anniversary year since foundation, and announced that as of February 2023, the church will be renamed Futures Church. Influence Some political figures have connections with the church, including Andrew Evans who is father of current pastor Ashley Evans, a pastor at the prior Paradise Church for 30 years and was leader of the conservative Family First political party. Liberal Party of Australia foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer commented positively on the church's focus on God, the Bible and the message of Christ. Famous persons who have attended Paradise include Channel 9 journalist Kate Collins and actress Debra Byrne. The church was also featured on A Current Affair, Compass, The Australian, and The Age. Peter Goers has commonly cited the church in rhetoric light. Apart from media interest, the church also has a television program which screens in different countries and recently started airing each Sunday on Channel 9. Paradise also utilises regular television and radio advertisement for marketing communications, particularly during the Christmas and Easter seasons. Ashley Evans has held the office of State President of Australian Christian Churches of South Australia and a previous member of the National Executive of the Australian Christian Churches. His wife Jane Evans has been influential as the national board member of charity Compassion Australia. Music The profile of Paradise was boosted after the inaugural Australian Idol, singer Guy Sebastian publicly announced his connection with the church as a singer. As a result of market perception of the church, the church launched its Paradise School of Music. Influencers Church worship band Futures' first single "Imaginations", released on 8 September 2017, hit first place on the iTunes "Inspirational" charts on date of release. They subsequently released an EP called Imagine on in 2017 and their first album, Just the Cross in 2019. In 2021, Influencers Youth, the youth ministry of the church, went on to form a musical group called Dreamers, with the first EP "Land of the Living" being released on 13 August 2021, and first album self-titled Dreamers on 21 October 2022. See also Saddleback Church Willowcreek Church Mars Hill Church Australian Christian Churches References External links Churches in Adelaide Pentecostal churches in Australia Australian Christian Churches Evangelical megachurches in Australia Christian organizations established in 1907 1907 establishments in Australia