Editing The Fellowship (Australia) (section)

==Characteristics==
The Fellowship is strongly opposed to [[Freemasonry]]. A theory of "generational curses" is taught, which encourages repentance if a member's ancestors were Freemasons.<ref name="Breaking"/>

The Fellowship emphasises the importance of what it calls "walking in the light",<ref>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/13751/the-fellowship-inside-out.|author= ABC Radio Interview Rachel Kohn, Morag Zwartz, Heather Mills</ref> referencing 1 John 1:7. In the context of The Fellowship, "walking in the light" means the public confession of sin to one another and being completely transparent with others to keep one another accountable. The doctrine argues that God's forgiveness ''depends'' upon such public confession of sin.<ref>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22586/fellowship-bruce-teele-heresy|author= Summary of article by Barney Zwartz The Age 30 September 2008</ref>

[[Stuart Piggin]] suggests that they combined "[[Remnant (Bible)|remnant]]" and "[[Christian revival|revival]]" mentalities, and that occasional visitors to their meetings "have been impressed by the Christian calibre of those who attended and could not fault the Scriptural teaching."<ref>{{cite book|last=Piggin|first=Stuart|author-link=Stuart Piggin|title=Spirit of a Nation: The Story of Australia's Christian Heritage|year=2004|publisher=Strand Publishing|page=118}}</ref>