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New Life Fellowship Association
New Life Fellowship
ClassificationEvangelicalism
OrientationCharismatic
ModeratorShekhar Kallianpur, senior pastor
RegionIndia
Official websitenlfa.org

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

See also

References

  • ^ Hoover, Stewart M.; Kaneva, Nadia (9 August 2009). Fundamentalisms and the Media. ISBN 9781847061331.
  • ^ 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

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Life_Fellowship_Association&oldid=1150376762"

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