The State Executive of Australian Christian Churches refers to the governing board of Australian Christian Churches in each Australian State. The Assemblies of God in each state work together to form Australian Christian Churches, the Australian organisation of the Assemblies of God (AOG).

Contents 1 Roles 1.1 State President and Vice President 1.2 State Executive Members 2 New South Wales 3 Victoria 4 Queensland 5 South Australia 6 Western Australia 7 Samoan Churches 8 Tasmania 9 Northern Territory 10 See also

[edit] Roles

The roles of the State Executice are similar to those of the National Executive but specialised to the state with a closer relationship to local churches.

[edit] State President and Vice President

The roles of the State President and Vice President include:

• Representing the Movement between conferences.
• Chairing Executive Meetings and State Conferences.
• Providing assistance to Churches requesting Executive advice or intervention
• Facilitating any required disciplinary action involving Ministers.
• Liaising with Regional Leadership Teams.

[edit] State Executive Members

The roles of the State Executive Members include:

• Recommending, to the National Executive, those who are eligible for full ordination.
• Working with New Churches in the planting of new Churches.
• Planning of State Conferences, Leadership Summits and Seminars.
• Reviewing any disciplinary matters involving Ministers and/or Churches.Management of finances of the State body.
• Engaging the services of experts in matters relating to Government policy, legal and financial matters including the creation of "Child Safe" churches.

[edit] New South Wales

New South Wales is the state with the largest number of Australian Christian Churches members. The New South Wales AOG state division also includes the Australian Capital Territory. Currently the state has 328 churches. New South Wales has the largest church in the movement and the country, Hillsong Church with over 20,000 people attending.

Role	Name	Church	Elected
State President	John McMartin	Inspire Church	2008
State Vice President	Sean Stanton	Canberra Christian Life Centre	?
State Secretary	Kevin Brett	Blue Mountains City Church	?
Executive Member	Paul Bartlett	Lighthouse Church	?
Executive Member	John Iuliano	North Shore Christian Centre	?
Executive Member	Michael Murphy	Shirelive Church	?
Executive Member	Joel A'Bell	Hillsong Church	?

[edit] Victoria

There are currently 256 churches in Victoria.

Role	Name	Church	Elected
State President	Alun Davies	Faith! Christian Church	?
State Vice President	Malcolm MacLeod	South West Christian Church	?
State Secretary	Mark Bates	?	?
Executive Member	Ian Kruithoff	?	?
Executive Member	Shane Baxter	Enjoy Church	?
Executive Member	David Doery	Richmond Assembly of God	?
Executive Member	Melinda Dwight	?	?
Executive Member	Russell Evans	Planetshakers City Church	?
Executive Member	Paul Kellock	?	?

[edit] Queensland

Queensland was the state that first had the Assemblies of God name, before the Assemblies of God in Australia was incorporated. Queensland lead the path of megachurches, with Garden City Christian Church being Australia's first megachurch of over 2,000 people. Currently Queensland has 287 churches.

Role	Name	Church	Elected
State President	Wayne Alcorn	Brisbane City Church	?
State Vice President	Gary Swenson	Generation Church	?
State Secretary	John Hunt	Ipswich City Christian Church	?
State Treasurer	John Wedrat	Northern Beaches Christian Church	?
Executive Member	Steve Kennedy	Liberty Christian Church	?
Executive Member	Ron Anning	Harvest Life Christian Church	?
Executive Member	Paul Geerling	Metro Church Brisbane	?

[edit] South Australia

There are currently 88 churches in South Australia.

Role	Name	Church	Elected
State President	Ashley Evans	Paradise Community Church	?
State Vice President	Jeremy Griffiths	Heights Christian Church	?
State Secretary	Mark Baker	World Harvest Christian Centre	?
Executive Member	Mark Broadbridge	Port Pirie Christian Centre	?
Executive Member	Keith Fiebig	Itinerant Minister	?
Executive Member	Danny Guglielmucci	Edge Church	?
Executive Member	Paul Helyard	Northgate Life Centre	?
Executive Member	Paul Newsham	Salt Church	?

[edit] Western Australia

There are currently 79 churches in Western Australia.

Role	Name	Church	Elected
State President	John Warwick	Northway Christian Centre	?
State Vice President	Mike Keating	Champion Lakes Christian Church	?
State Secretary	Wayne Tromp	Sonrise Christian Life Centre	?
Executive Member	Ashley Crane	Harvest West Bible College	?
Executive Member	Joel Chelia	Centre Point Church	?
Executive Member	David Warwick	Real Live Church	?
Executive Member	Ken Fletcher	Airport City Church	?

[edit] Samoan Churches

Samoan Superintendent: Pastor Onesemo Pulepule

There are currently 49 Samoan Assemblies of God churches in Australia. They have churches in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Western Australia.

[edit] Tasmania

There are currently 26 churches in Tasmania.

[edit] Northern Territory

Northern Territory currently has 18 churches.

[edit] See also

• Australian Christian Churches

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