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Revival Centres International | |
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Classification | Registered Denomination |
Orientation | Pentecostal, Evangelical |
Polity | Autonomous |
Region | Arnhem Land, Australia, Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, England, Fiji, Hong Kong, Kenya, Liberia, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland Wales, United Kingdom, United States of America |
Founder | Lloyd Longfield |
Origin | 1958 Melbourne, Aust |
Separated from | Commonwealth Revival Crusade |
Separations | Geelong Revival centre (1972) Christian Assemblies International (1991) The Revival Fellowship (1995) |
Congregations | 300+ |
Members | 20000+ |
Ministers | 300+ |
Other name(s) | Revival Centres of Australia |
Key Pastors= Lloyd Longfield (founder), Simon Longfield, (Principal Pastor) Victor Samoilenko (Liaison Pastor) , Geoff Beggs(Liaison Pastor).
Church Homepage = [1] Church Slogans = "Contending for the faith", "The Truth with Proof" |
The Revival Centres International is a Pentecostal church with its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. It has approximately 300 centres in 22 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Fiji, Italy, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Malawi, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.[1][2]
The Revival Centres was formed as a separate identity from the Commonwealth Revival Crusade in 1958, and at a short time later became a registered denomination pursuant to the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth), as Revival Centres of Australia.
The Church has a strong emphasis on the need to show evidence of glossolalia or "speaking in tongues" to demonstrate receiving the Holy Spirit to be considered a full member of the Church and a saved Christian. Revival Centres International bases its glossolalia teaching on a literal interpretation of Acts 2, a trait with some other Pentecostal groups. Revival Centres does not affiliate with any other religious organisation and are not a member of the World Council of Churches.[3]
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