About

Apostle Dr.

Austin de Bourg

Apostle Dr. Austin J. de Bourg is also the Founder of the Austin de Bourg Foundation for Human Advancement and Founder and Senior Pastor of Trinidad Christian Center (TCC). For the past 47 years he has dedicated his life to ministry and to preaching the Gospel and restoring lost biblical truths. Apostolic Renewal Ministry (ARM) is the international “arm” of his ministry with affiliates and outreaches in India and Africa. Over the years, Apostle Dr. de Bourg has conducted ministerial training and teaching engagements in Africa, India, and in parts of North America, Europe and the Caribbean.

Additionally, he is an accomplished Christian author. To date he has written and published 17 books including Insights into the Mystery of the Trinity, Misplaced Righteousness, What Really is Christianity, a 7-part series, Letters to the Churches; a 4-part series, Know the Truth and more. He is currently working on other books.

Who We Are

+ OUR VISION
To see the Church restored to her former apostolic authority and to rekindle revival throughout the world.
+ OUR MISSION
To re-establish the apostolic spirit and ministry as Jesus Christ ordained it. Further, to cooperate with the Trinity (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit) in the process of restoring biblical Christianity.
+ OUR OBJECTIVES
• To restore biblical truths which have been lost or compromised.
• To revive the First Love and First Works principle that Jesus Christ commands for every believer and Christian Assembly.
• To promote intimacy with the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit which is the essence of biblical Christianity.
• To revive the declining Christian influence that once provided a better quality of life for all.
• To demonstrate the God kind of love (agape) which identifies us as true members of the Body of Christ.
• To address and correct the spirit of apostasy.
• To ignite the flames of revival. To carry the glory of God to the nations.
Today, there are varying thoughts, views and opinions on the validity of the office of the Apostle, the Apostolic Ministry and the Apostolic Church. Apostolic Renewal Ministries seeks to address these opinions and answer the questions not by debate or supposition but by evidence. The evidence of the validity of any ministry ordained by God is demonstrated in the fruits which the ministry bears for whatever God does always bears fruit.
The apostolic ministry is the first ministry Jesus Christ established in His church as the foundation of the Church’s governmental structure. This is clearly documented in scripture and nowhere in scripture is there any evidence of the cessation of the apostolic Ministry (1Corinthians 12:27-28).
Christ’s plan for perfecting the Church is laid out in Ephesians 4:11 “and He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”
Without the apostles, the structure and order which Jesus Christ has set for His Church Government is broken. That’s why wherever the apostolic ministry is absent, the Church moves away from the charge that God has given to her, and ventures into paths that preclude the Holy Spirit’s participation. ARM believes that without the Five-Fold Ministry, the healthy, spiritual growth of the Church would be thwarted.
In summary, Jesus Christ appoints apostles to steer the church and keep the church in line with the word of God, His will and His plan.
Many of the messages of the present-day Church are not adequate to deal with the spirit of the age. The Apostle and the apostolic Church never deviate from the Word of God and the Holy Spirit’s direction—which is always in line with the word of God—to follow religious or secular paths.
Apostolic Renewal Ministries seeks to awaken awareness among Christians of their supernatural birthright and heritage and how to build, upon this understanding, a meaningful relationship with the Trinity and remain permanently revived, renewed and restored.
We need to take back the things that the devil has stolen from the Church.
“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept were toiling…”
On this premise, I introduce to you end-time reformer, Apostle Dr. Austin de Bourg.
The hallmark of a true leader is the ability to develop other leaders—not only followers—and what a towering example this servant of God is in the arena of birthing an end-time generation of five-fold ministers. Revivalist Vance Havner once said:
“It’s about time we (Christians) cut out the theological grand opera and got back to practising the scales.”
In this same vein, Dr. de Bourg’s teachings augment and direct a fundamental re-focus on biblical Christianity and doctrinal soundness.
“The self-sufficient do not pray, the self-satisfied will not pray, the self-righteous cannot pray,”
However, the man who soaks himself in intense intercessory prayer and dialogue with God, like Austin de Bourg, can stand up to anything in life. I discovered this to be the key to his mastery and longevity. When a man constructs his life upon intimate communion with the Trinity, his footsteps are destined to succeed!
We live in a day in which the Church systems are inebriated with titles—instant, overnight, “microwaved” so-called Prophets, Apostles, Bishops and others. But our Apostle de Bourg is no microwaved sensation but a marinated soldier and servant, who has paid the price. A true man of God, formed by the very will of the Father and pre-destined by Him for ordained capacity.
“Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your brother, and I will tell you how much you have loved him,”
With an amazing cognizance and understanding of this human nature, Dr. Austin de Bourg once spoke these words to me, expounding that if we could read the secret history of our enemies, we would find in each man’s life, sorrow, suffering and trauma enough to disarm all hostility. Can you not see in this a revelation of the character of the Father’s love in his makeup and predisposition? He loves the unlovable; he forgives the unforgivable; he pardons the unpardonable. I am thankful to Dr. de Bourg for the generosity and unfathomable grace that he has given to others and to me.
For the past 45 years of my life, I have sought out the deeper dimension of God’s infallible, irrevocable word and, as such, have studied much of the reformers, and the moves and paradigm shift of the preceding centuries. In my opinion, Apostle de Bourg’s recently published books have all answered so many questions and have re-established and restored so many unshakeable, blood-bought doctrinal positions. Surely through his tireless ministry and labor and through these literary masterpieces, restoration and reformation could be realized in the universal Church of Jesus Christ today.
This man is a son of wisdom for this generation and a crucial instrument for this last great harvest. He is truly a church shaker, a world changer and a national treasure . . . Apostle Dr. Austin de Bourg is an end-time reformer prepared and chosen by God for such a time as this!
– Dr. David Karmody

From the beginning.

The spirit world is as real to Austin de Bourg as the natural world in which we live. From an early age he witnessed the reality of the spirit world when the devil, working through a Satanist in his neighborhood, tried to kill all his siblings in an attempt to kill him before he could grow up and step into his God-given purpose and destiny. Two of Austin's siblings died as a result. He was next in line but Jesus Christ stepped in as his defense and placed His divine covering over Austin's life.

God began to reveal Himself to Austin and introduce him to this supernatural dimension from the tender age of eight. That relationship later grew into a bond of spiritual intimacy with the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit which has gained him the privilege of receiving the truths contained in his books.

Apostle Dr. de Bourg is unique in many ways, possibly because his experiences in God have been unique. From the age of eight, the Lord started to draw him into the woods near his home to reveal His presence to him. It is in the seclusion of those woods that he first learnt brokenness, submission, and humility as he experienced the Father’s consuming presence. These early childhood experiences developed in him a keen sensitivity to the Lord and a faith that later enabled him to walk in the spiritual dimension with God.

Austin’s background in the supernatural prepared him adequately for ministry. Yet, it was not until many years later on the street of Salzburg, Austria that the Spirit of the Lord led Austin into a remarkable experience of the “New Birth.” His encounter with the Savior, Jesus Christ was indeed both deeply personal and unique.

Early Years of Ministry

When he was just three years old in the Lord, his full time ministry was launched with a missionary trip to Trinidad as God chose to first school him in the office of the Evangelist. He served in this office from 1977 – 1980, where many were healed, delivered and set free. This was just the beginning . . .

Three years later, he erected a compelling sign at a house on the Diego Martin Main Road, which became the very first location of Trinidad Christian Center. The sign read, “Bring the Sick! Bring the Drug Addict! Bring the Demon Possessed! Freely ye have received; Freely give!” Every person that came for healing and deliverance received without fail. Trinidad Christian Center was officially founded by Austin de Bourg in May of 1980, it was the materialization of a vision given to him by God. He saw in the spirit “people of all creed and race coming excitedly to a Christian Center to be ministered to and to be taught the Word of God.” This ministry began with a revival which lasted for 5 years, radically affecting the spiritual state of the Church in the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Signs, wonders, miracles and salvation accompanied Pastor Austin de Bourg’s anointed preaching and people came from all parts of the nation to experience this new move of God.

The Journey Continues

The Pastoral decades from 1980 to 2000 were intense front-line experiences, under the leadership of the Holy Spirit and teams of ministers were raised up locally and abroad. Today there are few Christians in the nation of Trinidad and Tobago that have not been touched directly or indirectly by the ministry of this man, uniquely raised up by God. Indeed, Austin de Bourg has readily laid down his life for the propagation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the restoration of Biblical Truths and the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry.

In the year 2000, he was appointed to the office of the Apostle by his covering Bishop, Don Meares. In his apostolic call God has sent him to minister, equip, train, and empower ministers in Africa, India, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, and the United States and has mentored some in Austria and the Ukraine.

Education of the Word

Apostle Austin de Bourg has earned Doctorates in both Humanities and Theology and he holds the designation: Christian Certified Chaplain, (C.C.C.) for USA, Canada and Mexico.

In 2019, he was awarded the distinction of Professor of Christian Theology (Apologetics and Homiletics), appointed by the Canadian Christian Theological Seminary, Calgary Canada. His complete designation is: “Professor with full tenure as a lifetime lecturer of religion and Christian counselling.”

Honour Among Men

Apostle Dr. Austin de Bourg has, over the years, been recognized both locally and abroad for his outstanding contributions to the Body of Christ and is the recipient of a series of awards in recognition of his substantial life’s achievements in his over 47 years of effective ministry.

In 1998 he was honored locally by the 5-Fold Ministry Foundation for “Outstanding and Exemplary Contribution as a Spiritual Father in the Body of Christ in Trinidad and Tobago.” He has also been conferred with four Honorary Doctorates, including the Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) and Doctor of Pastoral Counselling (DPC). Additionally, in February 2016, he was conferred the distinction of Kingdom Ambassador, an honor bestowed upon him by Word of Life Ministries International, an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council to the United Nations (ECOSOC). In June 2016 he was nominated International Pastor of the Year by the Canadian Christian Theological Seminary Canada in collaboration with its associate Bodies in Russia, Korea, and Africa. He has also been inducted into the fellowship of The Cross & Anchor Order, as well as the Knights Foundation of Science & Research, in recognition of his contribution to the field of Christian Apologetics.

A true father of the faith, Apostle Dr. Austin de Bourg’s worldwide ministry demonstrates the nature and characteristics of true “apostolic ministry” and as God calls him to the nations of the world, he breaks strongholds, restores truths, influences lives and brings change wherever he goes.

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