Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (Australia) explained

Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
Main Classification:Evangelical Protestant
Polity:Congregational
Founded Date:2002
Leader Title:National Director
Leader Name:Al Stewart
Congregations:55 (2022)

The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches is an evangelical denomination in Australia. It consists of 55 churches across six states.[1] It is based in Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory.

The FIEC as a denomination started in 2002 (although early church plants began in the 1990s)[2] [3] and has experienced significant growth.[4]

Most of the churches were formed as church plants by clergy trained at Moore Theological College, but operating outside the Diocese of Sydney.[5] [6] Although trained at Moore College and other theological colleges, senior pastors are not required to be ordained as deacons or priests/ministers by the FIEC. There were objections to these church plants by other local churches at the time.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] In 2020, many of the church plants did not have their own church buildings, and met at local schools.[12]

The FIEC denomination is complementarian and requires the male senior pastors, who are the only representatives of its affiliated churches, to agree to and uphold this doctrine to maintain their membership of the FIEC.[13] [14] [15]

Al Stewart has been National Director since March 2020.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Find a church . Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches . 30 April 2020.
  2. Web site: 23 Oct 2020 - About Phillip Phillip Jensen - Archived Website. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20201022132956/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/130905/20201023-0002/phillipjensen.com/about/index.html. dead. 2020-10-22. 2020-12-15. Trove. en.
  3. Web site: McDonald . Dave . 2018-09-17 . Reflections on the beginnings of Crossroads . 2023-06-09 . macarisms . en.
  4. News: Sandeman . John . What changed in the twenty teens . 30 April 2020 . . 18 December 2019.
  5. Web site: 1998 ACL AGM - Church Planting on the Central Coast . 2023-06-09 . acl.asn.au.
  6. Web site: Sandeman . John . 2022-08-24 . Not just one split. There’s been at least 50 ‘splits’ in the Anglican Church of Australia . 2023-06-09 . THE OTHER CHEEK . en-AU.
  7. Book: Cameron . Marcia . Phenomenal Sydney: Anglicans in a Time of Change, 1945-2013 . 2016 . . 242 . 9781498289320 . 30 April 2020.
  8. News: Brown . Malcolm . 16 October 2000 . Seeds of division take root over 'planted' churches . 7 . Sydney Morning Herald.
  9. Web site: 16 Nov 2001 . New era for church planting . 2023-06-09 . Southern Cross Online . en . 2001-11-16 . http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20011116191724/http://www.anglicanmediasydney.asn.au/scn/main.html . bot: unknown .
  10. Web site: Heard . Andrew . 1999-02-03 . Doing ‘nothing remarkable’ on the coast . 2023-06-09 . The Briefing . en-US.
  11. ABC TV, Four Corners, "An unholy row", 19 June 2000, transcript begins at 38:35
  12. News: Burton-Bradley . Robert . 'Homosexuality will send people to hell' - church sermons on public school grounds . 30 April 2020 . . 2 July 2016.
  13. Web site: McCarthy. Joanne. 2019-01-25. Go and make babies: pastor's message to married women raises hackles. 2021-02-09. Newcastle Herald. en-AU.
  14. Web site: 2020. Membership booklet. 15 December 2020. FIEC.
  15. Web site: 2019. FIEC Constitution. 15 December 2020. FIEC.
  16. Web site: Staff & Executive . FIEC . 2023-07-20.

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