Non Local churches
CHRISTIAN CITY CHURCH IN KINGSCLIFF GETS $1.1 MILLION GRANT
NSW Nats candidate ready to make waves
October 22, 2007
Christian City Church in Kingscliff just south of Tweed Heads had been announced approval for a $1.1 million grant to upgrade a creche and performing arts centre as part of their church.
A WOOLONGONG CHURCH HAS
SO MUCH GROWTH IT HAS 5 SERVICES.
F IGTREE ANGLICAN CHURCH 4-10 Gibsons Rd POB 7 Figtree Woolongong
NSW 2525
**1. Number of people: 1100 over 5 services (Church quoted). 2. Number of chairs:
. 3. Type of person: Well educated due to University there. 4. Socio- Economic
Status: Medium to high. 5. Amount of kids: -. 6. Ages of people: Family age.
7. % are men.
*8. Weekly offering published: Pastor said "We are about to build a church
worth a couple of million dollars which will be to a 3.5 star rating standard
and so I decided to give far more than I could ever afford to give as an example
to the congregation and then I added $5000 to that figure. In one year I had
2 extra income streams which aptly met that $5000 and more." 9. Lateness
of people getting to church: -. 10. Any other interesting information: .
*11. Time there AND date of visit: (Unlike every other church listed, I did
NOT PERSONALLY attend this church. This entry is listed here as an example of
how you can incorporate 5 services into one church. What happened was this,
I attended Hume St Church of Christ Sep 2002 and a couple in that congregation
used to come from the Woolongong Church who invited the Pastor to speak there
that morning. I introduced myself to the Pastor after church.) 12. Length of
service: -.
**13. This and other service times: There are 5 services at this church with
5 completely different congregations. 7 pm Saturday night is for young families
with 100 people, 8am Sunday is for traditional Anglicans; 10am Sunday is for
Family; 5pm Sunday is for young teenagers; 7pm Sunday is for older youth.
**14. Preacher: Senior Minister (Rector) Rod Irvine. Wife Helen half teaches
at the Uni. Rod has a Methodist background and is from Brisbane. He studied
at Moore Theological College. The Uniting church wanted him to study more units
so he switched to the Anglican church. Rod has 6 degrees and used to be a Physicist.
(Master of Business, teaching degrees, science degrees included.) There are
17 part and full time staff at church. 15. Feeling of building: -.
*16. Estimate style of belief: The church is made up of a variety of evangelicals.
Rod said "Woolongong is a blue collar or working class town and our church
is not that but the charismatic pastors there have and are orientating their
churches to very much cater for this group of people." 17. Dress code so
as not to stand out: -. 18. How to get there: -.