Elim Pentecostal Church

He was converted at the age of 15 in the Welsh Revival of 1904, after which he and his brother, Stephen, became involved in preaching and evangelism, and were considered revivalists.

[3] Jeffreys continued to campaign in England and across Ireland, but the first premises were leased for a church congregation in an old laundry in Hunter Street, Belfast, and this was opened in August 1915.

There was suspicion that he wanted congregations to be able to individually decide matters of doctrine as a means of introducing the British Israelism identity, and progress was slow.

After the agreement was reached, in August 1940, Jeffreys made some additional demands, raising concerns over the size of the conference, which he believed could be manipulated.

[7] He resigned again in 1940 and formed the Bible-Pattern Church Fellowship, starting in Nottingham,[5] and taking some other Elim congregations with him.

[10] On the night of 23 June 1978, eight British missionaries and four young children (including a three-week-old baby) connected with the Elim mission in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) were bayoneted to death by guerrilla fighters in the Vumba massacre.

[12] This brutal massacre in the Vumba and the ministry of Elim in Zimbabwe was commemorated in the 2017 book The Axe and the Tree by Stephen Griffiths.

[13] Elim Pentecostal beliefs include: the Bible as divinely inspired; the three in one as the Godhead; the virgin birth of Jesus Christ and his complete humanity and sinless life, substitutionary atonement, bodily resurrection, heavenly intercession, the second coming of Jesus; the universal sinfulness of mankind; the work of the Holy Spirit in conviction, repentance, regeneration and sanctification according to Acts 2:38; the baptism of the Holy Spirit "with signs following"; that salvation is received by faith alone and evidenced by the fruit of the Spirit.

[18] The church operates Regents Theological College in Malvern, Worcestershire, where the movement's headquarters are also based.

Though the local congregations are commonly and popularly known as Elim Pentecostal Churches, the legal name of the denomination is still Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance, which is based on the church's stand for four fundamental claims – "Jesus Christ as the Saviour, Healer, Baptizer in the Holy Spirit, and Coming King."