New Life Fellowship Association Explained
New Life Fellowship Association |
Main Classification: | Evangelicalism |
Orientation: | Charismatic |
Leader Name: | Shekhar Kallianpur, senior pastor |
Area: | India |
New Life Fellowship Association, commonly known as New Life Fellowship (NLF), is a group of megachurches primarily located in India, that is characterised by adherence to the Holiness movement, Evangelicalism, and Biblical fundamentalism.[1] [2] New Life Fellowship Association Mumbai (Bombay) is a megachurch with 70,000 members.
History
New Life Fellowship was founded in 1964 in Pune by missionaries Graham and Pamela Truscott from the New Life Churches of New Zealand.[3] In 1966, the church was established in Mumbai. Dr. S. Joseph joined the Church in Mumbai and was soon ordained Pastor and became the founding chairman of New Life Fellowship.[4] In India, it has more than 100,000 adherents. [5] [6] [7] In 2020, the Church had 70,000 people. [8]
Beliefs
The denomination has a charismatic confession of faith. [9] [10]
Bibliography
- Brett Knowles: New Life: The New Life Churches of New Zealand: 1942-1979: Dunedin: Third Millennium: 1999:
See also
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Notes and References
- Book: Strong Religion, Zealous Media: Christian Fundamentalism and Communication in India. 9789352804863. Thomas. Pradip Ninan. 9 July 2008.
- Book: Fundamentalisms and the Media. 9781847061331. Hoover. Stewart M.. Kaneva. Nadia. 9 August 2009.
- NLFA, OUR HISTORY, Official website, India, retrieved September 3, 2016
- Allan Anderson, Edmond Tang, Asian and Pentecostal: The Charismatic Face of Christianity in Asia, Second Edition, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2011, pages 189-190
- A new vision, a new heart, a renewed call: Volume 1 - Page 384
- Stanley M Burgess, Eduard M van der Maas (eds) The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002) s.v. "neocharismatics"
- The Emotionally Healthy Church - Page 227
- Warren Bird, World megachurches, leadnet.org, USA, retrieved February 15, 2020
- New Life Fellowship Association, FAITH STATEMENT, nlfa.org, Inde, retrieved February 18, 2020
- Allan Anderson, An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2013, p. 141