List of people associated with Australian Christian Churches

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This is a list of notable people who are currently or have been associated with Australian Christian Churches (ACC). ACC was formerly known as Assemblies of God in Australia (AOG).

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Pastors

NameAliveNotability
Keith Ainge  ? –National Secretary, former Senior Pastor of ACC churches in Western Melbourne, Katoomba, Perth, Canberra and Campbelltown, Sydney
Wayne Alcorn  ? –Senior Pastor of Hope Centre International, [1] National President of Australian Christian Churches [2]
Alun Davies  ? –Senior pastor of Faith! Christian Church, National Vice President
Phil Dooley  ? –Lead Pastor of Hillsong Cape Town [3]
Philip Duncan  ? –Former National President, former Senior Pastor of Petersham Assembly of God
Andrew Evans 1935–2023Former Senior Pastor of Paradise Community Church, former National President and host of Inflencers Conference.
Ashley Evans  ? –Senior Pastor of Paradise Community Church, National Executive Member and State President of South Australia
Russell Evans ? –Senior Pastor of Planetshakers City Church, Melbourne, and State Executive of Victoria
Charles Greenwood 1891–1969First National President, founding Senior Pastor of Richmond Assembly of God (now Bridge Church)
Danny Guglielmucci  ? –Founding Senior Pastor of Edge Church, National Executive Member
Tim Hall 1948 –International evangelist with Tim Hall International Ministries Inc., founding Pastor of Miracle City Church, was youth pastor at Paradise Community Church and has pioneered several other ACC churches.
Jack Hanes  ? –President of AOG World Missions, Senior Pastor of Penrith Christian Life Centre
Philip Hills  ? –Former Senior Pastor of Richmond Assembly of God (now Bridge Church) (Australia's first Pentecostal church, Former Vice President and State President of Victoria.
Bobbie Houston 1957 –Founding Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church, women's ministry including Colour Your World Women's Conference
Brian Houston 1954 –Founding Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church, National President
Frank Houston 1922–2004Founding Pastor of Sydney Christian Life Centre (now the "City" campus of Hillsong Church), former Superindenant of the Assemblies of God in New Zealand
Reginald Klimionok ? –Former Senior Pastor of Garden City Christian Church, Former National Executive Member and State Executive of Queensland
John McMartin1954–Founder of Inspire Church, Liverpool, and State President of the Australian Christian Churches from ~2008~2015. Arrested in November 2020 for alleged sexual assault. [4]
Pat Mesiti  ? –Former Director of Youth Alive Australia, former Executive Director of Teen Challenge New South Wales
Michael Murphy ? –Former Senior Pastor of Shirelive Church, National Executive Member
Steve Penny  ? –Senior Pastor of Kings Christian Church, National Executive Member
Ralph Read  ? –Former National President, former Senior Pastor of ACC churches including the ACC church in Orange, New South Wales
Anthony Venn-Brown 1951 –Former evangelist and Founder of Youth Alive NSW
Ian Woods1945–2016Former senior Pastor of Hawkesbury Christian Centre, Former National Executive Member and Former State President of New South Wales

Artists/musicians

NameAliveNotability
Geoff Bullock 1956 –Former Worship Pastor at Hillsong Church
Darlene Zschech 1965 –Senior Pastor of Hope Unlimited Church, [5] former Worship Pastor at Hillsong Church, international artist.

Politicians

NameAliveNotability
Andrew Evans1935 –Member of South Australian Legislative Council (Family First Party) (2002 [6] – 2008 [7] )
Alex Hawke 1977 Member of the Australian House of Representatives (Liberal Party) for the electoral Division of Mitchell from 2007
Scott Morrison 1968 –

Prime Minister of Australia (Since 24 August 2018) Attends Hillsong Church. Member of the House of Representatives (Liberal Party) electoral Division of Cook from 2007

Stuart Robert1970-Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Since 29 May 2019)
Adrian Schrinner??62nd Lord Mayor of Brisbane (Since 8 April 2019)

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References

  1. ↑ http://hopecentre.com/about/ Archived 26 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 August 2014
  2. ↑ "About Us". Australian Chriatian Churches. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. ↑ hillsong.com http://hillsong.com/people/phil-dooley . Retrieved 11 August 2014.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ title missing ]
  4. ↑ S, John; January 1st, eman |; Comment, 2021 12:15 PM | Add a (January 2021). "Sydney's Inspire Church pastor faces indecent assault charge - Eternity News". www.eternitynews.com.au. Retrieved 4 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Biography | Darlene Zschech". Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014
  6. ↑ "What takes First priority". The Sunday Mail . Adelaide, Australia. 24 February 2002. p. 27.
  7. ↑ "Society selfish, says MP". The Advertiser . Adelaide, Australia. 4 July 2008. p. 27.
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