History:
Hillsong is a contemporary Christian church that is closely associated with the Australian Christian Churches, a movement of almost 1,100 churches and more than 250,000 believers across Australia. Their mission is to reach and influence the world by building a large Christ-centered, Bible-based church, changing mindsets and empowering people to lead and impact in every sphere of life.
Our Statement of Beliefs:
- We believe that the Bible is God’s Word. It is accurate, authoritative and applicable to our everyday lives.
- We believe in one eternal God who is the Creator of all things. He exists in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. He is totally loving and completely holy.
- We believe that sin has separated each of us from God and His purpose for our lives.
- We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ as both God and man is the only One who can reconcile us to God. He lived a sinless and exemplary life, died on the cross in our place, and rose again to prove His victory and empower us for life.
- We believe that in order to receive forgiveness and the ‘new birth’ we must repent of our sins, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and submit to His will for our lives.
- We believe that in order to live the holy and fruitful lives that God intends for us, we need to be baptized in water and be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit enables us to use spiritual gifts, including speaking in tongues.
- We believe in the power and significance of the Church and the necessity of believers to meet regularly together for fellowship, prayer and the ‘breaking of bread’.
- We believe that God has individually equipped us so that we can successfully achieve His purpose for our lives which is to worship God, fulfill our role in the Church and serve the community in which we live.
- We believe that God wants to heal and transform us so that we can live healthy and blessed lives in order to help others more effectively.
- We believe that our eternal destination of either Heaven or hell is determined by our response to the Lord Jesus Christ.
- We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming back again as He promised.
Message from the founders: "Thank you for your donations. Your sacrificial giving enables our church to support the charitable initiatives of CityCare and partner charities including 180TC, Vision Rescue, the Hillsong Africa Foundation and the Preemptive Love Coalition. It is through your giving that we can secure permanent locations such as our new facilities in the Brisbane CBD, which opened in December, and Melbourne East Campus in Knoxfield. As a church family, we have responded to a number of crises around the world. We have primarily focused on the ongoing humanitarian crises in Syria and Iraq, by partnering with Preemptive Love Coalition in their work with displaced families and refugees. We partnered with World Vision to provide life-saving assistance on the ground in Indonesia, following a series of devastating earthquakes. We were also able to contribute to relief efforts aimed at supporting drought-affected Australian farmers." - Hillsong Church
