. Many churches have replaced AOG and CLC with Christian Church or Christian Centre. For example, Shire Christian Centre became Shirelive Church and Mt. Gravatt Assembly of God became Garden City Christian Church. Another trend is for churches to change their name to a popular name or word that represents the church. For example, Hills Christian Life Centre which became Hillsong Church once the name Hillsong became more well-known than the church name.

Megachurches

Most of the megachurches in Australia are affiliated with Australian Christian Churches. In the 1970s and 1980s, the largest churches in the movement were Garden City Christian Church and Paradise Community Church. In the 1990s, Hillsong Church became the largest church in the movement and also in Australia. Today there are 10 Assemblies of God churches that are classified as megachurches with over 2,000 attending each weekend.

See also

• List of the largest churches in Australia

External links

• METRO Church, Gold Coast
• Shirelive Church
• ACC Church Planting
• Hillsong Church
• Princess Theatre Church (Brisbane)
• Paradise Community Church
• Edge Church
• LifeCity Church Canberra
• Calvary Christian Church Townsville
• Townsville City Church
• Oasis Life
• Other churches

Church	Location	Founded	Attendance	Membership
Hillsong Church	Baulkham Hills, Sydney, NSW	1983	20,000 [1]	?
Paradise Community Church	Paradise, Adelaide, SA	1982	6,000 [2]	?
Edge Church	Reynella, Adelaide, SA	1994	5,250 [3]	?
Planetshakers City Church	East Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC	2004	4,000 [4]	?
Shirelive Church	Sutherland, Sydney, NSW	1957	3,200	?
Brisbane City Church	Bowen Hills, Brisbane, QLD	1930	3,000	?
Inspire Church	Hoxton Park, Sydney, NSW	1981	2,500	5,200
Kings Christian Church	Buderim, Sunshine Coast, QLD	?	2,000 [5]	?
METRO Church	Southport, Gold Coast, QLD	2006	1,000 [6]	?
Canberra Christian Life Centre	Charnwood, Canberra, ACT	1956	800	1,000
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