Pastor Dudley Cooper starts a ‘Revival Night’ on Thursdays at his Kilkenny home
1957
April: Sunday services commence
1958
22 June: Pastor Leo Harris ordains Pastor Dudley and 22 adults become members of the church
1963
Barry Chant becomes the pastor of the church
1964
A block at 73 Grand Junction Rd, Rosewater is purchased for £4,350 and meetings initially take place in a shed, then in a converted cottage
1967
A church building is constructed on the site
1974
John Ridley becomes the pastor of the church, which is later named Good News Christian Centre
1976
The church establishes the first independent Christian primary school in South Australia, named Trinity Christian School (later renamed Portside Christian College) in the suburb of Rosewater
1981
Keith Walsingham becomes the pastor of the Good News Christian Centre, which combines with Lakeside Christian Centre (West Lakes CRC) and builds a church at a disused service station on Frederick Road
1982
Good News Christian Centre is renamed Hebron Christian Centre, West Lakes
1985
Pastor Rod Dunn becomes the pastor of Hebron Christian Centre
1986
Neil Milne becomes the pastor of Hebron Christian Centre
1990
A block of land on 1 Causeway Road, Ethelton is purchased and a church building and school are constructed to accommodate the growing church (which is renamed Portside Community Church) and the school
1992
30 August: The church complex is officially opened
2000
John Poyzer becomes the senior pastor of Portside Community Church
2009
Portside Christian College completes the phasing in of a high school with the addition of Year 12, which commenced with the addition of Year 8 in 2000
2010
31 January: Josh Poyzer becomes the senior pastor of the church, which is renamed Portlife Church
9 August: Green Monkeys is first opened to the Community
2011
The first phase of The Myanmar Project is completed with the church raising over $80,000 to purchase three blocks of land in Myanmar for a Children’s Home
2015
14 June: Our first children’s home ‘The Life House’ is opened in Myanmar
2021
February: Seaview Community Church was renamed Portlife Church Seaview and officially became a campus of Portlife Church