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AUSTRALIAN
CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS AND CHURCH GROUPS
WHO GOES WHERE?
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1991
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2001
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| Catholic
Church |
29.5% |
26.6 |
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| Anglican
Church |
27.3% |
20.7 |
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| Uniting
Church |
6.5% |
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| Presbyterian
Church |
4.7% |
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| Orthodox
Church |
3.2% |
2.82 % |
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| Baptist
Church |
1.6 % |
1.7 |
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| Lutheran |
1.49 |
1.33 |
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| Pentecostal
Churches |
.7% |
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ETHNIC
CHURCHES
INDEPENDENT
CHURCHES
NSW COUNCIL OF
CHURCHES
Aboriginal
Evangelical Fellowship
Mainly in the
Northern Territitory
with a Bible College in Cootamundra NSW
ANABAPTIST
The
House of The Lord A Melbourne
house-church.
Ancient
Church of the east
Started in
Australia due
to migration. Around 7 Churches nationally.
Anglican
Catholic Church
St
Hilda's, Teralba
The Australian
Diocese was
formed in March 1992. 5 Churches
ANTIOCHIAN
ORTHODOX CHURCH
The First church
built in
Australia was 1921. Memebrs mainly come from Lebanon. In 1970 the
Australasian
Diocese was formed.
Apostolic
Church (Around
70-80 Churches Australia wide)
Started in
Australia around
the late 1920's.
Armenian
Apostolic Church of Australia and New Zealand (5 Churches)
The Church is
between Catholic
and Orthodox it is non-chalcedonian. The First church was formed in
Australia
in 1953.(Sydney ) then Melbourne (1955)
ASSEMBLY
OF GOD
Over 900 Churches.
State Based
Districts.
Blue
Mountains
Central Coast
(Coastlands)
East
Coast
Eastlakes
Christian Life Centre
Mona
Vale
Punchbowl
Camden Christian
Life Centre
Wollongong (Lighthouse)
Associated
Mission Churches of Australasia (50 Churches
Renewal Churches
starting
in the 1950's.
Australian
Catholic Church
Independent from
Rome. 2
Churches, In 1991 the first Australian bishop was consecrated
Holy Apostolic
Catholic Assyrian Church of the East
BAPTIST(750
Churches)
Started in
Australia in
the 1830's.(Sydney) In 1926 the Baptist Union of Australia was formed
NSW (Over 300
Church)
Northern Territory
(10 Churches)
Queensland (Over
160 Churches)
South Australia
(Over 90
Churches)
Tasmania ( around
32 churches)
Victoria (Around
190 churches)
Western Australia
(around
90 Churches)
Baulkham
Hill
Charlestown
(Victory
Camden
Carlton
Kogarah
Gerringong
Baptist Church
Gymea
Hurstville
Maroubra
Marrickville
Musselbrook
Molong
Nowra
Padstow
Orange
Randwick
Baptist
Ryde
Springwood
BRETHREN
(Exclusive
Brethren)
Open
Bulgarian
Orthodox (2 Churches)
CATHOLIC
The first official
priests
arrived in 1820. The First Bishopric was established in 1834. In
Australia
we have 7 Archdioceses and 21 Dioceses.
Adelaide
Armidale
Ballarat
Bathurst
Brisbane
Broken Bay
Broome
Bunbury
Cairns
Canberra Goulburn
Darwin
Geraldton
Hobart
Lismore
Maitland
Melbourne
Parramatta
Perth
Port pirie
Rockhampton
Sale
Sandhurst
Sydney*
Toowoomba
Townsville
Wagga Wagga
Wilcannia - Forbes
Wollongong
CHRISTIAN
& MISSIONARY ALLIANCE OF AUSTRALIA (over
40 Churches)
Christian
Brethren Assemblies (Open Brethren) Around 270 Churches
NSW around 70
churches
Blaxland
Epping
VICTORIA
Christian
Brethren Assemblies of Victoria (official website)
NSW
Christian
Brethren (NSW)
Christian
Israelite Church
Very Small.
started in England
around 1822.
Sydney
Singleton
Terrigal
Windsor
Kempsey
CHURCH
OF CHRIST (around
460 churches)
Started in
Australia during
the 1840's - 1850's. The Federal Conference started in 1906.
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NDEPENDENT CHURCHES OF CHRIST
Churches
of Christ, (Non-denominational), ACT
Churches
of Christ, (Non-denominational), NSW
Churches
of Christ, (Non-denominational), N.T.
Churches
of Christ, (Non-denominational), QLD
Churches
of Christ, (Non-denominational), S.A.
Churches
of Christ, (Non-denominational), Tasmania
Churches
of Christ, (Non-denominational), Vic
Churches
of Christ, (Non-denominational), W.A.
North
Ryde
Waringah
International
Church of Christ
Sydney
CHURCH
OF GOD
New South Wales -
CHINESE
CHURCHES
or
Try this site
CHRISTIAN
CITY CHURCH (Around
62 Churches Worldwide
ccc
Canberra
CCC
Chatswood
C
CC Penrith
CCC
Wollongong
Christian
City Church , Maroubra
CHRISTIAN
LIFE CENTRES
CHRISTIAN
OUTREACH CENTRES (Over
200 Churches)
Spead from
Brisbane in 1974.
CHRISTIAN
REVIVAL CENTRES
Christian
Revival Crusade (0ver 230 churches)
Begun in 1944/45
with the
present name adopted in 1963.
Christian
Science (The first Church of Christ Scientist, in Boston, Mass.)
Around
50 Churches
Founded my Mary
Baker Eddy
in 1897. The first service in Melbourne was 1889 (?)
ACT 1 Churches
NSW 19 Churches
QLD 11 Churches
SA 2 Churches
Tas 1 Churches
Vic 11 Churches
WA 4 Churches
CHURCH
OF THE NAZARENE info@nazarene.org.au
(Around 32 Churches)
A Holiness
Movement Church.
Started in the USA in 1908 and in Australia in the mid 1940's,
North Pacific
Disctrict
Southern District
Western District
Bible College
Thornlands
Birrong
Church
CONGREGATIONAL
Congregation
Federation
of Australia has around 29 Churches. Formed in 1992 but its origins in
Australia go back to 1798.
BEXLEY
BEXLEY CHINESE
CAMPBELLTOWN
CAMPSIE CHINESE
CESSNOCK WEST
ENGADINE
GEORGES RIVER
GRESFORD
Hunters
Hill
JANNALI
KOGARAH BAY
KURRI KURRI
LEICHHARDT
MAITLAND DISTRICT
MANLY
MIRANDA
NAMBUCCA VALLEY
Padstow
PADSTOW CHINESE
REVESBY
RYDE
SALISBURY
TOWRADGI
WATERLOO
WOLLONGONG
Queensland
BRASSALL Qld.
RACEVIEW
117 Wildey St.,
Raceview,
Qld. 4305
TASMANIA
RICHMOND
Bridge St.,
Richmond, Tas.
7025
SOUTH
AUSTRALIA
TORRENSVILLE
Cnr. Huntriss St.
&
Carlton Pde., Torrensville, SA. 5031
Minister:
Pastor Andrew Cole
(08) 8344 5676.
English
Congregation
Secretary: Mr. Jim
Randall.
Ph: (02) 9953 4951
Pioneering
Churches
NARELLAN NSW (Hunters
Hill)
WATERLOO CHINESE
NSW
COPTIC
ORTHODOX
Started around the
1960's.
Egyptian in origin.
FREE
SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
FOUR
SQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH
Calvary
Chapel
Mt
Druitt
Full
Gospel Church (Around 90 churches)
GREEK
ORTHODOX (Around 120 Churches in Australia)
The first church
in Australia
was erected in 1898. The Archdiocese established in 1924.
Figures from 1992.
NSW / ACT: 34
Churches
VIC / TAS: 43
Churches
SA /NT 21 Churches
QLD: 9 Churches
GREEK
ORTHODOX (Autocefalic)
Holy
Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East (3
Churches)
Started by
Migrants in the
mid 1960's.
Sydney 2
Melbourne 1
Independent
Baptist
Jubilee International
Liberal
Catholic (12 Churches Aust)
Started in
Australia in
1916.
LUTHERAN(Over
420 Churches)
Stated in
Australia in the
1830's by German missionaries. The Australian Lutheran Church was
formed
in 1966.
CONGREGATIONS
http://www.lca.org.au/congregations/congnsw.html
MACEDONIAN
ORTHODOX CHURCH (around 17 Churches)
Around 1970 it
started in
Australia
Maronite
Catholic
(9 churches)
An Eastern
Catholic Rite
Church in communion with the Catholic Church. Members are mainly
Lebanese.
Saint
Maroun
Saint
Charbel
Melkite
Eastern Rite Catholics
About 18,000
members
An Eastern
Catholic Rite
Church in communion with the Catholic Church. Members are mainly from
the
Middle East.
New
Apostolic Church
Headquarters are
in Zurich
Switzland. Founded in the 1830's
NEW
LIFE CHURCHES
PEOPLES
CHURCH
Gymea
POTTER
HOUSE
Campbelltown
Parramatta
QUAKERS(Around
40)
First came to
Australia
in 1790.(Hobart) First general Australian meeting in 1902. The First
national
annual meeting 1964.
Revival
Fellowship
Small Pentecostal
Denomination
Founded in Australia. Emphasis on British Israelistism.
REVIVAL
CENTRES INTERNATIONAL
RHEMA
(FAMILY CHURCH) Around 15 churches.
Started in Perth
in 1979.
Mainly in Western Australia
ROMANIAN
ORTHODOX
Churches in
Sydney, Newcastle,
Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide
RUSSIAN
ORTHODOX
(25 Churches)
The Exiled Church
of Russia
- started in Australia in the 1920's.
Parish
of St John (The forerunner of the Russian Orthodox Church in
Russian
in Canberra );
(
Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Australia (Sydney)
&
NZ, in English with many Russia Orthodox Church Links ).
RUSSIAN
ORTHODOX WEBPAGES QLD
RUACH
FELLOWSHIPS
SALVATION
ARMY
Started in
Australia in
the 1880's.
Eastern Australia
and PNG
(Includes NSW, QLD, ACT, PNG) 203 Corps or worship centres
Southern Teritory
(Vic,
SA, WA, Tas, NT) 184 Churches
Menai
Ryde
SYRIAN
ORTHODOX CHURCH
SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTISTS (Around 400 Churches)
In Australia from
1888
SEVENTH
DAY BAPTIST
SYRIAN
ORTHODOX
SYDNEY
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Based on the
Boston Church
of Christ
UKRAINIAN
CATHOLIC
UKRAINIAN
ORTHODOX 3 churches
Around 700
families based
in Victoria
Miorooca QLD
Croydon SA
Glenroy VIC
UNITING
CHURCH(Around 1,000 churches)
Formed in 1977.
Uniting Aboriginal
And Islander
Christian Congress
NSW Synod
Northern
Synod (NT)
QLD Synod
SA Synod
Tas Synod
Vic Synod
WA Synod
UNITED
CHURCH OF GOD
WESLEYAN
METHODIST CHURCH
From the USA
formed in 1843,
and in Australia 1947.
Bible College:
Kingsley
College Glenroy
Pittwater
WORLD
WIDE CHURCH OF GOD
USA in 1933 by
Herbert W.
Armstrong and in Australia from 1959. The Church was split as half of
it
became evangelical.
Newcastle
VINEYARD
INDEPENDENT
CHURCHES
Byron
Bay Christian Church
East
Sydney Community Christian Church
Holroyd
New Life Centre
Immanuel
Christian Revival Fellowship
New
Direction Community Church
Macarthur
Christian Fellowship
North
Beaches Christian Centre
Oxley Vale Community Church (Tamworth, NSW)
Port
Hacking Community Church
Power
House Christian Church
Power
of Love Fellowship
Camperdown Community Church
FULL
LIFE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
OTHER
MINISTRIES
ALPHA
The
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches of Australia
THE
EVANGELICAL SISTERHOOD OF MARY IN AUSTRALIA
SERVANTS
OF JESUS
On Line Consulting
Impact
Evangelism
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Council of Churches
Down
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ANGLICAN
Anglican
Church of Australia National Home page
The
Anglican Diocese of Ballarat (Ballarat, VIC),
Anglican
Church of Australia Diocese of Brisbane;
- Anglican
Diocese of Perth Parish of Merredin-Kellerberrin in the
Goldfields/Country
Region, WA
All
Saints Anglican Church (Seacliff S. A.),
Description:
Site comprising home page plus others. Information on the church, its
activities,
articles from the Parish Magazine, notes on Saints and Holy Days and a
series on the Hallmarks of Anglicanism.
- Christ
Church St. Laurence George Street at Railway Square,
(Sydney,
NSW)
Church
of the Good Shepherd (Anglican), Bossley Park, Sydney
Roseville
Anglican , Roseville, (Sydney NSW)
- St
Agnes' Anglican , The parish of St Agnes, Grange and
Southern
West Lakes , (Adelaide, SA) A
Christian
community in the Anglican tradition, serving the Adelaide suburbs of
Grange
and southern West Lakes since 1885. Provides a range
of worship styles to promote and nurture a diverse congregation and to
promote a culture of justice and social responsibility.
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St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Hurstville Grove (NSW).
St
Alban's, (Anglican Parish of Claremont and Chigwell ) (Hobart
Tasmania)
Email contact: Robert Mills (
robert@webbed.com.au
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- Saint
Augustine's Anglican Church , Unley, Diocese of Adelaide.
- St
Barnabas , Broadway, (Sydney NSW) St Barnabas Broadway is an active
evangelical Anglican church serving the inner-west of Sydney, with a
particular
focus on university students, young adults, and families in the region.
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St. Barnabas Anglican Church Red Hill, (Brisbane,
QLD); E
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St. Clement's Anglican Church, Mosman (NSW).
- St.
James Anglican Church, Minto (NSW).
- St.
Mark's Anglican Church, Buderim (QLD).
- St.
Mary's Anglican Church (Melbourne, VIC)
- St.
Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney (NSW).
- Parish
of Somerton Park Somerton Park, S.A., Anglican R
ANGLO-CATHOLIC
Anglican
Catholic Church
ASSEMBLIES
OF GOD
Albury
City AOG
- Christian
Life Centre, Mount Annan , Campbelltown, NSW -- (an AOG
Church)
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Legana
Assembly of God , (Legana, TAS)
Marion
City Church , an A.O.G. assembly in Adelaide, SA.
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