An evangelical Christian church with links to the Liberal Party has received almost $800,000 in grants from government departments in the past five years.

The Sydney-based Hillsong Church has received $473,588 from the Department of Family and Community Services since 1999, according to government answers to Labor questions on notice.

The Department of Workplace Relations also gave one of the pentecostal church's organisations more than $300,000 last financial year alone.