Hillsong Church London
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| Hillsong Church London | |
 Hillsong Church London logo
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| Country |  United Kingdom |
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| Website | www.hillsong.co.uk |
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| Founded | September 1999 |
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| Senior pastor(s) | Brian and Bobbie Houston |
| Pastor(s) | Gary and Cathy Clarke |
Hillsong Church London is a Pentecostal church and is the London congregation of Hillsong Church which also meets in Sydney, Paris, Kiev, Cape Town and Stockholm. The church was planted by Hillsong Church in Sydney and is pastored by Gary and Cathy Clarke.
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[edit] Venues
From 2000 to 2002 Hillsong London met in various West End theatres and university halls around London. Towards the end of 2004 it ended a two year residency in the Mermaid Conference and Events Centre, holding seven services a weekend. As of January 2005[update], the church holds four services on a Sunday at the Dominion Theatre, which seats around 2200 people. In August 2005, Hillsong London began holding services in Leatherhead, Surrey (south west of London).
Extension Services are also held in Amsterdam and Ireland on Sundays, with the London services streamed live to these cities.
On 13 September 2009 Hillsong London held a service at the London O2 Arena, to celebrate 10 years of the church in London.
[edit] Conferences
Hillsong London hosts two annual conferences:
Colour Your World Conference London
The Colour Your World Women's Conference began in London in 2004 and takes place in May every year. It is hosted by Bobbie Houston. In 2006 the event was held at Wembley Conference Centre and since 2007, the conference has been hosted in the Royal Albert Hall. In 2010 Colour Your World Women's Conference is moving back to Wembley, this time to Wembley Arena.
Hillsong Conference Europe
Hillsong Conference Europe is Hillsong's annual conference. The conference is currently held at The O2 Arena. Between 2007-2009, the conference was held at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in Docklands (East London).
Past guests for Hillsong Conference Europe have included Joel and Victoria Osteen, Nicky Gumbel, Joseph Prince, Judah Smith, Jentezen Franklin, Joyce Meyer, Michael W. Smith, Israel Houghton, Craig Groeschel, Joel Houston, Hillsong United, Christine Caine and Darlene Zschech.
[edit] Music
In 2004, Hillsong London released their first live worship album, entitled Shout God's Fame, recorded live at the Mermaid Conference and Events Centre.
In October 2005, Hillsong London released their second album, Jesus Is, which was recorded live at the Dominion Theatre in London's West End and includes performances by Matt Redman along side the Hillsong London Team. Jesus Is was released in May 2006.
In December 2006, Hillsong London also released a remixed version of Jesus Is' called Jesus Is: Remix. The album contains various remixes of 12 songs from the original Jesus Is album.
On October 8, 2008 the Hail to the King album and live DVD was released, again recorded live in London's Dominion Theatre.
The following year, on 24 August 2009, the single "C.I.T.Y" was released and reached Number 16 on the UK Top 30 Indie singles charts.
On 24 January 2010, Hillsong London recorded songs which were included on the latest Hillsong live DVD album, A Beautiful Exchange, released on 29 July 2010.
