The Australian Fellowship of Faith Churches and Ministers International or AFFCMI is an evangelical, Pentecostal church movement founded by Dr Garnet Budge, Rev. Keith Hannah and Rev. Dwight Hicks in
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
on 10 July 1988 to provide a ministerial organisation catering to independent churches and ministers around Australia. In the early 1990s Dwight Hicks left the Board and was succeeded by Rev. Barry Follet from
Gosford, New South Wales
Gosford is the city and administrative centre of the Central Coast Council local government area in the heart of the Central Coast region, about north of Sydney and about south of Newcastle. The city centre is situated at the northern extr ...
. Dr Garnet Budge retired in August 2008 after 20 years as a director.
AFFCMI operates as a fellowship of individual Christians who are in
communion, rather than a traditional religious denominational structure, which attempts to provide protection, security, information, inspiration and relationships without direct controls and restrictions. As of 2007 there over 150 churches and affiliated ministers situated throughout Australia, North America, Africa, and the Pacific Islands.
AFFCMI holds an annual conference gathering ministers from its member churches worldwide normally in October featuring keynote International Speakers such a
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AFFCMIHome Church of Director Barry Follet
Pentecostalism in Australia
Christian organizations established in 1988