CityLife Church

CityLife Church
Country  Australia
Denomination Non-denominational (Pentecostal)
Website citylife.church
History
Founded 1967
as Waverley Christian Fellowship
Clergy
Senior pastor(s) Mark Conner

CityLife Church is a multi-site, Pentecostal megachurch located in Melbourne, Australia, with weekly services in the municipalities of Knox, Casey, Manningham and Whittlesea. Weekly services are also held in Mandarin and Cantonese at the Knox site. CityLife is the largest church in Melbourne and second-largest in Australia.[1] It has a strong emphasis on small groups. Its leadership team is headed by Senior Minister, Mark Conner.

History

The church was established as Waverley Christian Fellowship in 1967 by Richard Holland. In 1983, Parkmore Full Gospel Church and its Christian school (now Waverley Christian College) merged with Waverley Christian Fellowship. In 1986, Kevin Conner became Senior Minister of the church (then about 600 members). Then in 1995, Mark Conner, Kevin's son, was appointed Senior Minister.[2]

CityLife Church Knox

In April 2006, CityLife Church Casey was established, followed in March 2008 by CityLife Church Manningham. On 18 November 2013, Open House Christian Fellowship in Whittlesea joined with CityLife to become CityLife Church Whittlesea.

Ministries

CityLife has a children's church program (CityLife Kids), a youth ministry, (EPIC Youth), and a Young Adults ministry.

CityLife Church also runs CityLife Community Care which provides a range of community services including counselling services, health-related services, emergency accommodation and other courses and support programs.[3]

The church runs Waverley Christian College, a Christian school with over 1700 students at campuses in Wantirna South and Narre Warren South.[4]

Other information

Along with some other large and growing churches in Melbourne, CityLife Church has drawn media attention,[1] in part because of its non-traditional style.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 The Hallelujah chorus The Age, 24 December 2004
  2. ↑ CityLife Church History
  3. ↑ CityLife Community Care
  4. ↑ Waverley Christian College website
  5. ↑ Songs and a message The Age, 27 March 2005

External links

Coordinates: 37°52′41″S 145°12′54″E / 37.878131°S 145.214915°E / -37.878131; 145.214915

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