About us

History of Rora House

Rora Christian Fellowship is based at Rora House, and comprises an Independent New Testament Church, and a small Christian Conference Centre.
Malcolm & Christine write: We think that at the time the original house was built at Rora, only a small cottage stood on the site, in the grounds of Rora Farm, which still stands next door. The deeds go back to 1885 when an eight roomed house was constructed, and it became known as Rora House. In 1920 the house became the property of a well known local family, who completely remodelled and added to it. The roof was raised and the servant’s flat was built, and the position of the front door, entrance hall, and stairs was altered. At that time, the present library was built, with bedrooms over, on the west side of the house, and a sun lounge with a bedroom over, on the east side. In the early 1960’s the house was sold to a local business man. Unfortunately he became ill soon after the purchase and later died. Again Rora was back on the market. It did not sell very quickly, and looking back, we believe God was reserving it for us, and for His work. We finally purchased Rora in May 1968.

Between the years 1962 and 1968, the Lord was working in our hearts, creating a deep desire for the reality of His presence, and a spiritual hunger for His Word. We also passed through some very difficult times in our farming years, and finally the Lord spoke very clearly to us to move house, and to utterly trust Him for the future.

Rora House was one of the properties we looked at, and immediately we entered the house, we knew that this was the Lord’s place for us.
It was completely beyond human reasoning, far too large, and anyway, we didn’t have nearly enough money, but we did have the word of the Lord. So we went ahead in faith, step by step, and four
months after first looking at Rora we moved in, on July 19th 1968. This was the beginning of what is now known as The Rora Christian Fellowship.

Rora Christian Fellowship

Every meeting is open to all. These meetings take a less formal form than most traditional churches, but nevertheless are orderly and full of participation from the membership. We believe that the Holy Spirit should be allowed to lead the church in every way, through it’s individual members, as in the early New Testament church. The church, or fellowship at Rora has quite a number of missionaries, serving the Lord abroad in Mongolia, China, Bolivia,
Cambodia, Israel, Sri Lanka and Romania. There are many short term mission trips to many other countries A large kitchen & dining room for campers has already been constructed on the campsite. This serves also as an indoor facility for wet weather.

The long term vision involves finishing the youth room above the church building, improving conference facilities and developing the campsite. We are very aware that all these things can only be accomplished by God’s grace, and through the prayers and support of His people. Thank you for your support, we hope you have been encouraged in the Lord to hear what God can do with just anyone who will trust Him with all that they have and are. May He
have all the glory. Our only purpose and vision as a whole is to live out the life of the Lord Jesus in our daily circumstances wherever we may be, or in whatever we are doing. We want to bring the gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ to the world, and demonstrate it’s relevance for today in everyday life. Jesus Christ remains the only sure unshakable rock in a shaking world.