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Birthed out of a vision for
ministry, The Resurrection Life
Fellowship was begun in 1981 by
Dr. Charles P. Morgan. He served a three-year apprenticeship
under Rev. Gladys Eubanks (pastor and missionary in Africa for
25 years) of the Garden of Prayer Ministries, after which he was
sent out by the elders to start his own church.
The first official service of the RLF was held in Pastor
Morgan's living room, attended by only two other men. Through
preaching on Venice Beach each weekend, and via word-of-mouth,
the RLF began to grow exceedingly, nearly thrusting him out of
house and home.
The RLF then moved to an unheated school auditorium in Santa
Monica. How could we be called a church when there was no
steeple? We were learning that the Church was the people who met
together, and not the building in which they met. It is a lesson
we are still learning.
In 1984 following a series of serendipitous events, God began to
fulfill His promise to the RLF that included ministry into
foreign lands. A team of four, including the Pastor, was sent to
Malawi, Africa, to assess the needs there. Since then, the RLF
has sent many more teams of missionaries, including our first
full-time missionaries in 1990, thus establishing a permanent
base of operations. We hope to expand our outreach to include
China, Russia, India, England and various other countries. Our
desire is to establish missionaries in those and any additional
countries.
History Slide Show Presentation
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