Megachurch Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Australia === Australian scholar Sam Hey wrote in 2011 that "almost all megachurch developments are [[Pentecostalism in Australia|Pentecostal]], or [[charismatic church|charismatic]] and neo-Pentecostal offshoots".<ref name=hey2011>{{cite thesis | last=Hey | first=Sam | title=God in the Suburbs and Beyond: The Emergence of an Australian Megachurch and Denomination | publisher= Griffith University | date=2011| type=PhD| doi=10.25904/1912/3059 | url=https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/handle/10072/365629 | access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref> One of the first megachurches in Australia was the [[Christian Outreach Centre]] (COC),<ref name=hey2011/> now the International Network of Churches.<ref name=incabout>{{cite web | title=About | website=International Network of Churches | url=https://www.inc.org.au/about/ | access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=hillsongleaves/> [[Hillsong Church]] was founded in 1983 in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], out of two [[Christian Life Centre]] churches and has since planted churches all around Australia and the world. <ref> Sam Hey, ''Megachurches: Origins, Ministry, and Prospects'', Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2013, p. 66-67, 265-266</ref> Another significant Australian international Pentecostal network is the [[C3 Church Global|C3 Global Network]], founded in 1980.<ref name=hillsongleaves>{{cite web|url=https://www.eternitynews.com.au/australia/hillsong-becomes-a-denomination/ |website= [[Eternity News]]|title=Hillsong becomes a denomination|date=19 September 2018}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page