In January 1964, Lifeline was featured in an article in Time magazine titled, ‘Evangelism: Throwing Out the Life Line’, which helped lead to establishing similar services around the world.

By 1966, centres operating as far and wide as New Zealand and the United States. With the service expanding at a rate even he found surprising, Rev Alan Walker decided to form Lifeline International: an organisation designed to ensure that the service’s high standards be protected.

Rev Alan Walker said, “An Australian experiment has become worldwide. Fifteen Lifeline centres have been set up in eight countries, all patterned on the Sydney centre.”