CityLife Church
Country	Australia
Denomination	Independent (Pentecostal)
Website	citylifechurch.com
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)	Mark and Nicole Conner

CityLife Church, formerly known as Waverley Christian Fellowship, is a non-denominational megachurch in Australia. It is Melbourne’s largest church, with over 9000 people calling it their home church and a current weekly attendance of over 5,500 people. 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 1,200 students.

Contents 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^[1]. The church also boasts a Young Adults (18-25 year old's) ministry with an average of over 250-300 people attending the fortnightly mid-week meetings.

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.^[2][3]

Steven Fielding, Victorian Senator with the Family First party, is a member of CityLife.^[4][5]

[edit] See also

• List of the largest churches in Australia

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• CityLife Church home page
• Songs and a message article in The Age, 27 March 2005
• The Hallelujah chorus article in The Age, 24 December 2004
• Spreading God's Fire in Australia article in Charisma, September 2000

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