PRMI's foundation of faith is articulated in the great creeds of the Church universal especially the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed.

The Apostles Creed

"We believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

We believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy Catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.

The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.

And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And we believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins. And we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Over forty years ago, in May 1966, six Presbyterian ministers joined together at a retreat to pray for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Presbyterian churches.

From that humble beginning, today there are more than 13,000 lay and clergy households – 600 from fifty-nine nations outside of the United States – and from each of the U.S. fifty states, Guam and Puerto Rico in the ministry of Presbyterian Reformed-Ministries International (PRMI).

The ministry was led by Rev. Dr. George C. “Brick” Bradford from 1966 to 1989, and since 1990 by Rev. Dr. Zeb Bradford Long.

A short history of the charismatic move of the Holy Spirit and of the founding of PRMI in 1966.

Dennis Bennett and the beginning of the charismatic renewal - 1959

Within the Protestant Church, the charismatic renewal formally began at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Van Nuys, California. While Dennis Bennett was rector in 1959, spiritual gifts, including tongues, began to be manifested in a small prayer group in the church. From this group, about seventy people began to have similar experiences. But they agreed to keep things quiet for fear that their experience might become divisive. Eventually the word did get out and Bennett was forced to make a public statement to his denomination of what had happened. This statement, made in April, 1960, caused great controversy and prompted his subsequent removal by the bishop. Despite the fact that Bennett was "exiled" to a small mission church near Seattle, he continued to write and teach on the Holy Spirit. He was a great encouragement to the many small charismatic prayer groups that were spontaneously springing up in many denominations.

Louis Evans at Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles- 1963

In 1963, an outpouring of charismatic renewal took place in the Bel Air Presbyterian Church near Los Angeles. The pastor, Louis Evans, Jr., led the people into a "...program based on commitment to Jesus Christ, the discipline of studying and obeying the Word of God, and training lay leadership for group study and prayer." (Hummel, p. 46) This led first to effective ministries of evangelism and healing. Later they began to discover that as they were obedient to God, spiritual gifts of 1 Cor. 12 would manifest.

Though these are jjust two examples, the charismatic renewal swept over the American church, "setting aflame" Christian groups from every denominational and cultural background. As these outpourings of the Holy Spirit in non-Pentecostal denominations became public, it caused a great deal of excitement as well as controversy. The excitement was from the blessings, the controversy was from the split churches.

The role of the PRMI ministry staff is to provide the framework for others to be in empowered ministry and leadership as part of the worldwide movement of the Holy Spirit advancing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.