Since the early 1970s when our first mission began in Fiji, the Revival Centres have been thankful for the opportunity to take the gospel all over the world.
coming to know God brings joy
Our ‘mission fields’ have been most rewarding as they are often at the forefront of rapid growth in numbers of people receiving the gospel.
The opportunity for some of us to have witnessed masses of people being baptised in one go and being filled with the Holy Spirit is not something we will soon forget.
Pastor Darcy and Pastor Simon in PNG
Our missions work with an emphasis on equipping local people to run their own assemblies. We have no standing “missionaries” as such, preferring to train and encourage the locals in the gospel and in church leadership, at the same time endeavouring to avoid a paternalistic approach.
We support them by regular visits, particularly from pastors and officers, but also by groups of assembly members and young peoples groups. These visits are rewarding – both for the ‘first world’ visitors and their ‘third world’ hosts.
a ‘welcome to village’ greeting to a visitor from a ‘first world’ assembly
From this village the message of salvation – repentance, baptism and receiving the Holy Spirit – grew. It was not long before hundreds and hundreds of people from many villages in the district were experiencing revival in their lives.
The gospel is one of signs, wonders and miracles. People were being healed and their lives changed for the better. Today we have over 220 main centres throughout Papua New Guinea with many thousands of Spirit-filled brothers and sisters living the life that comes from believing and experiencing the miraculous.
Revival Centres assemblies have spread across Papua New Guinea
Things are going well in Nepal with the gospel spreading into many towns in the country. Since the beginning of the year, 5 people have been baptised and received the Holy Spirit. To add to all this, great news – Chandra and Mina from Kathmandu gave birth to a baby boy on Friday 13th April 2012.
On the 1st March, Darcy Ryan (Brisbane) and John Andrews (Geelong) departed Brisbane for Papua New Guinea. Lumi in the Torricelli Mountains, the birthplace of Revival Centres in Papua New Guinea, was the first port of call. Here in Lumi was the new appointment of Pastor Bonny Kinei as the new Zone Pastor for the …
At the end of the Kokoda Trail is a town called Popendetta that a few years ago was devastated by a cyclone. The main town and road to the airport with its many bridges were washed away. Crops and huts were destroyed, but now slowly they are rebuilding their lives. In Popendetta you can find …
Following on from Christmas Camps in Papua New Guinea where over 90 people were baptised and Spirit filled, another camp was held at Pineng. The purpose of the camp was to open a new hall. In 2010 Pastors Simon and Darcy walked from Dato (5.5 hours away from Pineng via river and jungle) to open …
Each year at Christmas time there are a number of camps held in the country over the Christmas week-end. There was a camp at Yawasoro near Wewak where 55 people were baptised in water and received the Holy Spirit. Well over 1000 people attended this camp with folk coming from all over the district. Pastor …
Revival Centres International has 2 centres in India with the Word of God spreading fast throughout the country. Pastor Johnson Abraham looks after Vijayawada while Pastor Jeevan Pandu looks after Vizianagaram. Pastor Johnson reports of having a good time fellowshipping with RCI pastors of India, and visitors from Australia. The spiritual gifts operation also was a …