Toongabbie Anglican Church
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Toongabbie Anglican Church (TAC) is a medium sized evangelical Anglican church in the Sydney Diocese
of the Anglican Church of Australia
. The church is located in the suburb of Pendle Hill
in Sydney
's west. Toongabbie Anglican Church is the sole church in the Anglican Parish of Toongabbie.
.
The parish has contained up to four churches:
Anglican Diocese of Sydney
The Diocese of Sydney is a diocese within the Anglican Church of Australia. The majority of the diocese is Evangelical and low church in tradition and committed to Reformed and Calvinist theology....
of the Anglican Church of Australia
Anglican Church of Australia
The Anglican Church of Australia is a member church of the Anglican Communion. It was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania...
. The church is located in the suburb of Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill, New South Wales
Pendle Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Pendle Hill is located 30 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Holroyd and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.-History:George Bond , an American...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
's west. Toongabbie Anglican Church is the sole church in the Anglican Parish of Toongabbie.
Sunday meetings
- Traditional Church (Sunday 8am)
- Family Church (Sunday 9:45am)
- Sunday Night Church (6pm)
Community
- Creche and Kid's Church - part of Family Church
- Kids@Play - a fortnightly play group
- COG - an after school kids club
- One80 - youth group
- Growth groups (bible studies)
Current staff
- Raj Gupta, Rector
- Mark Earngey, Associate Minister
- Kat Harris, Children's Minister
- Tim Johnson, Youth Minister
History
The church is built on land that was granted to William WentworthWilliam Wentworth
William Charles Wentworth was an Australian poet, explorer, journalist and politician, and one of the leading figures of early colonial New South Wales...
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The parish has contained up to four churches:
- St Mary's Anglican Church, Pendle Hill (site of TAC)
- St John's Anglican Church, Girraween
- St Mark's ?
- St ?
See also
- Sydney Anglicans
- EvangelicalismEvangelicalismEvangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
- Anglican Church of AustraliaAnglican Church of AustraliaThe Anglican Church of Australia is a member church of the Anglican Communion. It was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania...
- List of Anglican churches in the Diocese of Sydney