Sydney. Home not just to the Opera House and the Anglican evangelicals but also to Hillsong.
Led by Brian and Bobbie Houston, Hillsong is an Assemblies of God church at the cutting edge of modern worship. A London offshoot hires out the Dominion Theatre in the West End. Their latest conference was held in September in London’s Docklands. I went along to the Excel Centre one Friday to find out more.
The walkway from Custom House station was lined with red T-shirts. These young volunteers were there purely to make guests feel welcome — the ‘red carpet’ experience. Long queues were forming with an hour to go before the Hillsong night started. Delirious was to lead the praise and worship, and the bass was already booming behind the closed doors.
