Revival Centres International bases its glossolalia teaching on a literal interpretation of Acts 2, a trait with some other Pentecostal groups.

Nearby residents feared that the building of a hall on the property would spoil the previously quiet character of the area, and their protests made newspaper headlines both in Victoria and interstate.

Both meeting types are expected to contain most of the following aspects:[8] A common optional practice for Revival Centres members is to gather together each year at various camp venues during Christmas and Easter holidays as a Spiritual Retreat.

They have no standing missionaries, preferring to train and encourage the locals in the gospel and in church leadership and therefore avoiding a paternalistic approach.

They strongly support and encourage members in the "mission fields" by regular visits, and where financially possible, by bringing groups to the main annual convention in Australia in June each year.

[13] The core belief of Revival Centres International is the necessity of speaking in tongues as evidence of a person receiving the Holy Spirit.

[15] The Revival Centres International's statement of beliefs are listed as follows;[16] Revival Centres International statement about British Israelism is that it draws together Biblical and historical clues to identify which peoples represent the fulfillment of God's promises to the Old Testament nation of Israel.

[22] During the 1980s, The Revival Centres taught that Armageddon and Jesus's return were imminent – holding events such as the "Survival '82" outreach.

[26][27][28] It is speculated by the Revival Centres that Jesus will return and be crowned on this coronation stone because of its biblical history.

Eventually in 1991, after encouragement from Lloyd Longfield, this became a magazine, containing updated church developments and news around the world assemblies, being issued four times a year.

A further schism occurred in 1995, when a large group (comprising approximately half of the Australian assemblies) aligned with the Adelaide assembly formed The Revival Fellowship, citing a disagreement over the revised fornication policy (i.e. church members who engaged with sex outside of marriage would no longer be able to attend Revival Centres International in perpetuity.

[40][41]) Revival Centres International, former owner of the Forum Theatre in the city, had bought the Campion Books premises in Middleborough Rd, Box Hill South and moved in at the end of April 1998.

After a combination of doctrinal schisms and the change of leadership, a number of revisions were made to refine Revival Centres International's spiritual direction and church identify.

[43][44] Current Revival Centre thought is that these supposed intricate numerical patterns are in fact a feature of any text, in any language.

[45] Outlined in a Revival Centres paper, written by Geoff Beggs dated 9 February 1999, this position was formed following study and consideration of work done by a mathematician named Brendon MacKay.

[48] Primarily focused towards the youth of the church, the code of conduct dealt with a wide range of guidelines for "living a righteous life" covering areas of acceptable behavior and activities to relationships and appearances.

As the worldly influences continue to grow we must become more direct in our campaign to keep unsavoury practices out of the Church – the body of Christ!

He said that the code contained suggestions, observations or regulations to help people apply the Scriptures in their everyday lives and in the context of a changing world.

It was found that most of the rules and regulations that were written in the code were based on many moral dilemmas concerning fornication and other behavioral problems that the people of the church faced.

The intention of the code of conduct was to address broader areas of concerns that church members, especially young people, would find the most pressure, misleading information or harm to their spiritual walk.

[50] In mid-April 1998, weeks prior to the church moving in the Campion Books premises in Middleborough Rd, Box Hill South from the Forum Theatre, some former members of Revival Centres International spoke out, via the Whitehorse Gazette, in a bid to warn Whitehorse residents of the organisation's impending move to the area so as to raise community awareness about the Church.

[42] These concerns were also raised by the Australian journalist Tom Tilley whose father Andrew was one of the pastors of the church and wrote about his upbringing in the Revival Centres in the 2022 memoir “Speaking in Tongues”[51] Lloyd Longfield says that the Revival Centres International did not believe it was the only true Church but did believe its teachings were the only true way.