We trace our roots to the events recorded in Acts 2 in the Bible where the disciples of Jesus were filled with the Holy Spirit.

This same experience, with the Bible sign of speaking in other tongues is still how people join the church today.

RCI History

From exciting beginnings when our founding pastor, Lloyd Longfield, was filled with the Holy Spirit in 1948, we have grown into a world-wide fellowship of Spirit-filled believers.

We began to be called "revival centres" from around 1958 and went 'official' with "Revival Centres of Australia" in the mid 1980's. This label was just in time to be inaccurate, as our overseas missions also began around this time. Soon we had to change to "Revival Centres International".

A lot of things have happened along the way: some good, some difficult, some amusing, some exciting.

While we tend to look forward rather than backward, our history is worth recounting. There is a lot to tell, and this page will start to grow soon as a number of sections are added to it.

Last updated 21 April, 2006