| Main Performers | Pastor George Jeffreys - speaker |
| Choirs | The Crusaders Children's Choir |
| Set List | Hymns,
Address (Pastor George Jeffreys),
Mass Baptism |
| Performance Notes | The first instances of people being baptised at the Royal Albert Hall.
This was a massed baptismal service on Good Friday for which people had queued all day. There was a galvanised iron tank on the stage, surrounded by sand and flowers; filled with water to represent the River Jordan. From the audience of 10,000 people, 1,000 people came forward to be 'saved'. They were led away to be changed into white robes, and returned to the staged to be completely immersed in the tank and baptised by Pastor George Jeffreys.
Florence Munday was the first person to be baptised in the Royal Albert Hall. She testified that whilst being healed by George Jeffreys she had had an out-of-body experience in which she observed her tubercular knee being remade. The following year, the knee-cap was medically confirmed as normal.
The Elim Pentecostal Church is a movement of Christian congregations in the UK and Ireland, founded in 1915 by George Jeffreys (1889-1962). From 1915-1934, Jeffreys was extremely active as a revivalist, and preached to large crowds throughout the United Kingdom. His church was brought together, first as the Elim Evangelistic Band, but this was changed to Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance when the Deed Poll was registered in April 1934. The name 'Elim' was taken from the account in the Book of Exodus, chapter 15, verse 27, where the Israelites, leaving the bondage of Egypt under the leadership of Moses, found an oasis called Elim: "Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters." This represented a place of refreshing and it was thought appropriate for a revival movement at that time.
Differences of opinion over Jeffreys' open espousal of British Israelism and disputes on church governance led Jeffreys to withdraw from the Elim Pentecostal Church in 1939 and to form the Bible-Pattern Church Fellowship. The presidency of Elim then passed to George Kingston, a wealthy businessman who had founded many of the Elim congregations in Essex.
The baptism of believers by immersion and Communion are held to be ordinances by the Church. Kensington Temple in London is the largest church in the denomination. Elim missions exist in 35 countries with hospitals, orphanages, and schools. The church operates Regents Theological College in Malvern, Worcestershire, where the movement's headquarters are also based. |