In 1934 and 1935, Jeffreys was invited to hold revival campaigns in Switzerland and Palestine, and the events were successful in converting thousands to Christ. The following year, Jeffreys founded an organization called the World Revival Crusade to handle the financial responsibilities of his overseas ministry. In actuality, he used it to manage the financial responsibilities of all of his crusades. The purpose of the organization was to invite international members who were believers in the fourfold gospel to support Jeffreys’ ministry through prayer and financial giving. Jeffreys would be in control of the organization and appoint his own commissioners to administrate it. Through the Crusade, he would no longer need to receive all of his financial support from the Elim headquarters.
Roberts Liardon tells us that E. J. Phillips, however, was not pleased with the new arrangement. He felt that Jeffreys had placed a wedge between himself and the Elim movement. Because Jeffreys would no longer depend on the Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance for his income or for direction in the campaign ministries, Phillips was certain that he was moving toward a split and developing the Crusade as an alternative organization. But Jeffreys insisted that he would continue to be an evangelist and the spiritual father of the Elim movement.
Generally, Jeffreys had kept himself separate from many of the administrative tasks of the denomination. He was always too busy conducting revival campaigns. That began to change in 1936, when he suddenly became involved in the denomination’s finances. At the time, Phillips had just married and was battling tuberculosis, so he was not at the office headquarters.
