The church that housed the Toronto Blessing revival hopes to "export" the values of the renewal through a new network of churches.  Dubbed Catch the Fire World, the denomination officially launched in May when Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship (TACF), the church that housed the revival services for 12 years, changed its name to Catch the Fire Toronto. The new group already includes congregations in Oslo, Norway; Rekjavik, Iceland; Montreal; London; and Raleigh, N.C. Another church is expected to open in Switzerland later this year.

The new name reflects the church's growing influence beyond Toronto as well as its evolving mission to spread the revival's core message of knowing God's love and deepening one's intimacy with the Father, said Steve Long, senior pastor of the Toronto church and vice president of Catch the Fire World.

"Our initial focus wasn't .... on building a church; it was to facilitate what the Holy Spirit was doing—a revival," said Long, whose 2,000-member congregation meets in 11 locations across Toronto. "We really feel the Lord's changed us to now giving it away, hence the new name."

The Toronto Blessing began in January 1994 at a small church led by John and Carol Arnott that was then known as the Toronto Airport Vineyard. The revival drew hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world, but controversy over unusual manifestations such as barking and uncontrolled shaking led to a break with the Vineyard denomination in 1995.

That year, Arnott resigned as pastor of TACF and founded Catch the Fire Ministries, which hosted leadership schools for pastors and encouraged the founding of "soaking centers," where people sit for hours in prayer and worship.

"Our ministry has always been fire, ready, aim," Long said. "The Holy Spirit just kind of does stuff, then we have to figure out how to facilitate what God is doing."

Catch the Fire leaders plan to spend 2010 establishing the organization's base and preparing for future church plants. Long said the new congregations are a sign that the Toronto Blessing hasn't stopped.