The Hillsong Church brand has been virtually synonymous with contemporary Christian praise & worship music, generating dozens of CDs and DVDs that have been bestsellers not only in their native Australia but abroad as well. A Pentecostal ministry based in northwest Sydney, Hillsong Church was founded in August 1983 by New Zealand natives Brian and Bobbi Houston. First known as Hills Christian Life Centre, at launch its congregation counted just 45 members, but grew to 900 within four years. As the church's music ministry evolved, in 1986 the Houstons founded ~the Hillsong Conference, an annual event created to teach and nurture contemporary Christian musicians.
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