Christian Outreach Centre
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Christian Outreach Centre (COC) is a Brisbane, Queensland, Australia based international group of churches founded in 1974.
History
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Clark Taylor the founder of COC had been in training for the Methodist ministry prior to starting the first congregation of over 25 people in his home.
The church grew rapidly, outgrowing a number of venues.[citation needed] It gained a reputation for including marginalised people, including the homeless, Australian Aborigines, drug addicts and ex-criminals.[citation needed] By 1977 COC numbered well over 1000 people, and began establishing new congregations in nearby towns.[citation needed] , the congregation produced and funded the television program 'A New Way of Living' included many claims of miraculous healing.[citation needed] By 1985, the Brisbane church met in a purpose-built 5000-seat auditorium. It is now known as Citipointe Church. The COC has had an impact politically in Queensladn in particular.[1]
By 1988, the movement had grown to 136 congregations, including groups in New Zealand and the Solomon Islands as well as Australia.[citation needed]
In 1990, Clark Taylor resigned and Neil Miers was appointed International President. Under Miers leadership the movement expanded to include churches in over 30 countries.[citation needed] Following Miers resignation, Ross Abraham heads the COC in Australia.
Both Taylor and Miers have founded new church organisations since their resignations. Both were told they were not welcome in COC churches.[citation needed]
Christian Outreach Centres in both the USA and Canada cut their ties with COC and affiliated with Niel Miers new organisation Global Connexions Church.[2][citation needed]
Education
Schools
Christian Outreach Centre operates a number of schools within Queensland, catering from preparatory through year 12.[3] The first school, Christian Outreach College Brisbane, was in West End before moving to Mansfield (1978).[4] The second on the Sunshine Coast (1979), called Suncoast Christian Academy, renamed Christian Outreach College Sunshine Coast, then in 2001 Suncoast Christian College. A third school was built and opened in 1982 in Toowoomba called, Christian Outreach College Toowoomba.[5]
Tertiary education
The Christian Heritage College at Mansfield, Brisbane, Queensland was founded in 1986.[6]
Community
↑Jump back a sectionReferences
- ^ Greg Roberts (14 November 1987). "Christian Crusaders March To The Right". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 13. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ http://gcchurch.com.au/
- ^ http://www.brisbane.coc.edu.au/Site/About/default.asp
- ^ http://www.brisbane.coc.edu.au/Site/About/History.asp
- ^ http://www.coct.qld.edu.au/index.htm
- ^ http://www.chc.edu.au/history
- ^ Lindsay Murdoch (7 April 2013). "Australians cited in orphanage row". Sun Herald. p. 3. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ Lindsay Murdoch, (7 April 2013), Stealing a generation: Cambodia's unfolding tragedy andMother and children endure pain of separation, The Sunday Age, p. 4 retrieved 20 May 2013
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