America,New Zealand and Australia. with Tom Thomas

I am making good headway with my book about Pastor Stephen Jeffreys, I recived an enquiry about the Evangelist Tom Thomas and his connnection with Stephen Jeffreys who he somtimes accompanied.

I just happened to be at the point in writting my book about Pastor Stephen Jeffreys which covers this question. I hope you find the following intereseting.

Stephen sailed for America and then on to New Zealand and Australia.
Large crowds thronged his meetings in America. In Springfield, where the General Offices of the American Assemblies of God are located, he was specially blessed. 3,000 were in the meetings and people started queueing at five o'clock in the morning outside the home where he was staying. In Los Angeles the crowds grew to 7,000.

Stephen arrived in Wellington, New Zealand on October 22nd with his wife and nephew Tom Thomas, his sister Ann’s son as his song leader; where, in spite of atrocious weather, the crowds gathered just as they had done everywhere else, and with meeting in the Exhibition Hall, Wellington with 1,400 attending climbing to 2,000. Other meetings were held in New Plymouth, Palmerston North and Christchurch. Then followed the Annual conference of the New Zealand Assemblies of God moving on to Auckland.

The same results of convincing conversions and amazing healings. A letter from Stephen in Redemption Tidings, February 1929, gave his own story of the healing of a Maori Chief.

'A doctor belonging to the Maori people had been attending some of the meetings, and the Chief of the tribe was poorly with cancer; so he told him that he could hold out no hope for him and advised him to try to get me. I shall never forget the welcome they gave us. I prayed for the chief and I am glad to say the Lord wonderfully touched him. He rose up, walked about and came into town.'

Stephen's restrained account was typical of the man. Fortunately, his nephew, Tom Thomas, who was with his uncle as campaign soloist, added more details:

'Pastor Stephen laid his hands on the poor emaciated body of the Maori Chief. The power of God descended in answer to his prayer and the once-dying man literally shook from head to feet. To the amazement of the tribe, he got up from his bed and walked, a thing he had not done for a considerable time. He shouted and waved his hands, saying: "I am healed." The result was electrifying. There was no need to appeal for converts. They just fell on their faces and cried to God for salvation.'

From New Zealand Stephen moved on to Australia. In the Richmond suburb of Melbourne, a newsvendor, a well-known figure on the street corners, who had been deaf and dumb since the 1914-18 war, was brought into an afternoon healing service. His friends brought him in mainly as a joke but the power of God was present in a powerful way that night and when Stephen laid his hands upon him he both spoke and heard. This once deaf mute went down the Hall waving his hands and shouting: 'Jesus has healed me!' Still shouting he ran out into the street. Stephen seeing this turned to his nephew and said “there goes my congregation!” however, It was no wonder that overflowing crowds returned and thronged the building that night.

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I am writing to you thanks to a kind email from over “the pond”. He came across the fact that several of the links to allow you to purchase books and leaflets were not working.

It seems that www.revival-library.org had updated there website which had changed the address of several items.

I hope this is now solved. Thanks you for keeping me aware of any problems you may have with the website.

Three Schools of Thought on the Israel Question. A booklet by Principle George Jeffreys

Christ is Coming. Booklet by Principal George Jeffreys

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George Jeffreys - The Miraculous Foursquare Gospel

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George Jeffreys, founder of the Elim Pentecostal Church in Britain, was undoubtedly one of the greatest evangelists of the last century. He pioneered a Pentecostal ministry which included preaching the Gospel with authentic signs following and planting new churches. From small halls across the nation to the largest, including The Royal Albert Hall and Crystal Palace in London, he saw thousands converted, baptised in the Holy Spirit and healed by prayer in the name of Jesus.

This book desribes the main contents of the 'foursquare' gospel that he preached.

His ministry, leadership and organisational skills clearly mark him out as a true New Testament apostle.

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Agnes Adams - Stephen Jeffreys

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Stephen Jeffreys was a great British evangelist and older brother to the eloquent George Jeffreys. Converted during the Welsh Revival, Stephen began his ministry at Cwmtwrch near Swansea. A further visit in December extended to a seven-week mission reaping 130 converts from the small village. Thus began a dramatic ministry as a full-time itinerant evangelist which reaped thousands of souls and was confirmed by signs and wonders wherever he went.

Scores of young men caught the heavenly breeze and began to pioneer new works for God during this time of visitation. Outstanding miracles of healing occurred and a constant flow of converts were won to Christ. "One of the most far-reaching effects of his ministry was the way he seemed to trigger off so many others to follow suit, and the whole character of the British Pentecostal Movement changed." Donald Gee.

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Noel Brooks - Fight for the faith and freedom

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George Jeffreys, founder of the Elim Pentecostal Church in Britain, was undoubtedly one of the greatest evangelists of the last century. He pioneered a Pentecostal ministry which included preaching the Gospel with authentic signs following and planting new churches. From small halls across the nation to the largest, including The Royal Albert Hall and Crystal Palace in London, he saw thousands converted, baptised in the Holy Spirit and healed by prayer in the name of Jesus.

His ministry, leadership and organisational skills clearly mark him out as a true New Testament apostle.
This 136-page book is another presentation from a supporter of his ministry.

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Albert W. Edsor - George Jeffreys - Man of God

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George Jeffreys, founder of the Elim Pentecostal Church in Britain, was undoubtedly one of the greatest evangelists of the last century. He pioneered a Pentecostal ministry which included preaching the Gospel with authentic signs following and planting new churches. From small halls across the nation to the largest, including The Royal Albert Hall and Crystal Palace in London, he saw thousands converted, baptised in the Holy Spirit and healed by prayer in the name of Jesus.

His ministry, leadership and organisational skills clearly mark him out as a true New Testament apostle. The author was part of the Revival Party from 1928 and later became Jeffreys' private secretary and manager of his revival ministry. His unique knowledge of Jeffreys and personal observations are presented in this 150-page book.

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Edward Jeffreys - Steven Jeffreys - The Beloved Evangelist

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Stephen Jeffreys was a great British evangelist and older brother to the eloquent George Jeffreys. Converted during the Welsh Revival, Stephen began his ministry at Cwmtwrch near Swansea. A further visit in December extended to a seven-week mission reaping 130 converts from the small village. Thus began a dramatic ministry as a full-time itinerant evangelist which reaped thousands of souls and was confirmed by signs and wonders wherever he went.

Scores of young men caught the heavenly breeze and began to pioneer new works for God during this time of visitation. Outstanding miracles of healing occurred and a constant flow of converts were won to Christ. "One of the most far-reaching effects of his ministry was the way he seemed to trigger off so many others to follow suit, and the whole character of the British Pentecostal Movement changed." Donald Gee.

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George Jeffreys - Healing Rays

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George Jeffreys was undoubtedly one of the greatest British evangelists of the last century. He pioneered a Pentecostal ministry which included preaching the Gospel with authentic signs following and planting new churches, clearly exhibiting an apostolic ministry. From small halls across the nation to the largest, including the Royal Albert Hall and Crystal Palace in London, he saw thousands converted, baptised in the Holy Spirit and healed by prayer in the name of Jesus.

In this book he states his understanding of the Biblical doctrine of healing in a clear and systematic way, peppering his teaching with examples from his dynamic ministry

‘Land of Hope and Glory’

In ‘Land of Hope and Glory’, Kensington Temple’s Associate Minister Bruce Atkinson scans through all the major revivals of British history, giving the ‘big
picture’ of God’s work to keep the fire of faith burning. It’s a story that stretches back about 1,600 years, but the Pentecostal revival that gave birth to the Elim Movement was a comparatively recent event – beginning in the early
20th century, spearheaded by two brothers: George and Stephen Jeffreys. In this extract, Bruce looks back at those heady days...

The ‘foursquare’ foundation at the heart of Elim’s faith believing in Jesus as Saviour, Baptiser, Healer and Coming King, George Jeffreys led a revival that would put down roots and live on.

A new movement was being born. The new converts for the most part did not want to attend churches that were non- Pentecostal in experience – indeed they would not have been welcome in many, as vicious persecution faced the
fledgling ‘Tongues Movement’ worldwide. Churches were established out of the fruit of campaigns. George Jeffreys named this exploding movement ‘The Elim Foursquare Gospel Movement’, inspired by the Elim Oasis of refreshment.

In ‘Land of Hope and Glory’, Kensington Temple’s Associate Minister Bruce Atkinson scans through all the major revivals of British history, giving the ‘big
picture’ of God’s work to keep the fire of faith burning. It’s a story that stretches back about 1,600 years, but the Pentecostal revival that gave birth to the Elim Movement was a comparatively recent event – beginning in the early
20th century, spearheaded by two brothers: George and Stephen Jeffreys. In this extract, Bruce looks back at those heady days... The ‘foursquare’ foundation
at the heart of Elim’s faith Believing in Jesus as Saviour, Baptiser, Healer and Coming King.

George Jeffreys led a revival that would put down roots and live on
Exodus 15:27. The Elim Evangelistic Band was a revival group of men and women that George took to break open towns for the Gospel.

The Foursquare Gospel was preached: Jesus the Saviour, Jesus the Baptiser in the Holy Spirit, Jesus the Healer and Jesus the Coming King. George had no intention of the fruits of revival being lost, as in the Welsh revival, and raised
up leaders to pastor the new converts, ordaining ministers for the first time in 1917. Soon the tent was too small and George was packing town halls with
thousands of people. By 1920, George had birthed a powerful Pentecostal revival across Ulster, put in place ministers, evangelists and pastors, and now felt the leading to do the same in Wales and England. George went from city to city in England, holding miracle meetings until he broke through, and out of the hundreds of new converts he would start Elim churches.

A classic example of his ministry was his 1930 gospel campaign in Birmingham. George began the meetings in a small church with only a handful of people there. The next evening the ground floor was full, but no one was in the balcony. George invited people who needed prayer for healing to come to the front, and they literally rushed out of their seats to receive prayer. Five days later the church was full on one of the afternoon meetings and 88 new converts were made. Large queues would appear waiting to get a seat for each meeting. In one month the crowds meant that they had to hire a hall, which overflowed, and they moved to the Embassy Rink that had a seating capacity for 8,000 people. Even this became too small, and so they moved to the 15,000-seater Bingly Hall, which they crammed to capacity for 26 meetings. The total number of converts reached 10,000. All of this was accomplished without any local church support and was due to the powerful healing anointing that
was operating. Over 1,000 people testified to being healed at the meetings, and in three services they also baptised 1,000 people. Three churches were born initially of this revival, and this number multiplied to eleven in five years.

George opened hundreds of churches in Britain for the Elim Movement, but he also founded one as a basis for his personal ministry. He purchased Horbury Chapel in 1930, renamed it Kensington Temple (KT) and launched the church as his headquarters in 1931 with a two-week healing revival campaign. The seating capacity was increased to 1,100 and the crowds and new converts began to flock to the meetings. Miracles abounded and the Daily Express reported on the1st August: “Revival in a London street: Foursquare Church with tip-up seats”. Albert Edsor was a member of the George Jeffreys revival party and he told me about the type of meetings Jeffreys would hold at KT. He had a vision of going out to the lost and bringing them to the Temple to get saved. There was a marvellous atmosphere at the meetings. Sometimes, during the worship, Jeffreys would go right into the middle of the congregation, stand on a seat and lead meetings from there. Sometimes just as a new song was going to begin he would say ‘Just a minute!’ He sensed the presence of a holy atmosphere coming into the meeting; he knew the presence of the Lord was there to heal. KT became known as the ‘Church of the Great Physician’ due to the constant flow of miracles that took place. People from all over the world would send in their healing requests to be prayed over each day at KT. When George sensed a healing presence in a meeting he would often exclaim, ‘The Master is here’, and eyeballs would creatively appear in empty eye sockets, crippled legs would be straightened and tumours disappear. George was never the day-to-day pastor of KT, but he used the church as his apostolic base for travelling with the revival band, as well as his regular outreach centre to London. George also ministered in many other places in London. Most notable was his famous Royal Albert Hall Easter celebrations. In those days the Royal Albert Hall had a seating capacity for 10,000 people, and George booked it for the first time in 1927. The auditorium was filled and hundreds testified to being healed. The next year 1,000 people were baptised in water in a single service. Excerpts
from a national newspaper recorded by E C W Boulton show the kind of impact these meetings were having: “1,000 BAPTISED IN ALBERT HALL REMARKABLE ‘FAITH CURE’ SCENES PEOPLE WAIT IN QUEUE
FOR EIGHT HOURS All were smiling happily as they descended into the tank; some were singing, and some waved their hands to the congregation of 10,000, who shouted fervently all the time. There was no self-consciousness anywhere. That the people had been convinced by this young pastor there was no doubt.

Every member of his vast congregation last night was spellbound throughout his address, and when he had finished explaining the symbolism of baptism, no fewer than 53 people came forward demanding to be ‘saved’.” Morning Post, 7 April.

In 1928 Stephen Jeffreys was ministering in Sunderland to crowds of up to 3,000 people. A Sunderland newspaper witnessing the number of sick and afflicted people brought into the meetings said the hall was ‘resembling the scene in a waiting room of a large hospital’. On some individual days over 200 people were healed. On one occasion six people came who were wheelchair bound and all of them were healed sufficiently to push the chairs home themselves.

In one month 3,362 converts were made. He moved next to Spennymoor, making 1,362 converts in three weeks; on to Chesterfield with 1,554 converts in three weeks; Bury with 2,042 converts; Doncaster with 1,100 converts in two weeks and so on and so on. Both George and Stephen began to minister internationally to great effect. For example, 6,000 converts in a one-month campaign in Switzerland in 1934, including 1,800 converts in Geneva alone in three days.

Stephen Jeffreys died in 1943, having blazed a trail of uncompromising supernatural evangelism. He had taken the Welsh revival and brought it into the dimension of the miraculous. George died in 1962. This is how Pastor E C W Boulton summed up his ministry in 1928, but equally it could be extended to reflect George’s whole life: “George Jeffreys, with the rod of the inspired Word, fearlessly smote the waters of an incredulous and invasive modernism, opening up a passage by which many others might pass. He dared to breast the waves of popular religious opinion, thereby exposing himself to a
fierce cross-fire of criticism from most sections of the Christian Church. In the very face of this, God enabled him to achieve triumphs which must for all time adorn the annals of evangelical enterprise. His example should wield a wide influence and provide an abiding inspiration to many.”

Reproduced with Kind permission from ‘Land of Hope and Glory: British Revival through the Ages’, Bruce Atkinson, Dovewell Communications (hardback £11.99; paperback £7.99).

If you would like more detailed information why not purchase the book by James Robinson called Pentecostal Origins (see advert and website link on the bottom left hand side of the webpage).

Where Did George Jeffreys Live and Pastor in Belfast

I thought you might find it interesting to know where Pastor George Jeffreys lived during his time as the Pastor of the first and second Elim church in Belfast Northern Ireland.

The First Elim Church was in Hunter Street in Belfast. This Street no longer exists, but I am informed by local residents that Hunter Street ran between Matilda Street and Oswald Street. Sadly these streets have now gone but if you wish to locate the approximate location of the first Elim Church, make your way to Shaftsbury Square then to Donegal road, the side roads leading off Donegal road opposite the City Hospital will give you the general location of where Hunter Street used to be. As a point of interest Hunter Park and Matilda Gardens are close by to help pin point the area. There is still an Elim church nearby which is known as South Belfast Elim Church Donegall Pass Belfast. See my post on Wednesday, 24 March 2010.

Before going to Belfast to establish the first Elim Church pastor George Jeffreys had met George and William Gillespie in 1913 at the Sunderland Convention, after hearing the Preaching of George Jeffreys the Gillespie brothers sent invitations to George Jeffreys and Mr R.E. Darragh to stay at Pine Street which was just around the corner from where the Donegall Pass church now stands. Sadly Pine Street has now gone. But thanks to the Hospitality shown in Belfast the Monahan meetings soon followed and the establishment of the first Elim church nearby at Hunter Street.

Whilst serving as Pastor of the Hunter Street Church Pastor George Jeffreys lived within a ten minute walk in University Avenue (if ever you are in town, drop me a line and I will give you the house number).

Melbourne Street Was the second Location. Part of the street was cut off by the A12 West link being built, Melbourne Street can now be found at the end of Brown Street which is off the B126 Millfield found behind Smithfield Market. I was thrilled to find out this information because this is round the corner from where I park on a Saturday to make my way to the Open Air Evangelistic Outreach in Corn Market.

If you would like more detailed information why not purchase the book by James Robinson called Pentecostal Origins ( see advert and website link on the bottom left hand side of the webpage).