All this is very interesting. In Nelson there is a...

2016-10-03T13:54:41.595+13:00

All this is very interesting. In Nelson there is an intersection, cnr Bridge & Collingwood, also known as 4 Spirits Corner, It still has 2 Pubs, there was also a BP Fuel outlet and on the 4th corner there was this mysterious church, The Commonwealth Covenant.(Long Gone)I had never been able to work out what it was all about. Extreme Pentecostal with BI roots, how strange and interesting.

I was unaware of the Wigglesworth B-I connection! ...

2016-02-27T13:49:27.711+13:00

I was unaware of the Wigglesworth B-I connection! So I rummaged a bit just now, googling his name and B-I together, and came across this related story of another evangelist of the 1930s in New Zealand who combined Pentecostal and faith healing doctrines with British Israelism too! Have you read about a Arthur Henry Dallimore?

http://healingandrevival.com/BioAHDallimore.htm

Sample excerpts:

"The years between 1927 and 1932 were known as the Dallimore Revival or Revival Fire Mission Revival. By 1932 he had two thousand people attending his meetings. A local magistrate estimated that between 20,000 and 40,000 people had "fallen under the power" in Dallimore's meetings over a five year period and none of them had been hurt."

"Dallimore came under attack by the religious, medical, political forces in Auckland. The government created a committee to investigate the healing claims of the ministry. They concluded that there were no verifiable healings. Church members raised complaints in the local papers when the committee refused to speak to those who were more than willing to give medical evidence of their healings. Dallimore did not participate since he viewed the entire proceeding as prejudiced and unlikely to give him a fair hearing. The outcome was that the church was no longer allowed to meet in the Town Hall. Within two months Dallimore's supporters had rallied and forced the government to allow him use of the building once more."

Dallimore focused on two areas; divine healing and British-Israelism. The thesis of British-Israelism, also referred to as Anglo-Israelism, is that Great Britain was the geographical home of the lost tribes of Israel. The teaching identified the present day Anglo-Saxon people as God's Chosen People. Charles Parham was a major proponent of British-Israelism. The teaching was popular at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th but has generally fallen out of favor. Dallimore believed that corrupting European philosophies, including communism were to be fought by men of God. In 1932 Dallimore wrote two books, the first was on healing "Healing by Faith, Including Many Testimonies of Healing Received by People in New Zealand" and then "Britain-Israel : chats about our empire, our people and our origin."

"Dallimore became increasingly unorthodox. His teachings on British-Israelism overshadowed other doctrines. In 1932 he predicted that Edward VIII would not marry but lead Anglo-Saxons into a new purity, which would then bring the return of Christ in 1936. He also shifted his story of being healed as a youngster to being raised from the dead by his mother. Dallimore spent a lot of time teaching that the Great Pyramid of Giza had special significance. Healings became less frequent and his converts started moving into more traditional churches. His congregation steadily shrank. Dallimore achieved more notoriety in the 1950s by becoming an anti-Trinitarian. It is interesting to note that his wife became an Anglican in the 1950s, evidently feeling that Dallimore had left the fundamentals of the faith by that time. He remained in ministry until 1960. The Revival Fire Mission closed its doors in 1968. A. H. Dallimore died in Auckland on July 23, 1970 at the age of 96."

The website linked above even has a cool collection of photos of newspaper articles from Auckland in 1932 about the inquiry. They are listed and linked at

http://healingandrevival.com/BooksAHDallimore.htm

Also, the former location of the BI bookstore/read...

2016-02-24T03:33:31.248+13:00

Also, the former location of the BI bookstore/reading room in Q'land Aust is now 'Chinatown'!! - how counterprophetic - not the outcome and relevance they were anticipating!

I must confess that I have never understood how so...

2016-02-23T06:15:03.484+13:00

I must confess that I have never understood how some people equate British Israelism with "racism". They are two separate and distinct beliefs. Anyone who has ever been the victim of real racism will be glad to tell you the difference.

I don't know what kinds of books and newslette...

2016-02-22T22:41:03.749+13:00

I don't know what kinds of books and newsletters you have from British Israelist churches, but I'd love to see some excerpts if you ever feel like posting some.

Oh how I welcome the return of Ambassador Watch ! ...

2016-02-22T20:08:00.491+13:00