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The Revival Fellowship is a Pentecostal Christian denomination based in Australia with a large number of fellowships around the world. The largest fellowships are in Papua New Guinea. There are a number of fellowships in North America, South America, Europe, United Kingdom, Africa, Asia and Brazil.

The church is led by council of pastors with John Kuhlmann, who is based in Adelaide, South Australia as the current chairman.

Doctrine

The Revival Fellowship teaches the necessity of repentance, baptism by full immersion, and receipt of the Holy Spirit with the accompanying sign of 'speaking in tongues'[1] for salvation[2].

Their statement of belief is as follows[3]:

We believe in the infallibility of the Bible.
We believe Jesus Christ is the son of God.
We believe the gospel of His death, resurrection, and directive to repent, be baptised and receive the Holy Spirit.
We believe we are baptised into the Body of Christ (the Church) through the Holy Spirit, with the Bible evidence of speaking in tongues.
We believe in the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit in the Church.
We believe in prayer for the sick and healing by the power of God.
We believe the Bible identifies modern nations and gives signs of the imminent return of Jesus Christ.

The Revival Fellowship holds to the British-Israel doctrine, although racist elements of the teaching are strongly denied by the group.[4]

Bible numerics[5] and pyramidology is often preached.

It is also documented and widely known that members of the Revival Fellowship having being miraculously healed from diseases and other ailments [6].

Community

Members of the Revival Fellowship worship as part of a closely-knit community, with fellowship meetings on weekdays and Sundays in addition to another Communion meeting on Sunday. Activities are also scheduled throughout the week, and a number of specific fellowship groups organised (such as for children, young people and women). The group owns a number of campsites throughout Australia, and members are encouraged to holiday in fellowship through Christmas Camps, Easter Camps and Kids' Camps.

A major focus of the group is evangelism and many activities are structured to encourage visitors to come along. Music is also a major focus of fellowship activities, with members encouraged to participate in musical items and acts along with the 'choruses' that are a feature of all fellowship meetings.

Second Coming Prophecies

The Revival Fellowship teaches that the Bible points to the immminent return of Jesus Christ[7]. In addition, the church examines Bible prophecy in light of current events, such as the prominence of the USA[8] and how pestilence, disease and the ubiquity of computers warn of the coming destruction of the world[9].

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.revivalfellowship.org/Speaking_in_Tongues.asp
  2. ^ http://www.revivalfellowship.org/Speaking_in_Tongues.asp
  3. ^ http://www.revivalfellowship.org/What_We_Believe.asp
  4. ^ http://www.trf.org.au/Anti_racism_Statement.asp
  5. ^ http://www.revivalfellowship.org/Bible_Numerics.asp
  6. ^ http://www.revivalfellowship.org/healing.asp
  7. ^ http://www.revivalfellowship.org/What_We_Believe.asp
  8. ^ http://www.revivalfellowship.org/America_in_the_Bible.asp
  9. ^ Brackenridge, I. 1998. 'Signs of the Times' in Revival Times. Autumn-Spring. pp 4-7 [1]
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