Catch the Fire World
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Date: 2022-01-24

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#Christian_organizations_established_in_1988
#Churches_in_Toronto
Catch the Fire World is a global non-denominational Charismatic Christian ministry that includes churches, music, books, schools and events.
Its flagship church and largest location is Catch the Fire Church in Toronto.
This church is the birthplace and center of the Toronto Blessing, a religious revival and phenomenon in charismatic Christianity during the 1990s.
Pastors John and Carol Arnott founded the church around 1988.
The church later joined John Wimber's Vineyard movement and was known as Toronto Airport Vineyard Church.
It met in various rented locations throughout Toronto until the early 1990s when the church found a more permanent home near the Lester B. Pearson Airport.
In January 1994, Randy Clark, a Vineyard pastor, was invited to preach.
John Arnott heard that Clark had attended a conference with Rodney Howard-Browne and had been greatly impacted by Howard-Browne's ministry.
The revival started during Clark's two-month visit but continued after he left.
Some religious leaders criticized the church and revival because of the teachings and manifestations that occurred.
Wimber initially defended the Airport Vineyard saying "Nearly everything we've seen—falling, weeping, laughing, shaking—has been seen before, not only in our own memory,
but in revivals all over the world." Nevertheless, the church withdrew or was expelled, according to some, from the Vineyard.
Wimber explained the circumstances surrounding the split in a Christianity Today interview, saying that the revival at Toronto was "changing
our definition of renewal in Vineyard" and that "[the Vineyard's] decision was to withdraw endorsement; [TACF's] decision was to resign".
After the break with Wimber and the Vineyard in 1995, the church was renamed Toronto Airp...