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

• List of the largest evangelical megachurches
• Born Again Movement
• Christianity in India

External links

• New Life Fellowship official site

Notes and References

1. Book: Strong Religion, Zealous Media: Christian Fundamentalism and Communication in India. 9789352804863. Thomas. Pradip Ninan. 9 July 2008.
2. Book: Fundamentalisms and the Media. 9781847061331. Hoover. Stewart M.. Kaneva. Nadia. 9 August 2009.
3. NLFA, OUR HISTORY, Official website, India, retrieved September 3, 2016
4. 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
5. A new vision, a new heart, a renewed call: Volume 1 - Page 384
6. 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"
7. The Emotionally Healthy Church - Page 227
8. Warren Bird, World megachurches, leadnet.org, USA, retrieved February 15, 2020
9. New Life Fellowship Association, FAITH STATEMENT, nlfa.org, Inde, retrieved February 18, 2020
10. Allan Anderson, An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2013, p. 141