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Our Denomination

CRC Churches International began as an Australian Pentecostal denomination in 1947 in Adelaide, South Australia. It has spread to every state of Australia and throughout much of Southeast Asia and the Pacific with over 750 churches in all. Originally called the Christian Revival Crusade, it was founded by Leo Harris, who passed away in 1977. Thousands of people now associate with these churches, with continued growth happening into many new regions of the world.

Vision

The vision of a CRC Churches International is to help expand the Kingdom of Jesus Christ on Earth by creating Bible-based, contemporary local churches and ministries (Acts 1:8).

Mission

The mission of the CRC is to exalt Jesus Christ in all that we think, say and do, and to extend God’s influence throughout the world by:

  • Proclaiming Christ’s gospel with the expectation that supernatural signs will follow as the normal New Testament pattern (Mark 16:15-20);
  • Planting Christ-centred churches that are autonomous, interdependent and self-propagating (Acts 14:21-28);
  • Promoting Christ-glorifying Christian communities which outwork the miraculous and character transforming ministry of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:42-47);
  • Producing Christ-following disciples who seek to obey the Great Commandment and Great Commission (Matthew 22:36-40; 28:18-20).

Declaration of Faith

The CRC believes and presents the following basic truths:

  • In the Bible as the inspired word of God;
  • In God, the Creator who has revealed Himself in the persons of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit;
  • In the Divinity and sinless humanity of Jesus Christ, and in His miraculous ministry, His suffering and death on the cross as the only Saviour for the sins of the world, and His resurrection from the dead;
  • That Jesus will return to the earth as its final Judge of the living and the dead;
  • That all people fall short of God’s perfect standard and can only find forgiveness through faith in the saving work of Jesus Christ;
  • That all people who have put their faith in Jesus Christ will witness a transformation in their lives, exemplified by repentance and holiness of conduct;
  • In Christian Baptism, by full immersion in water, of those who have personally placed their faith in Jesus Christ;
  • In regularly celebrating the Lord’s Supper, remembering Jesus Christ’s saving work.
  • In the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, with the normal initial evidence of speaking in unknown languages;
  • In the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit;
  • That God heals the sick today through active faith in His grace;
  • In the power of prayer;
  • In God’s community of believers, the church and its responsibility to spread the message of the Gospel to all people and nations.