New Life Fellowship Association
| New Life Fellowship Association | |
|---|---|
 New Life Fellowship | |
| Classification | Evangelicalism |
| Orientation | Charismatic |
| Moderator | Shekhar Kallianpur, senior pastor |
| Region | India |
| Official website | nlfa |
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 2025, 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:ISBN 1-877139-15-7
See also
References
- ^ Thomas, Pradip Ninan (9 July 2008). Strong Religion, Zealous Media: Christian Fundamentalism and Communication in India. ISBN 9789352804863.
- ^ 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, exponential.org, accessed February 5, 2025
- ^ 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