New Life Fellowship was founded in 1964 in
Pune by missionaries Graham and Pamela Truscott from the
New Life Churches of New Zealand.[3] In 1966, the church was established in
Mumbai. Dr. S. Joseph joined the Church in
Mumbai and was soon ordained
Pastor and became the founding chairman of New Life Fellowship.[4] In India, it has more than 100,000 adherents. [5][6][7]
In 2020, the Church had 70,000 people. [8]
^NLFA,
OUR HISTORY, Official website, India, retrieved September 3, 2016
^Allan Anderson, Edmond Tang, Asian and Pentecostal: The Charismatic Face of Christianity in Asia, Second Edition, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2011, pages 189-190
^A new vision, a new heart, a renewed call: Volume 1 - Page 384