Hillsong Conference
Introduction


**Hillsong Conference** is a mid\-year week\-long annual Christian conference hosted in [Sydney](/wiki/Sydney "Sydney"), Australia, with a smaller three\-day event held in London later each year. It is the largest annual conference in Australia of any kind. The event is hosted by [Hillsong Church](/wiki/Hillsong_Church "Hillsong Church") at the [Qudos Bank Arena](/wiki/Qudos_Bank_Arena "Qudos Bank Arena") and surrounding [Olympic Park](/wiki/Sydney_Olympic_Park "Sydney Olympic Park") precinct.

Hillsong Conference grew from 150 people at the first conference in 1986 to upwards of 30,000 people each year in Sydney. It brings in over $28 million to the New South Wales tourism sector, annually.

From 2020 to 2021, the Hillsong Conference was postponed for the first time in its history, due to the [COVID\-19 pandemic](/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic "COVID-19 pandemic").


Why was the Hillsong Conference postponed in 2020 and 2021?