CityLife Church

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CityLife Church
Information
Denomination	Independent (Pentecostal)
Founded	1967_{as Waverley Christian Fellowship}
Senior Pastor(s)	Mark and Nicole Conner
Contact particulars
Address	1248 High Street Rd Wantirna South VIC 3152_{(main campus)}
Country	Australia
Phone	+61 3 9871 8300
Website	citylifechurch.com
Portal:Christianity

CityLife Church, formerly known as Waverley Christian Fellowship, is a non-denominational megachurch in Australia. It is Melbourne’s largest church, with about 8,100 people calling it their home church and an average weekly attendance of over 4,600 people in 2006.^[1] Its leadership team is headed by senior minister Mark Conner. CityLife Church is a Pentecostal church in its theology.

CityLife is a multi-site church, with meeting venues in Knox, Casey and Manningham in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. It also has a daughter church in Hobsons Bay (Altona), in Melbourne’s west. The church runs Waverley Christian College, a Christian school with over 1,000 students.

1 History
2 Other information
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The church was established 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.

In February 2004, CityLife Church Hobsons Bay was established as a separate church, and in April 2006, CityLife Church Casey was established as a second campus of the Knox church. In March 2008, CityLife Church Manningham was established as a third campus of the Knox church. The church also has Chinese and Spanish congregations.

[edit] Other information

CityLife also have a large youth ministry, EPIC Youth with over 600 regular attendees^[2].

CityLife worship team members have been involved in several of the Resource Christian Music recordings, and since supplement 38, the recordings have been recorded at the church and produced by worship team members Carl Laurens and Adrian Murley.^[3]^[4]

Steven Fielding, Victorian Senator with the Family First party, is a member of CityLife.