Country Australia Website www.shirelive.com Phone +61 2 9521 2933 | Churchmanship Pentecostal Senior pastor(s) Brad & Alison Bonhomme | |
Denomination Australian Christian Churches Address 7 Stapleton Ave, Sutherland NSW 2232, Australia Similar GOOD SHEPHE LUTHER, Uniting Church In Australia, Gymea Baptist Church, Caringbah Baptist Church, Presbyter Church In NSW Profiles |
Shirelive Church (formerly Christian Growth Centre) is a Pentecostal Christian church affiliated with Australian Christian Churches, the Australian branch of the Assemblies of God denomination. The church's main campus is located in the commercial district of Sutherland, a southern suburb of Sydney, Australia, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire. The Sunday service times currently include 9:30AM and 5:30PM. The senior pastors are Brad & Alison Bonhomme, who on 20 October 2013 were passed the leadership from Pastors Michael and Valery Murphy, who had led since 1996.
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History
Shirelive was established in 1949 as a pioneer church plant of the Assemblies of God in Australia under the leadership of Pastor Norm Armstrong who was passionate about seeing a Pentecostal witness established in the Sutherland area. The first meeting was in the Sutherland School of Arts Hall.
In the early 1950s the current property at 7-9 Stapleton Avenue, Sutherland was purchased and constructed.
Over the years, the church has been through several name changes. It was founded as Sutherland AOG, then becoming the Christian Growth Centre until 2000 when it was renamed Shire Christian Centre. At this time the church moved from an unincorporated body to a company limited by guarantee and in May 2006 the church was rebranded as Shirelive.
In 2007, the church undertook a building project which consisted of stage one, major demolition of existing auditorium, youth centre with the construction of a new 1090 seat convention centre.
On the 20th October 2013, Pastors Brad & Alison Bonhomme were appointed as the Senior Pastors of Shirelive.
Ministry
Shirelive Church runs many different ministries in addition to weekend services and events.
Shirelive Kids: Pastored by Hannah Shand
Shirelive Kids is the children's ministry of Shirelive Church. Shirelive Church provides a children's program for all weekend services.
Shirelive Youth: Pastored by Jackson Moore, Alex Johnson and Alyssa Searles.
Shirelive Youth, is the Youth Ministry of Shirelive Church. We are passionate about Jesus and the next generation. We exist to make a difference in the Sutherland Shire. We run two age groups every Friday Night. IGNITE: Junior High (Years 6-8) 5:30PM IMPACT: Senior High (Years 9-12) 7:00PM
Shirelive Young Adults: Pastored by Timothy Biasetto.
In 2016 Shirelive Young Adults launched Avant-Garde Conference, which is a three-day event held at Shirelive Church for young adults across Australia on SEPTEMBER 29TH - OCTOBER 1ST The Avant-Garde Conference is tailor made for young adults, a mix of faith filled preaching and worship, creativity and the arts, apologetics, practical teaching, amid plenty of socialising.
People
The member for Cook and Treasurer Scott Morrison and family are part of the Shirelive congregation.