| Hillsong Conference | |
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 Hillsong Conference 2021 logo | |
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| Genre | Christian |
| Location(s) | Hills Convention Center |
| Coordinates | 33°50′39″S 151°03′44″E / 33.8443°S 151.0621°E |
| Country | Australia |
| Years active | 38 |
| Inaugurated | 1986[1] |
| Previous event | 3 – 5 July 2023 |
| Next event | 9 – 11 July 2024 |
| Attendance | 3,000+ |
| Website | hillsong.com/conference |
Hillsong Conference is a mid-year week-long annual Christian conference hosted in Sydney, Australia, with a smaller three-day event held in London later each year. It is the largest annual conference in Australia of any kind.[2][3] The event is hosted by Hillsong Church at the Qudos Bank Arena and surrounding Olympic Park precinct.
Hillsong Conference grew from 150 people at the first conference in 1986[4] to upwards of 30,000 people each year in Sydney. It brings in over $28 million to the New South Wales tourism sector, annually.[5]
From 2020 to 2021, the Hillsong Conference was postponed for the first time in its history, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
- ^ Wagner, Tom; Riches, Tanya (2 November 2017). The Hillsong movement examined : you call me out upon the waters. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 29. ISBN 9783319596563.
- ^ "Australia's largest annual conference draws 30,000" (Press release). Hillsong Church. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2006.
- ^ "Hillsong Conference cheat sheet". christiantoday.com.au.
- ^ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Hillsong Church Australia. 2017. pp. 8, 36. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Inside the $4 million conference #OverheardatHillsong". NewsComAu. 8 July 2016.
- ^ "Ruby Princess: the untrue Hillsong slur that Twitter can't let go of". eternitynews.com.au. 29 April 2020.