List of National Conferences
Year | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|
1937 | The Pentecostal Church, Sydney, NSW | Amalgamation of two denominations to form the Assemblies of God in Australia |
1939 | Richmond Temple, Melbourne, VIC | ? |
1941 | ? | Henry Wiggins was elected as Chairman of ACC |
1943 | ? | Held in the midst of the Second World War |
1945 | Glad Tidings Tebernacle, Brisbane, QLD | Philip Duncan was elected as Chairman of ACC |
1947 | Assembly of God Tebernacle, Hamilton, NSW | A bible school fund was opened, and in the following year Commonwealth Bible College (now Southern Cross College) was opened |
1949 | ? | ? |
1951 | Brisbane, QLD | Newly elected Chairman of ACC Alec Davidson launched the 'Christ for the Crisis Hour' crusade |
1953 | Victoria | The Authorised Version of the bible was recommended as the accepted bible in ACC |
1955 | ? | Evangelism was a dominant theme |
1957 | Brisbane, QLD | A commitment to foreign and home missions was renewed |
1959 | ? | Alec Davidson was elected as Superintendent for the second time |
1961 | ? | ? |
1963 | ? | Appointment of the Department of Evangelism |
1965 | ? | Royal Rangers was introduced to Assemblies of God churches |
1967 | ? | The consideration of establishing a national headquarters was pushed forward |
1969 | ? | George Forbes was appointed Director of Foreign Missions |
1971 | ? | ? |
1973 | ? | A special 'Committee on Restructure' was appointed for the future |
1975 | Stanwell Tops, NSW | The Holy Spirit moved, calling pastors and leaders to wait upon the Lord's direction |
1977 | Melbourne, VIC | Andrew Evans becomes the Superintendent. Guest speaker Dr. Yonggi Cho from Korea |
1979 | Brisbane, QLD | Theme was 'Reach Out' |
1981 | Adelaide, SA | Theme was 'Every Town' expressing the desire to have an ACC church in every town |
1983 | Canberra, ACT | Theme was 'Let's take the Nations' |
1985 | Melbourne, VIC | Theme was 'Evangelise' |
1987 | Brisbane, QLD | Celebrating 50 years and 500 churches |
1989 | ? | The 1990s were declared a 'Decade of Harvest' |
1991 | ? | ? |
1993 | ? | ? |
1995 | ? | ? |
1997 | Adelaide, SA | Brian Houston becomes the national leader |
1999 | Canberra, ACT | Constitutional changes including changing the title of Superintendent to National President |
2001 | Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne, VIC | Theme was 'Accelerate' |
2003 | Brisbane, QLD | Theme was 'Momentum'. David Cartledge honoured after 26 years on the National Executive |
2005 | Hillsong Church, Sydney, NSW | The National Conference hosted the World Assemblies of God Congress |
2007 | Gold Coast, QLD | The public name of the denomination was changed to Australia Christian Churches |
2009 | Gold Coast, QLD | Wayne Alcorn succeeds Brian Houston as National President. Southern Cross College launches its new name Alphacrucis |
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