Editing The Fellowship (Australia) (section)

==History==
The Fellowship was started by Ronald Grant and Alan Neil, who had both served as missionaries with the [[South Seas Evangelical Mission]] in the [[Solomon Islands]]. While missionaries, both were profoundly influenced by widespread<ref>{{cite journal|author=Gideon Fangalea|url=http://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/mjt/26-1_05.pdf |title=SPIRITUALITY: THE SOUTH SEA EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS |journal=Melanesian Journal of Theology| pages=8}}</ref> experiences of "the conviction of sin and deliverance from demons"<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book | title=Fractured Fellowship: A Presbyterian Case Study | publisher=[[Presbyterian Church of Victoria]] | author=Stasse, John | year=1999 | location=Melbourne | pages=72}}</ref> during their participation in a [[Christian revival|revival]] in the [[Solomon Islands]].<ref name= "Fire In The Islands">{{cite book |title=Fire in the Islands |year=1977 |publisher= Harold Shaw |author= Alison Griffiths |isbn= 0-87788-264-9 |pages= 202}}</ref> Dissatisfied with perceived persecution from evangelical circles following their requested resignation due to "doctrinal differences"<ref name="ReferenceA"/> the pair started house meetings in their homes in the late 1930s. Communicants of these meetings would later be labelled as members of "The Fellowship".

Alan Neil died in the late 1960s, and Ronald Grant was involved in the group until his death in 1995. During the following year, members left their current churches and joined one of three Presbyterian churches: Clayton, Mount Evelyn and Camberwell, reportedly at the direction of the Fellowship.<ref name="FracturedFellowship2">{{cite book | title=Fractured Fellowship: A Presbyterian Case Study | publisher=[[Presbyterian Church of Victoria]] | author=Stasse, John | year=1999 | location=Melbourne | pages=8}}</ref> In 2002, people accused of being in the Fellowship were removed from membership of the Mount Evelyn church.<ref>{{cite news|author=Barney Zwartz|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/breaking-the-fellowship-a-bittersweet-crusade/2006/03/03/1141191854028.html|title=Breaking the Fellowship: a bitter-sweet crusade|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=4 March 2006}}</ref>