CRC Churches International#Locations

Converted under the itinerant ministry of South African, Frederick Van Eyck, Harris' father became an Apostolic Church pastor before they both assumed ministry within the Assemblies of God.{{Cite book | last1 = Cooper | first1 = Dudley. | title = Flames of Revival | year = 1995 | publisher = Christian Revival Crusade| location = Endeavour Hills, Victoria. pp. 11-16.| isbn = 0-95925-621-0}} Harris was influenced by the British-Israel views of Thomas Foster, whose identification of Anglo-Saxon nations with the ten lost tribes of Israel prompted him to adopt a historicist eschatology.{{Cite book | last1 = Cooper | first1 = Dudley. | title = Flames of Revival | year = 1995 | publisher = Christian Revival Crusade| location = Endeavour Hills, Victoria. pp. 17-22.| isbn = 0-95925-621-0}} With the subsequent cancellation of his ministry credential and the increasing post-war popularity of his pro-British views throughout parts of Australia and New Zealand, the Commonwealth Revival Crusade was launched organisationally in Adelaide and Melbourne in 1945.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205407456 |title=Revival Crusade is Creating Interest |newspaper=The Age |issue=30298 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=7 June 1952 |accessdate=10 June 2017 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}} The movement later became known as the National Revival Crusade after rejection from the Australian Government for the use of the word "Commonwealth". The movement then later became known as the Christian Revival Crusade before finally taking its current name.{{Cite book | last1 = Chant | first1 = Barry. | title = Heart of Fire| year = 1984 | publisher = House of Tabor| location = Unley Park, S.A. p. 194.| isbn = 0-94933-005-1}}{{Cite web |url=http://intranet.cbhslewisham.nsw.edu.au:82/sor/austrelcomms/contents/pentectl/pech2crc.htm |title=Pentecostal |access-date=2012-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625014519/http://intranet.cbhslewisham.nsw.edu.au:82/sor/austrelcomms/contents/pentectl/pech2crc.htm |archive-date=2011-06-25 |url-status=bot: unknown }}{{Cite book | last1 = Piggin | first1 = Stuart. | title = Evangelical Christianity in Australia| year = 1996 | publisher = Oxford University Press| location = Melbourne, Vic. p. 103.| isbn = 0-19553-538-3}} With a strong focus on classical Pentecostal distinctives such as baptism in the Holy Spirit, faith healing and deliverance ministry,{{cite news | url = http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/adelaide-head-of-crc-churches-international-bill-vasilakis-linked-to-influential-schools-ministry-group-to-deliver-sa-public-school-pastoral-care/news-story/1e428bba6e483e1aa17a923cf95151d5 | work = The Advertiser | title = Adelaide head of CRC Churches International Bill Vasilakis linked to influential Schools Ministry Group to deliver SA public school pastoral care

| author = Tory Shepherd | date = 29 July 2014 | access-date = 11 June 2017}} the CRC grew and sought to establish a new constitution in 1958, which triggered the departure of churches, forming the Revival Centres International (which viewed spirit baptism with the evidence of speaking in tongues as essential for salvation).{{Cite book | last1 = Jupp | first1 = James. | title = The Encyclopedia of Religion in Australia| year = 2009 | publisher = Cambridge| location = Port Melbourne, Victoria. p. 598| isbn = 978-0-521-86407-7}} Nevertheless, growth continued, including a significant influence in Tasmania.{{Cite book | title = Companion to Tasmanian History| url = http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/P/Pentecostal.htm}} Later departures of churches, some of which saw new movements emerge, were all unrelated to the declining popularity of the British-Israel teaching, which has not appeared in official publications since the early 1970s.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} International growth (principally in Papua New Guinea and in South-East Asia under Barry Silverback, recognised with an Order of Australia medal for his services{{Cite news | title = 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours | url = http://www.smh.com.au/national/queens-birthday-honours-20120610-2049o.html | periodical = Sydney Morning Herald}}) saw some 600 churches globally and 120 in Australia under the leadership of Bill Vasilakis by around 2009, with the stated goal of having a presence in every nation by the CRC's centenary in 2045.{{Cite book | title = International Strategic Directions 2010-2015 | year = 2009 | publisher = CRC Churches International Australia| location = Seaton, S.A.| page = 3}} In 2012 the CRC reported that it had a presence in some 50 nations.{{cite journal|last=Cronin|first=Mike|title=Missions|journal=CRC Annual Report|date=September 2012|pages=1}}

Other influential ministers{{when|date=September 2022}} in the CRC include Ken Chant, founder of Vision International College in Sydney, and Barry Chant, a popular author and the founder of Tabor College Australia which has had campuses in several capital cities.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

The majority of CRC churches in Australia are in South Australia and Victoria.

In South Australia they include:{{cite web | title=South Australia | website=CRC Churches International | url=https://crcchurches.org/churches/south-australia | access-date=4 September 2022}}

• Adelaide Christian Centre, Adelaide
• Christian Family Centre, several locations
• Hope Central, several locations
• Lifehouse, Murray Bridge, South Australia

Churches in Victoria include:{{cite web | title=Victoria | website=CRC Churches International | url=https://crcchurches.org/churches/victoria | access-date=4 September 2022}}

• Grace Fellowship, two locations
• GROW church, two locations
• {{proper name|TurningPoint Church}}, nine locations

Internationally, there are {{as of |lc=yes|September 2022}} several churches in Canada and New Zealand, two in Uganda, and single churches in Brazil, Cambodia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, UK, US, and Vanuatu.{{cite web | title=International | website=CRC Churches International | url=https://crcchurches.org/churches/international | access-date=4 September 2022}}

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• [http://www.crcchurches.org Christian Revival Crusade in Australia] (Official Website)
• [http://www.crcnz.org Christian Revival Crusade in New Zealand] (Official Website)
• [http://www.crcmanchester.com Christian Revival Crusade Manchester] (Official Website)
• [http://www.crclondon.com Christian Revival Crusade London] (Official Website)

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